By Anna Gustafson
A Manhattan man has been charged with murdering a transgender woman in her Ridgewood apartment last month and then pouring bleach all over her body, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Rasheen Everett, 29, was arrested in Las Vegas April 9, about two weeks after allegedly strangling 29-year-old Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar in her 62nd Street apartment on March 27, the DA said. Everett returned to New York Tuesday and is awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court. He could receive 25 years to life in prison if convicted on the charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence.
“The defendant is accused of violently taking the life of another human being in her own apartment and then tampering with the body by dousing it with bleach,” Brown said. “This case will be vigorously prosecuted in order to secure a measure of justice for the victim and her family.”
Everett entered Gonzalez-Andujar’s apartment a little before 9 a.m. on March 27, and several minutes later individuals heard screams and loud banging, Brown said. The defendant left the apartment about 17 hours later, carrying the two bags, according to the DA.
Three days later, on March 30, a police officer found the victim lying on the bed and reported bleach had been poured on her body, Brown said.
The city medical examiner determined the cause of death to be manual neck compression.
Gonzalez-Andujar was the first person murdered in the 104th Precinct in 2010. A total of two people were slain in the precinct in all of 2009.
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