GUILTY NY - Noel Alkaramla, 21, Troy, 22 Nov 2015

[los2188]

Sleep well...

 

[kimi_SFC]

#RIPNoel
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[Jmoose]

Wow, seemed like a lot of traction lately and I'm glad to see my suspicions were wrong......terrible discovery but much needed closure. I'm sure the mother is going to beat herself up horribly over this.

Don't be so sure about this-remember, the mother brought him into her house, and initially tried to focus the blame elsewhere.

 

[CosmicLatte]

Ugh.. This is exactly what I didn't want to hear. I'm glad at least that the SF gave police clues to find her and didn't just let her fate stay an awful mystery. But just.. ugh.

 

[LLLindsayy]

Noel was found only a couple hundred yards from my place of employment. She was pulled from the river while I was working. This story hits very close to home. I feel terrible about all of this. I wish I could've done something sooner. She was missing for more than a month. I don't know how quickly a suitcase will travel down the Hudson, but from Troy to Albany is only a few miles. I wonder how long she sat within viewing distance of my parking lot. I'm praying from her family, friends, and partner at this time.

 

[MamaJoJo]

((((LLLindsayy))))

The people who commit crimes like this are so selfish. They have no idea the ripples of heart ache that they leave in their wake. I wish this didn't happen near you (or at all!), LLL, and I hope you can work through these emotions.

 

[BelleIrish]

Today a sample of the stepfather's DNA was taken again. For some reason it needs to be verified. He is being held for her murder, as you know.

 

[0101ABA]

Oquendo sat in silence as his attorney argued in Rensselaer County Court that he not give out a sample of his DNA.

"When the government wants to search you, the ramifications is it's your constitutional right not to have that search. So that's why we're here today," explained William Roberts, Oquendo’s defense attorney.

It's the second time prosecutors in the Noel Alkaramla murder case tried to get Oquendo's DNA. The first request was denied. This time Judge Andrew Ceresia granted it.

http://wnyt.com/news/suspect-noel-alkaramla-murder-offered-to-give-dna-sample/4223610/

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

From December:

Noel Alkaramla's stepfather charged in her killing

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/DA-can-t-confirm-murder-charge-in-Alkaramla-s-10690533.php

The stepfather of 21-year-old Noel Alkaramla has been charged with her murder almost a year to the day after he was initially taken into custody.

The Rensselaer County Jail confirmed Sunday that Johnny Oquendo, 40, is listed as being held on charges of murder, first-degree strangulation and concealment of a human corpse. The charges came as the result of a court action Friday.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove said Sunday, "I can't confirm anything at this point," regarding the murder charges. If Oquendo was charged under a sealed indictment Friday, the contents would be secret until a judge opened the indictment. "If there was a sealed indictment, it's not something we can comment on," Abelove said. Jail staff said they did not have information on when Oquendo will appear next in court.

Oquendo had been kept at Rensselaer County Jail because police said he violated the conditions of his parole that was tied to a previous conviction for robbery and assault. Oquendo, who had allegedly been separated from Alkaramla's mother for some time prior to Alkaramla's death, was also a level 1 sex offender. Alkaramla's mother, Debra Napoli, was living in Malone, Franklin County, at the time of her daughter's death.

Noel Alkaramla's Mother Struggles to Understand Reason for Killing

 

[0101ABA]

Oquendo: 'I did see' Alkaramla on night she disappeared

On the final night that anyone saw Noel Alkaramla alive, her accused murderer Johnny Oquendo says he was among the last people near her.

"I did see her that night," Oquendo tells police on a newly-released interrogation video.

The admission was uncovered at a pre-trial hearing in Rensselaer County Court on Tuesday, with Oquendo's attorney appealing to the judge to throw the video evidence out of his pending murder trial.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Search warrants contested in Troy homicide case as September trial approaches

http://www.timesunion.com/allnews/article/Search-warrants-contested-in-Troy-homicide-case-11300119.php

Search warrants and a statement made by the man accused of killing his step-daughter and dumping a suitcase containing her body into the Hudson River in November 2015 are the subject of an evidence suppression hearing at the Rensselaer County Court House.

Defense attorney William Roberts is pushing to get State Supreme Court Justice Andrew Ceresia to rule that Troy police evidence from Johnny Oquendo's Third Street apartment, a Google account and records for Oquendo's two cell phone as well as a statement he made to detectives should not be admitted at his Sept. 18 trial.

 

[cvaldez1975]

parole officer can search your residence without any reason without a warrant. hopefully that occurred THEN the police requested a search warrant listing what they wanted.

 

[cvaldez1975]

I don't understand this. felons have their DNA taken when they get to the joint, since the late 90's. here anyways.

http://wnyt.com/news/suspect[/QUOTE]

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20170917/trial-set-to-begin-for-troy-sex-con-accused-of-killing-stepdaughter

Nearly two years after a 21-year-old girl went missing after leaving her job at a Lansingburgh restaurant, her former stepfather is set to face trial in her death.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Rensselaer County Court in the case against Johnny Oquendo, 39, who is charged with second-degree murder, criminal obvbstruction of breathing and unlawful concealment of a human corpse in the death of Noel Alkaramla.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Trial in Troy woman’s 2015 death delayed a week

http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20170918/trial-in-troy-womans-2015-death-delayed-a-week

Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday in Rensselaer County Court in the case against Johnny Oquendo, 39, who is charged with second-degree murder, criminal obstruction of breathing and unlawful concealment of a human corpse in the death of Noel Alkaramla. Officials in the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s Office said Monday morning, however, jury selection was postponed to Monday, Sept. 25, because of a death in the family of prosecutor Andrew Botts.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Trial in 2015 Troy murder delayed until Oct. 30

http://www.troyrecord.com/article/TR/20170925/NEWS/170929884

Jury selection had been expected to begin Tuesday in Rensselaer County Court in the case against Johnny Oquendo after a one-week delay because of a death in the family of prosecutor Andrew Botts of the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s Office, but officials in the DA’s office say the beginning of jury selection has now been pushed back to Oct. 30 after defense attorney William Roberts filed a motion challenging the admissibility of certain phone records and the use of Google location services. A hearing has been scheduled on that motion for Oct. 16 before state Supreme Court Judge Andrew Ceresia.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Court hearing for the man accused of killing his stepdaughter in Troy

http://wnyt.com/news/johnny-oquendo-court-appearance-noel-alkaramla-murder-troy-rensselaer-county/4646747/

DNA, cell phone data and surveillance video are often part of a criminal case. It's no different with this one involving Johnny Oquendo, 39. Except this time, there's one more piece of technology, Google Location Services, and the defense doesn't want it used.

"We're just asking for the courtroom to determine if this is good science," said Oquendo's attorney, William Roberts.

The judge will make a decision soon. Roberts said his client is ready for the trial slated to begin on Monday, October 30.

 

[wfgodot]

Albany Times Union:

Judge blocks Google evidence from Troy murder trial

Rensselaer County prosecutors will not be able to use Google technology to try to prove Johnny Oquendo strangled 21-year-old Noel Alkaramla and dumped her body in a suitcase in the Hudson River.

In a strongly worded three-page ruling issued Thursday, state Supreme Court Justice Andrew Ceresia determined prosecutors for District Attorney Joel Abelove "failed to meet their burden of demonstrating that the science underlying Google location services has gained general acceptance in the in the relevant scientific community."

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Oquendo, 40, who is charged with second-degree murder, concealment of a human body and criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, a misdemeanor. He faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
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more at link above.

 

[iliketotalk15]

I didn't see this posted, but Noel's girlfriend, Sara Moore, passed away in June. Some concerns on how it would affect the trial. Her death was a suicide. =(

http://news10.com/2017/07/06/friend-of-noel-alkaramla-is-dead/
http://www.troyrecord.com/article/TR/20170706/NEWS/170709898

RIP Sara.

 

[iliketotalk15]

I noticed Noel's NamUs is still up...