Overview
- On Friday, June 26, 2026, Kensly Alston was sentenced to 20 years-to-life, matching the 20 years-to-life term Halley Tejada received after her April 14, 2026, sentencing.
- Prosecutors say Nadia Vitels was killed in her Kips Bay apartment on March 12, 2024, her body was found inside a bag, and the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide from blunt force trauma.
- Court records detail that Alston and Tejada were inside the apartment when Vitels returned, left later carrying new and old suitcases, and then drove away in her car.
- Investigators tracked purchases the defendants made with Vitels’ credit cards, including electronics and jewelry, and U.S. Marshals arrested them in York, Pennsylvania, on March 22, 2024.
- Manhattan prosecutors and police credited multiagency cooperation for the arrests, the criminal prosecutions are now complete, and Vitels’ family has spoken in court and is pursuing related legal action over building security.