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Shamal Thompson, 22, fresh off a meal at a nearby Checkers fast-food restaurant, wandered in under the pretense of shopping for condos in the luxury building that boasts private elevators, around-the-clock security and skyline-view homes that cost as much as $2.5 million.Calle undoubtedly thought she was seizing on an opportunity to sell her condo. But it was Thompson, police say, who was looking for opportunity.Early Thursday morning, authorities arrested Thompson and charged him with beating Calle to death as she showed him around her penthouse condo. After the killing, and after he went on a spending spree with Calle’s credit...

NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- A New York City man is being held for allegedly strangling his 28-year-old wife, who was found dead in her bed by police. Segundo Aurelio Ortiz, 36, was arrested and charges are pending, the police said. Maria Graciella Calle, the mother of two, was found dead in her apartment Friday after her uncle broke down the door because she did not show up at work at a bakery, The New York Daily News reported Sunday. "He was a controlling guy," said the victim's brother, Carlos Cardenas. "He wouldn't let her go out. My sister...