Posted on 03/24/2006 7:35:16 PM PST by Boston Blackie
A prosecutor described in nightmarish detail yesterday the rape, mutilation and killing of a Rockland County housewife, allegedly at the hands of a worker who was supposed to be power-washing her deck.
The assault on Mary Nagle was so brutal that crime-scene investigators found a piece of her ear and hanks of her hair scattered around her bedroom, District Attorney Michael Bongiorno said at the start of the murder trial. One of the victim's fingers was nearly amputated as she tried to fend off her attacker.
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As he was fleeing, police said, Herrera made several calls to numbers programmed into Nagle's phone, lewdly describing what he had done. Bongiorno said the calls were made specifically to female friends and relatives.
March 24, 2006 -- JURY HEARS OF VILE ROCKLAND MA-SLAY A prosecutor described in nightmarish detail yesterday the rape, mutilation and killing of a Rockland County housewife, allegedly at the hands of a worker who was supposed to be power-washing her deck. The assault on Mary Nagle was so brutal that crime-scene investigators found a piece of her ear and hanks of her hair scattered around her bedroom, District Attorney Michael Bongiorno said at the start of the murder trial. One of the victim's fingers was nearly amputated as she tried to fend off her attacker.
The April 29 killing, in a quiet, manicured neighborhood of New City, exposed the danger of a common situation in the suburbs - the husband at work, the kids at school, the housewife home alone and a contractor on the scene, often with access to the house.
Bongiorno said Nagle, 42, was in her bedroom, changing into tennis clothes, when the attacker sneaked in with his knife, "tearing her clothes off, beating her mercilessly, slashing her with the razor."
"Mary Nagle put up a courageous struggle, but she was no match," he said.
The attack culminated with Nagle being strangled so hard that it broke a bone in her neck, he said.
Among Nagle's relatives and friends in the courtroom gallery yesterday, some wept as Bongiorno presented his opening statement. Her husband Dan said afterward, "It's a difficult time and it will always be a difficult time." He said the couple's children, a first-grade girl and a fourth-grade boy, "are doing good." His feelings about the defendant, he said, were "unmentionable."
Ronald Douglas Herrera Castellanos, 30, is charged with 15 counts of first- and second-degree murder, most of them based on the allegation that he killed Nagle while committing other felonies including rape, robbery and burglary. He could face life in prison with no chance of parole.
His attorney, Barry Weiss, decided not to make an opening statement for the defense. Outside the courtroom, he said, "We will test all the claims made by the people." He said he has not decided whether Herrera, an immigrant from Guatemala whose visa expired in 2001, will testify.
The prosecutor alleged that Herrera took off his bloodied shirt and pants and put on fresh clothes that belonged to Dan Nagle. He also tried to wash off blood in the bathroom, he said. And as he fled, he passed Mary Nagle's sister Ann Fallon, who had come looking for her because of the missed tennis date.
Fallon saw blood outside the bedroom and called police, who found "a scene out of a horror movie," the district attorney said. Herrera was spotted a mile away from a police helicopter. Within a few days, police found his discarded original clothes and Nagle's cellphone and wallet.
As he was fleeing, police said, Herrera made several calls to numbers programmed into Nagle's phone, lewdly describing what he had done. Bongiorno said the calls were made specifically to female friends and relatives.
Condolences to Mary Nagle's husband, her children, other family members and friends.
I oppose the death penalty in this case. He should be tortured as painfully and for as long as possible.
We need to bring back public hanging for such vermin so as to be instructive.
Turn him over to the next of kin..
I would like to see data on the annual deaths of American citizens at the hands of illegals (murders, car crashes, all of it). Why do I suspect it will easily surpass those killed in terrorist attacks and soldier deaths in Iraq.
Just doing the job of rape and murder.
I'm with you. Torturing a thing like this degrades the torturer more than it does the victim. Nope, a bullet to the back of the head and his worthless life is over. Then he gets to meet the Final Judge, and the payback really begins.
Translation - "my client is guilty as h*ll."
This individual needs criminal justice the People's Republic of China style.
Is there any reason why the democrats and republicans want to keep letting these creeped out ba*ta*d* into our country?
Is it just for their wealthy constituents?
Why do we need cheap murderous laborers?
If I were this poor womans husband I would find a way
to kill this f--ing ----.
This man must be stone cold crazy. Nobody does that and then calls their sister to tell her about it.
agreed. a small hand held blow torch applied over the course of a few days works for me.
I agree with you completely. It's what I always think when FReepers advocate torturing vicious murderers. Forget it, is what I say. Dispose of those absolutely guilty of heinous murder (as this man is, from the facts presented in the story) as quickly and expeditiously as possible. Get rid of 'em; forget the nonsense.
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