Overview
- Jurors in Brooklyn convicted Marcelin on Friday after about an hour, finding him guilty of first-degree murder, evidence tampering, and concealing a human corpse. He faces life in prison without parole.
- Prosecutors said CCTV showed Leyden, 68, entering his East New York apartment on February 27, 2022, and separate footage later showed Marcelin pushing a bag that held her torso.
- Investigators found her head and limbs in his home, recovered the torso from a shopping bag, and located her legs near a garbage can days later.
- The medical examiner reported blunt force trauma to her head, and police also found blood, cleaning supplies, a hammer, and the box for an electric saw in the apartment.
- Marcelin was on parole from prior murder convictions, including a 1963 first-degree murder in Manhattan, and sentencing is set for June 10.