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ITHACA, N.Y.—Ten people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Thomas Rath, 33, of Ithaca. The arrests were announced during a Monday morning press conference at the New York State Police barracks in Freeville.
Rath has been missing from the homeless encampment known as “the Jungle” since May 20, 2023—100 days before Monday’s announcement. Police announced their investigation into Rath’s disappearance had evolved into a kidnapping and homicide investigation on June 28.
Two people, Angelo Baez, 48 years old of Ithaca, and Jonathan Glennon, 31 years old of Ithaca, have been charged with second-degree murder with intent. Baez has also been charged with first-degree kidnapping, and is incarcerated in Tioga County while Glennon is incarcerated in Maine, according to police.
Another eight people were arrested and charged with first-degree kidnapping in connection to the crime (ages and residences in parentheses): Colleen Dillon (31 of Newfield), Robert Hines (52 of Candor), Zayne Burlingame (30 of Ithaca), Brelynn Vorrasi (27 of Lodi), Mark Beatty (35 of Ithaca), Jack Benjamin Jr. (39 of Ithaca), Neraida Sobrado-Torres (43 of Ithaca) and Justin Knapp (36 of Ithaca). All the defendants are local.
“This was not what we would call a random act, this is someone [Rath] was familiar with,” said Ithaca Police Department Acting Chief Ted Schwartz.
The search for Rath took police around the Jungle, the wider Newfield area and beyond, before they discovered his remains in a shallow grave on Aug. 3 off a road near the Tioga County-Tompkins County line, according to Capt. Lucas Anthony of the New York State Police. According to police, Rath was killed within 24 hours of being abducted.
Police did not disclose a motive or cause of death. Anthony did relay a general timeline for the development of the case, starting with a call to the Ithaca Police Department on May 20 asking for a welfare check on Rath, the day he was abducted from his encampment in the Jungle.
Ten people arrested in kidnapping, killing of Ithaca man missing since May - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y.—Ten people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and killing of Thomas Rath, 33, of Ithaca. The arrests were announced during a Monday morning press conference at […]
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