GUILTY CT - Watertown, Fem, headless skeletal, Black Rock SP, Sept 2020 - Rachel Lerato Sebetlela *arrests*

[JerseyGirl]

The skeletal remains of a woman found in a densely forested area of the Watertown section of Black Rock State Park off Route 6 have been transferred to the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner’s Office for further examination. The headless remains were discovered late Saturday by a hiker.

https://www.rep-am.com/local/localnews/2020/09/14/skeletal-remains-sent-to-state-lab/

Skeletal Remains Found at Black Rock State Park in Watertown

State police: Remains found at Black Rock State Park are not Jennifer Dulos

 

[MissUnderstood]

They ruled out Jennifer Dulos quick! Hope this lady gets her name back soon.

 

[Dylansmom08]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Wonder if this could be Monica Decker? She was last seen on April 9, 2020 leaving her home in Bridgeport which is about 35 miles away from Watertown. I don't know about the time line though this could be a body that has been out in the elements for a longer period of time.

 

[KaylaraOwl]

Oh wow. I hope the autopsy gives some idea of the PMI.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The remains were headless, police said, as a result of “animal activity.”

State police investigating human remains found at Black Rock State Park

 

[TheBlackParade]

The remains were headless, police said, as a result of “animal activity.”

State police investigating human remains found at Black Rock State Park

Huh I wonder how they came to this conclusion. I guess if there were no visible signs that her head had been removed?

 

[cvaldez1975]

Huh I wonder how they came to this conclusion. I guess if there were no visible signs that her head had been removed?

no evidence of cutting on the vertebrae in the neck probably.

 

[pucibobo]

Are the animals able to destroy a skull completely? If not, maybe they will wind it later on?

 

[Coffee56]

I believe this is the same one

A Waterbury man and woman have been charged with the murder of a missing woman whose remains were discovered earlier this month in Black Rock State Park in Watertown.

Police have identified the victim as Rachel Lerato Sebetlela, who had been missing since mid-July.

Two people charged with murder of missing Waterbury woman whose remains were found in Watertown state park

 

[YaYa_521]

This article goes deep into the dynamics of Rachel's relationships with the perpetrators as well as the investigation.

Rest in peace, Rachel.

Warrant: Police tracked phone of suspected killer to area where missing woman’s body was discovered, bound by tape, in Watertown forest

By Nicholas Rondinone, Hartford Courant 4 days ago

Through a friend, investigators learned of her relationship with another man, 22-year-old Miles Johnson. Johnson, along with his girlfriend, 23-year-old Casandra Nazario, were charged this week with murder in connection with Sebetlela’s death.

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Investigators reviewed records associated with Sebetlela’s phone number and learned that the last call she received was just after midnight on July 11. According to the warrant, the call was 22 seconds long from a number connected to Johnson. The phone was then apparently powered off until it was turned on for about an hour on July 13.

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Johnson told investigators he had not been to Sebetlela’s apartment for weeks before July 11. Investigators then reviewed data from Johnson’s phone, and found he had called her on July 11 from a location near her apartment. They tracked the GPS on his phone and it showed him heading toward Watertown around 2:50 a.m., according to the warrant. The phone stayed in the Black Rock State Park area for about 12 minutes before heading back to Waterbury.

Investigators never found Sebetlela’s cellphone.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Authorities, citing evidence introduced at trial, said Sebetlela was “stabbed multiple times in the torso by the defendant at the victim’s Waterbury home” on July 10, 2020. When a hiker found Sebetlela’s body, it was wrapped in blankets and garbage bags and her wrists, legs and feet were bound with duct tape, authorities said in statement.

Waterbury police detectives tracked Johnson’s phone through the area on the night they believe the woman was killed, an arrest warrant released in 2020 said.

Investigators reviewed records associated with Sebetlela’s phone number and learned that the last call she received was just after midnight on July 11. According to the 2020 warrant, the call was 22 seconds long from a number connected to Johnson.

Authorities tracked the GPS on Johnson’s phone and it showed him heading toward Watertown around 2:50 a.m., according to the warrant. The phone stayed in the Black Rock State Park area for about 12 minutes before heading back to Waterbury, the document said.

Johnson’s sentencing is scheduled for July 13, 2023 in Waterbury Superior Court, authorities said.

CT man found guilty in murder of woman whose body was found bound by tape, in a forest

Waterbury police detectives tracked Johnson’s phone through the area on the night they believe the woman was killed, an arrest warrant released in 2020 said.

www.courant.com

 

[Caring1]

August 2, 2023

A Waterbury man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison in the fatal 2020 stabbing of a woman whose body was found in a Watertown state park.

CT man gets 55 years in prison in murder of woman. Her bound body was found in a state park.

Connecticut authorities had been searching for the victim for months after loved ones reported her missing, then her body was discovered .

www.courant.com