GUILTY NY - Haley Anderson, 22, found deceased, suspect fled country, Binghamton, Mar 2018
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[18:05:09] So, it looks like something out of an action movie. Mass Nicaraguan policemen with rifles posing with their wounded young prisoner.
That`s 22-year-old American Orlando Tercero arrested yesterday for an American homicide after reportedly he fled the country.
Who would have thought just months ago he actually was hooking up with this hot friend of his from the nursing program they were in at their college in upstate New York. This was a girl he was reportedly obsessed with. But her friends, well, her friends say his obsession went too far. That even though she and Orlando were just friends, their classmates found their cold, dead body in his bed. And Orlando he was nowhere to be found.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I never thought somebody would want to do this to her.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s just hard to like accept it, like but it`s happening, and like, I feel like there is nothing we can do now. We`ll just remember her like the way she was, it was just like perfect. Just everything.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BANFIELD: Crime and Justice producer Michael Christian has been working on the story all day. There are some very strange details now coming from Haley Anderson`s friend. Friend who actually made the discovery of her dead body. Walk me through what happened.
MICHAEL CHRISTIAN, PRODUCER, CRIME AND JUSTICE: Well, Ashleigh, they hadn`t heard from her. They had seen her either late Wednesday or possibly really early on Thursday morning. And then she was sort of off the grid and that wasn`t like Haley. So they were able to track her phone through an app.
They realized it was at her boyfriend`s house.
(CROSSTALK)
BANFIELD: At his house.
CHRISTIAN: His apartment.
BANFIELD: And when you say boyfriend, let`s use the term loosely. She didn`t think of him as a boyfriend.
CHRISTIAN: Right. He was a friend who was a boy, apparently she thought it was platonic, he wanted it to be more. At any rate, at least two friends went over, they went through a side window. They found her body inside his home on the bed and they called police.
BANFIELD: And when you say on the bed, in his bedroom, correct?
CHRISTIAN: Correct.
BANFIELD: What was the condition? Like how did they describe what they found? This is -- I mean, they`re kids. They were in their early 20s.
CHRISTIAN: They said that the body seemed to have been looked very nice. It was kind of peaceful on the bed. Now we don`t know when this woman had been killed, but if she was last seen early Thursday morning and she was found around noon on Friday, sometime during that time period, so there may have been a little bit of decomposition but probably not a whole lot.
BANFIELD: Did they say that they saw any evidence of violence?
CHRISTIAN: No.
BANFIELD: Nothing.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: So it didn`t look as though she had been stabbed or shot, they couldn`t tell from their perspective had been strangled?
CHRISTIAN: Correct. Couldn`t tell.
BANFIELD: Couldn`t tell. Couldn`t seen if she had been abused in any way?
CHRISTIAN: No. And the police are very tight-lipped about it. They haven`t given any details about her except to say that the manner was indeed a homicide.
BANFIELD: There`s one report that the blankets were halfway up her body. Do we know anything more about that?
CHRISTIAN: No, we were not able to confirm that.
BANFIELD: And then what about the notion that she had her hands sort of down beside her, as though she were sleeping?
CHRISTIAN: Yes, again, that`s been reported but we just were not able to confirm it either with the friends or with police.
BANFIELD: So, my assumption is that when the friends, you know, climbed through the window of Orlando Tercero`s apartment home and made this discovery, they were the first maybe to call the police?
CHRISTIAN: They were. They got there first, they found her and they called the cops.
BANFIELD: And so what about the notion that they knew Orlando. They knew of him. Did they look for him right away and discover he was -- he had flown the coop?
CHRISTIAN: Well, obviously, since it was in his apartment he was somebody that the police wanted to talk to right now.
BANFIELD: In his bed.
CHRISTIAN: Right. In his bed. Now it turned out they had later put out a press release that he had left the country. It turns out we now know that he flew from JFK airport in New York to Nicaragua, to Managua, Nicaragua earlier that same Friday morning so they basically missed him by a couple of hours.
BANFIELD: What`s so weird about this, Michael, I know how you work. You`re dog, get on the phone. We have a team of people who are calling the police at all times to get details, to get facts and to get facts confirmed. They were not really that keen on talking to us. In fact, they wouldn`t even call him a person of interest or a suspect, as I understand it.
And yet, the Nicaraguans the day after are giving us pictures they don`t look like this. They`re looking like this. I mean, this looks like a drug arrest where they`ve got the masked policemen with an injury -- what were the injuries? Do we know anything about the injuries?
CHRISTIAN: We know it from a press release from the Nicaraguan police, they said that they arrested him in a hospital and that he had been treated for, quote, unquote, "self-inflicted injuries." We don`t know any more details about that. Your guess is as good as mine.
BANFIELD: I mean, that -- I think that`s the essential comment. My guess it would be as good as anyone as whether they did it to him in Nicaragua.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: I don`t know how the police work there, but being arrested in the hospital, I don`t know if it means they took him to the hospital and then actually placed him under arrest.
[18:09:59] CHRISTIAN: Yes. And not explaining at this point.
BANFIELD: Or found him at the -- in any case, they must have been working with the Americans in some way to track it. Now, what about getting him back here. That`s a whole other kettle of fish.
CHRISTIAN: It is. Now it is also complicated by the fact that apparently, Mr. Tercero is both a Nicaraguan and a U.S. citizen. We know he`s a U.S. citizen but we also know that he has a family in Nicaragua. Now, it`s one thing for a country to give up a foreign citizen but it`s a different thing for them to voluntarily give up one of their own. So that is a question that`s going to have to be determined somewhere down the line.
BANFIELD: So, you know, every time I see the pictures of Haley Anderson, she just sort of reminds me of a Hollywood movie star for some reason.
She`s got that glow, that look. I think there`s a picture of her even with the days he chain, you know, around her --
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: -- beautiful perfect blonde hair, which I think sort of catapults her to the top of the headline. For whatever reason people seem to be, you know, just really taken with this young woman. And that`s the story I`m trying to get to with Orlando Tercero.
Her friends have sort of alluded to the fact that they had hooked up at one point, they were in the nursing program together. I can understand completely why he`d be interested in her.
I don`t know what his -- her interest was in him, but had the friends been able to qualify a little bit more exactly what was going on with their relationship and what he was doing leading up to, you know, her being found dead.
CHRISTIAN: The word that keeps coming up is obsessive that he was obsessed with her that she thought they were just plutonic friends at this point.
Apparently he wanted more.
Now one of the friends told us that he had been known to drive by her home if he thought that perhaps there was another man over there. And apparently, there was an incident where he slashed some of her car tires, again, in a jealous rage perhaps of some sort. But we don`t know any more details than that.
BANFIELD: But acting in a stalking kind of behavior prior to.
CHRISTIAN: Unfortunately.
BANFIELD: Do we know if she made any complaints to anyone either to her friends, her parents, her friends, her family, or maybe the authorities or even the nursing school because they went to class together.
CHRISTIAN: Yes. And you know, we don`t and the interesting thing is she would have graduated this coming May. So maybe she kind of blew it off because in a couple of months, she theoretically wouldn`t be seeing him anymore.
BANFIELD: I mean, it`s unbelievably sad. The D.A. in this case even though they wouldn`t even tell us, you know, that he was a suspect in the case.
Well, now the Nicaraguans have him with the whole gun toting, you know, injury prisoner profile picture. The D.A. is looking for an indictment already. I mean, we`re moving quickly in this.
CHRISTIAN: Yes. The Broome County district attorney he said he`s going to submit this to a grand jury. Assuming a grand jury hands down an indictment they will then try to get a warrant for him and then that process has to involve the State Department and Nicaraguan authorities to try to get him back to the country for trial.
BANFIELD: So, there was also some humor about, you know, that Haley was interested in another old boyfriend and that this was driving Orlando, you know, mad but that`s not confirmed. But the friend of Haley who we spoke with did describe him in a particularly egregious way, and what was that way.
CHRISTIAN: Basically she said that this all involved one screwed up guy Orlando Tercel (Ph) and she did -- or Tercero, excuse me, and she did not use the word screwed. She used another word.
(CROSSTALK)
BANFIELD: A little bit more profanity than that.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: You know, I want -- I want our audience to just hear a little bit more about how this has affected her friends. They are absolutely shocked. I`m not sure if I`m pronouncing this name right but Astha Katasky worked with Haley Anderson at the Jazzman`s cafe absolutely astounded by all of this. Shocked, as she said. I want to you hear the effect that this death has had on her friends.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ASTHA KATASKY, EMPLOYEE, JAZZMAN`S CAFE: I texted him and I said are you sure it`s her? And they were like yes. I was like it can`t be because she can`t be dead. It was a homicide. And I was like that`s crazy. She can`t be murdered, you know. I see her almost every day. And like, it was just so sudden.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BANFIELD: Yes. That is the human toll that these stories take. It`s not just a story, it`s a crisis. It`s a tragedy for friends and family.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: Michael, keep on it and let us know what happens with the extradition.
CHRISTIAN: We`ll do.
BANFIELD: Because I know that we don`t always work well in the sand box well with Nicaraguans when it comes to this, so we`ll see how it goes.
CHRISTIAN: yes.
BANFIELD: Michael Christian, thank you, thank you for that.
[18:05:09] So, it looks like something out of an action movie. Mass Nicaraguan policemen with rifles posing with their wounded young prisoner.
That`s 22-year-old American Orlando Tercero arrested yesterday for an American homicide after reportedly he fled the country.
Who would have thought just months ago he actually was hooking up with this hot friend of his from the nursing program they were in at their college in upstate New York. This was a girl he was reportedly obsessed with. But her friends, well, her friends say his obsession went too far. That even though she and Orlando were just friends, their classmates found their cold, dead body in his bed. And Orlando he was nowhere to be found.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I never thought somebody would want to do this to her.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s just hard to like accept it, like but it`s happening, and like, I feel like there is nothing we can do now. We`ll just remember her like the way she was, it was just like perfect. Just everything.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BANFIELD: Crime and Justice producer Michael Christian has been working on the story all day. There are some very strange details now coming from Haley Anderson`s friend. Friend who actually made the discovery of her dead body. Walk me through what happened.
MICHAEL CHRISTIAN, PRODUCER, CRIME AND JUSTICE: Well, Ashleigh, they hadn`t heard from her. They had seen her either late Wednesday or possibly really early on Thursday morning. And then she was sort of off the grid and that wasn`t like Haley. So they were able to track her phone through an app.
They realized it was at her boyfriend`s house.
(CROSSTALK)
BANFIELD: At his house.
CHRISTIAN: His apartment.
BANFIELD: And when you say boyfriend, let`s use the term loosely. She didn`t think of him as a boyfriend.
CHRISTIAN: Right. He was a friend who was a boy, apparently she thought it was platonic, he wanted it to be more. At any rate, at least two friends went over, they went through a side window. They found her body inside his home on the bed and they called police.
BANFIELD: And when you say on the bed, in his bedroom, correct?
CHRISTIAN: Correct.
BANFIELD: What was the condition? Like how did they describe what they found? This is -- I mean, they`re kids. They were in their early 20s.
CHRISTIAN: They said that the body seemed to have been looked very nice. It was kind of peaceful on the bed. Now we don`t know when this woman had been killed, but if she was last seen early Thursday morning and she was found around noon on Friday, sometime during that time period, so there may have been a little bit of decomposition but probably not a whole lot.
BANFIELD: Did they say that they saw any evidence of violence?
CHRISTIAN: No.
BANFIELD: Nothing.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: So it didn`t look as though she had been stabbed or shot, they couldn`t tell from their perspective had been strangled?
CHRISTIAN: Correct. Couldn`t tell.
BANFIELD: Couldn`t tell. Couldn`t seen if she had been abused in any way?
CHRISTIAN: No. And the police are very tight-lipped about it. They haven`t given any details about her except to say that the manner was indeed a homicide.
BANFIELD: There`s one report that the blankets were halfway up her body. Do we know anything more about that?
CHRISTIAN: No, we were not able to confirm that.
BANFIELD: And then what about the notion that she had her hands sort of down beside her, as though she were sleeping?
CHRISTIAN: Yes, again, that`s been reported but we just were not able to confirm it either with the friends or with police.
BANFIELD: So, my assumption is that when the friends, you know, climbed through the window of Orlando Tercero`s apartment home and made this discovery, they were the first maybe to call the police?
CHRISTIAN: They were. They got there first, they found her and they called the cops.
BANFIELD: And so what about the notion that they knew Orlando. They knew of him. Did they look for him right away and discover he was -- he had flown the coop?
CHRISTIAN: Well, obviously, since it was in his apartment he was somebody that the police wanted to talk to right now.
BANFIELD: In his bed.
CHRISTIAN: Right. In his bed. Now it turned out they had later put out a press release that he had left the country. It turns out we now know that he flew from JFK airport in New York to Nicaragua, to Managua, Nicaragua earlier that same Friday morning so they basically missed him by a couple of hours.
BANFIELD: What`s so weird about this, Michael, I know how you work. You`re dog, get on the phone. We have a team of people who are calling the police at all times to get details, to get facts and to get facts confirmed. They were not really that keen on talking to us. In fact, they wouldn`t even call him a person of interest or a suspect, as I understand it.
And yet, the Nicaraguans the day after are giving us pictures they don`t look like this. They`re looking like this. I mean, this looks like a drug arrest where they`ve got the masked policemen with an injury -- what were the injuries? Do we know anything about the injuries?
CHRISTIAN: We know it from a press release from the Nicaraguan police, they said that they arrested him in a hospital and that he had been treated for, quote, unquote, "self-inflicted injuries." We don`t know any more details about that. Your guess is as good as mine.
BANFIELD: I mean, that -- I think that`s the essential comment. My guess it would be as good as anyone as whether they did it to him in Nicaragua.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: I don`t know how the police work there, but being arrested in the hospital, I don`t know if it means they took him to the hospital and then actually placed him under arrest.
[18:09:59] CHRISTIAN: Yes. And not explaining at this point.
BANFIELD: Or found him at the -- in any case, they must have been working with the Americans in some way to track it. Now, what about getting him back here. That`s a whole other kettle of fish.
CHRISTIAN: It is. Now it is also complicated by the fact that apparently, Mr. Tercero is both a Nicaraguan and a U.S. citizen. We know he`s a U.S. citizen but we also know that he has a family in Nicaragua. Now, it`s one thing for a country to give up a foreign citizen but it`s a different thing for them to voluntarily give up one of their own. So that is a question that`s going to have to be determined somewhere down the line.
BANFIELD: So, you know, every time I see the pictures of Haley Anderson, she just sort of reminds me of a Hollywood movie star for some reason.
She`s got that glow, that look. I think there`s a picture of her even with the days he chain, you know, around her --
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: -- beautiful perfect blonde hair, which I think sort of catapults her to the top of the headline. For whatever reason people seem to be, you know, just really taken with this young woman. And that`s the story I`m trying to get to with Orlando Tercero.
Her friends have sort of alluded to the fact that they had hooked up at one point, they were in the nursing program together. I can understand completely why he`d be interested in her.
I don`t know what his -- her interest was in him, but had the friends been able to qualify a little bit more exactly what was going on with their relationship and what he was doing leading up to, you know, her being found dead.
CHRISTIAN: The word that keeps coming up is obsessive that he was obsessed with her that she thought they were just plutonic friends at this point.
Apparently he wanted more.
Now one of the friends told us that he had been known to drive by her home if he thought that perhaps there was another man over there. And apparently, there was an incident where he slashed some of her car tires, again, in a jealous rage perhaps of some sort. But we don`t know any more details than that.
BANFIELD: But acting in a stalking kind of behavior prior to.
CHRISTIAN: Unfortunately.
BANFIELD: Do we know if she made any complaints to anyone either to her friends, her parents, her friends, her family, or maybe the authorities or even the nursing school because they went to class together.
CHRISTIAN: Yes. And you know, we don`t and the interesting thing is she would have graduated this coming May. So maybe she kind of blew it off because in a couple of months, she theoretically wouldn`t be seeing him anymore.
BANFIELD: I mean, it`s unbelievably sad. The D.A. in this case even though they wouldn`t even tell us, you know, that he was a suspect in the case.
Well, now the Nicaraguans have him with the whole gun toting, you know, injury prisoner profile picture. The D.A. is looking for an indictment already. I mean, we`re moving quickly in this.
CHRISTIAN: Yes. The Broome County district attorney he said he`s going to submit this to a grand jury. Assuming a grand jury hands down an indictment they will then try to get a warrant for him and then that process has to involve the State Department and Nicaraguan authorities to try to get him back to the country for trial.
BANFIELD: So, there was also some humor about, you know, that Haley was interested in another old boyfriend and that this was driving Orlando, you know, mad but that`s not confirmed. But the friend of Haley who we spoke with did describe him in a particularly egregious way, and what was that way.
CHRISTIAN: Basically she said that this all involved one screwed up guy Orlando Tercel (Ph) and she did -- or Tercero, excuse me, and she did not use the word screwed. She used another word.
(CROSSTALK)
BANFIELD: A little bit more profanity than that.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: You know, I want -- I want our audience to just hear a little bit more about how this has affected her friends. They are absolutely shocked. I`m not sure if I`m pronouncing this name right but Astha Katasky worked with Haley Anderson at the Jazzman`s cafe absolutely astounded by all of this. Shocked, as she said. I want to you hear the effect that this death has had on her friends.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
ASTHA KATASKY, EMPLOYEE, JAZZMAN`S CAFE: I texted him and I said are you sure it`s her? And they were like yes. I was like it can`t be because she can`t be dead. It was a homicide. And I was like that`s crazy. She can`t be murdered, you know. I see her almost every day. And like, it was just so sudden.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BANFIELD: Yes. That is the human toll that these stories take. It`s not just a story, it`s a crisis. It`s a tragedy for friends and family.
CHRISTIAN: Yes.
BANFIELD: Michael, keep on it and let us know what happens with the extradition.
CHRISTIAN: We`ll do.
BANFIELD: Because I know that we don`t always work well in the sand box well with Nicaraguans when it comes to this, so we`ll see how it goes.
CHRISTIAN: yes.
BANFIELD: Michael Christian, thank you, thank you for that.
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Slain N.Y. Nursing Student Was Allegedly Strangled by Ex and Found Dead in His Bed
http://people.com/crime/haley-anderson-nursing-student-strangled/
On Saturday, prosecutors filed formal murder charges against Orlando Tercero, the suspect in the strangulation killing of 22-year-old New York nursing student Haley Anderson.
During a press conference that day, Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell revealed Andersons body was found March 9 in Terceros bed contradicting earlier police assertions that she was found in her home. Cornwell also revealed that the Long Island native was strangled to death.
http://people.com/crime/haley-anderson-nursing-student-strangled/
On Saturday, prosecutors filed formal murder charges against Orlando Tercero, the suspect in the strangulation killing of 22-year-old New York nursing student Haley Anderson.
During a press conference that day, Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell revealed Andersons body was found March 9 in Terceros bed contradicting earlier police assertions that she was found in her home. Cornwell also revealed that the Long Island native was strangled to death.
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Just found this thread.
So is he back in the U.S. or still in Nicaragua?
TIA!
:rose: JUSTICE for HALEY :rose:
So is he back in the U.S. or still in Nicaragua?
TIA!
:rose: JUSTICE for HALEY :rose:
We don't know but I believe he is still in Nicaragua
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Extradition of murder suspect could take years
Orlando Tercero is accused of killing a Westbury nursing student, Haley Anderson. He is sitting in a Nicaraguan jail. U.S. authorities are working to bring him back to stand trial in New York.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island...rson-slaying-nicaragua-extradition-1.18044286
A month after the slaying of a Westbury nursing student, her suspected killer is sitting in a Nicaraguan jail and federal authorities can’t say when or even if he will be returned to the United States.
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An authority on international extraditions agrees the process could take a couple of years if Tercero is fighting it.
Extradition of murder suspect could take years
Orlando Tercero is accused of killing a Westbury nursing student, Haley Anderson. He is sitting in a Nicaraguan jail. U.S. authorities are working to bring him back to stand trial in New York.
https://www.newsday.com/long-island...rson-slaying-nicaragua-extradition-1.18044286
A month after the slaying of a Westbury nursing student, her suspected killer is sitting in a Nicaraguan jail and federal authorities can’t say when or even if he will be returned to the United States.
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An authority on international extraditions agrees the process could take a couple of years if Tercero is fighting it.
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http://www.wbng.com/story/38208704/fund-looks-to-keep-haley-andersons-legacy-alive
Anderson's accused killer, Orlando Tercero who was also a Binghamton University nursing student, remains in custody in Nicaragua. Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell told 12 News on Wednesday that his staff is continuing to work with the Department of Justice to extradite Tercero back to Binghamton soon to stand trial. Cornwell says while it has taken longer than expected, he's confident that Tercero will be back.
Anderson's accused killer, Orlando Tercero who was also a Binghamton University nursing student, remains in custody in Nicaragua. Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell told 12 News on Wednesday that his staff is continuing to work with the Department of Justice to extradite Tercero back to Binghamton soon to stand trial. Cornwell says while it has taken longer than expected, he's confident that Tercero will be back.
My guess would be "yes". Many countries with extradition treaties have two different sets of standards for their citizens and foreign citizens. A good example of this is Mexico.
Non Mexican citizens can extradited relatively easy. Being of indirect or even direct Mexican descent does not equate to Mexican citizenship (as more than a few U.S. born fugitives have found out).
But... Mexican citizens, even if long term Immigrants to the U.S. or dual nationals, must be effectively be given a full trial in Mexico first before being extradited. This de facto trial can be expedited in cases of Mexican national security, but it is rare. Most non national security types, even if accused of very serious crimes, are not detained during the Mexican review process and end up disappearing again.
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Haley Anderson homicide: Tercero's extradition from Nicaragua a work in progress
May 25, 2018
Nearly three months have passed since Binghamton University student Haley Anderson was strangled in a West Side apartment.
Since then, the U.S. Ambassador in Nicaragua has pledged authorities in two countries are working to have homicide suspect Orlando Tercero returned for prosecution. The Broome County District Attorney has filed a second-degree murder charge.
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But Tercero, 22, remains in the custody of authorities in Nicaragua, where he holds dual citizenship.
As the legal process among state and federal officials continues to unfold behind closed doors, a timeline for Tercero's extradition back to the U.S. remains unclear. Due to international litigation, local law enforcement officials have been short on specifics.
"The District Attorney’s Office is in constant contact with federal agencies, working daily with the Department of Justice, to return the defendant to Broome County," District Attorney Steve Cornwell said in a statement Thursday. "All legal documents have been submitted, and we continue to work diligently to bring the defendant to justice."
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The U.S. Ambassador, Laura Dogu, told Nicaraguan news media outlets April 3 that both countries have been coordinating efforts. She said it can a lengthy process to exchange and translate legal documents tied to the extradition.
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If Tercero is prosecuted in Broome County on the second-degree murder charge, he could face up to 25 years to life in prison, if convicted.
May 25, 2018
Nearly three months have passed since Binghamton University student Haley Anderson was strangled in a West Side apartment.
Since then, the U.S. Ambassador in Nicaragua has pledged authorities in two countries are working to have homicide suspect Orlando Tercero returned for prosecution. The Broome County District Attorney has filed a second-degree murder charge.
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But Tercero, 22, remains in the custody of authorities in Nicaragua, where he holds dual citizenship.
As the legal process among state and federal officials continues to unfold behind closed doors, a timeline for Tercero's extradition back to the U.S. remains unclear. Due to international litigation, local law enforcement officials have been short on specifics.
"The District Attorney’s Office is in constant contact with federal agencies, working daily with the Department of Justice, to return the defendant to Broome County," District Attorney Steve Cornwell said in a statement Thursday. "All legal documents have been submitted, and we continue to work diligently to bring the defendant to justice."
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The U.S. Ambassador, Laura Dogu, told Nicaraguan news media outlets April 3 that both countries have been coordinating efforts. She said it can a lengthy process to exchange and translate legal documents tied to the extradition.
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If Tercero is prosecuted in Broome County on the second-degree murder charge, he could face up to 25 years to life in prison, if convicted.
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Nicaragua prosecutors charge Orlando Tercero in death of NY college student Haley Anderson
After spending more than a year in custody, Orlando Tercero is facing prosecution in Nicaragua for the death of Binghamton University nursing student Haley Anderson.
Tercero, a 23-year-old former BU student himself who holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and Nicaragua, is being charged there with the crime of femicide, according to an Aug. 12 report from Nicaraguan news outlet El Nuevo Diario. The news outlet also reported Nicaragua has denied extraditing Tercero back to Broome County, New York, where a second-degree murder charge was filed against him last year.
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Although Nicaraguan authorities prefer to prosecute this crime in that nation, Schumer's letter said, "we must not accept this as an immutable reality."
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The Nicaraguan news outlet reported in August that the Nicaraguan Prosecutor's Office is pursuing a criminal case there against Tercero, who is accused of strangling Anderson at his residence.
No trial date has been announced.
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Although a suspected motive in the homicide hasn't been made public, a Binghamton police report said Tercero became upset at a September 2018 party after learning Anderson was dating one of his friends.
After spending more than a year in custody, Orlando Tercero is facing prosecution in Nicaragua for the death of Binghamton University nursing student Haley Anderson.
Tercero, a 23-year-old former BU student himself who holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and Nicaragua, is being charged there with the crime of femicide, according to an Aug. 12 report from Nicaraguan news outlet El Nuevo Diario. The news outlet also reported Nicaragua has denied extraditing Tercero back to Broome County, New York, where a second-degree murder charge was filed against him last year.
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Although Nicaraguan authorities prefer to prosecute this crime in that nation, Schumer's letter said, "we must not accept this as an immutable reality."
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The Nicaraguan news outlet reported in August that the Nicaraguan Prosecutor's Office is pursuing a criminal case there against Tercero, who is accused of strangling Anderson at his residence.
No trial date has been announced.
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Although a suspected motive in the homicide hasn't been made public, a Binghamton police report said Tercero became upset at a September 2018 party after learning Anderson was dating one of his friends.
Wow, I’d forgotten about this. Can’t believe this kid has spent an entire year in custody just waiting to be charged. Guess they don’t give you the right to a speedy trial in good ole Nicaragua. Not that he deserves any sympathy, of course.
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Nicaragua prosecutors charge Orlando Tercero in death of NY college student Haley Anderson
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An Oct. 1 trial date for Tercero has been scheduled, according to the Nicaraguan news outlet.
I'm thinking this is the same article I posted above - BUT! I do not recall a date in it. Now there is.
Wonder if they have tweeters in Nicaragua.....
otherwise I'm afraid we won't hear anything, but just reading articles. 
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An Oct. 1 trial date for Tercero has been scheduled, according to the Nicaraguan news outlet.
I'm thinking this is the same article I posted above - BUT! I do not recall a date in it. Now there is.
Wonder if they have tweeters in Nicaragua.....
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Orlando Tercero charged with femicide in Nicaragua for murder of Haley Anderson
September 12, 2019
After spending over a year in prison, Orlando Tercero appeared for the first time in court on Monday in Managua, Nicaragua, where he will face prosecution for the March 2018 murder of 22-year-old Binghamton University nursing student Haley Anderson.
Nicaraguan officials have denied requests from the United States to extradite Tercero, a 23-year-old former BU student, according to an Aug. 12 article from Nicaraguan news outlet El Nuevo Diario. He is suspected of strangling Anderson in his Oak Street student residence on Binghamton’s West Side. Anderson’s body was discovered on March 9 after police responded to a welfare check. Authorities say Tercero took a flight from New York to Nicaragua, where he has dual citizenship, following the murder. There, he was apprehended by Nicaraguan authorities in Managua several days later.
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In Nicaragua, Tercero has been charged with femicide, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars. He is facing a second-degree murder charge in the United States, which carries a possible sentence of 25 years to life in prison. State and federal officials have been working to secure Tercero’s extradition; however, Nicaragua is not required to extradite Nicaraguan citizens facing charges in the United States under currently existing extradition treaty.
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Tercero is expected to appear again in court for trial on Oct. 1, according to El Nuevo Diario. Eight witnesses are scheduled to testify against him, including Anderson’s parents and ex-boyfriend.
September 12, 2019
After spending over a year in prison, Orlando Tercero appeared for the first time in court on Monday in Managua, Nicaragua, where he will face prosecution for the March 2018 murder of 22-year-old Binghamton University nursing student Haley Anderson.
Nicaraguan officials have denied requests from the United States to extradite Tercero, a 23-year-old former BU student, according to an Aug. 12 article from Nicaraguan news outlet El Nuevo Diario. He is suspected of strangling Anderson in his Oak Street student residence on Binghamton’s West Side. Anderson’s body was discovered on March 9 after police responded to a welfare check. Authorities say Tercero took a flight from New York to Nicaragua, where he has dual citizenship, following the murder. There, he was apprehended by Nicaraguan authorities in Managua several days later.
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In Nicaragua, Tercero has been charged with femicide, which carries a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars. He is facing a second-degree murder charge in the United States, which carries a possible sentence of 25 years to life in prison. State and federal officials have been working to secure Tercero’s extradition; however, Nicaragua is not required to extradite Nicaraguan citizens facing charges in the United States under currently existing extradition treaty.
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Tercero is expected to appear again in court for trial on Oct. 1, according to El Nuevo Diario. Eight witnesses are scheduled to testify against him, including Anderson’s parents and ex-boyfriend.
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Orlando Tercero's Trial In Nicaragua To Continue Next Week
Posted: Oct 02, 2019 3:51 PM
INGHAMTON, N.Y. -
A Nicaraguan courtroom will call Broome County back next Friday (Oct. 4) for more testimony from witnesses in the case against Orlando Tercero, accused of killing Binghamton University student Haley Anderson at a Binghamton apartment.
On Tuesday, Anderson's family and friends were able to watch the court proceedings happening on a video screen at the Broome County District Attorney's office. The video conference call was set up so that witnesses could step into a separate room and give their testimony over a webcam with the help of translators.
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On Tuesday, Haley's friends explained how they tracked her phone to the apartment when she never came home and how they found her laying inside. They say Tercero was jealous and wanted a relationship with Haley, but she just wanted to be friends.
Gordon Anderson, Haley's father, testified that she often told him about how persistent Tercero was in contacting her and how she suspected it was him who slashed the tires of her car after a fight.
Posted: Oct 02, 2019 3:51 PM
INGHAMTON, N.Y. -
A Nicaraguan courtroom will call Broome County back next Friday (Oct. 4) for more testimony from witnesses in the case against Orlando Tercero, accused of killing Binghamton University student Haley Anderson at a Binghamton apartment.
On Tuesday, Anderson's family and friends were able to watch the court proceedings happening on a video screen at the Broome County District Attorney's office. The video conference call was set up so that witnesses could step into a separate room and give their testimony over a webcam with the help of translators.
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On Tuesday, Haley's friends explained how they tracked her phone to the apartment when she never came home and how they found her laying inside. They say Tercero was jealous and wanted a relationship with Haley, but she just wanted to be friends.
Gordon Anderson, Haley's father, testified that she often told him about how persistent Tercero was in contacting her and how she suspected it was him who slashed the tires of her car after a fight.
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Friday, October 4th:
*Trial Continues (Day 2) (@ am CT) Nicaragua / NY – Haley Anderson (22) (Mar. 8, 2018, New York, found Mar. 9, 2018) – Orland Tercero (22) arrested (3/14/18) in Managua, Nicaragua. Charged (8/12/19) with the crime of femicide.
Trial began on 10/1/19.
Nicaragua has denied extradition back to U.S. They will try him there.
NY – Suspect charged (3/10/18) with 2nd degree murder. Broome County. Could take years to extradite suspect from Nicaragua.
5/25/18: Broome County DA filed 2nd degree murder charges; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua working to get him back to U.S.
5/26/18 still in Nicaragua. 3/13/19: Still trying to extradite him from Nicaragua. 8/12/19: Nicaragua will try him for crime.
9/9/19: Appeared in court. Trial set to begin 10/1/19. Eight witnesses are scheduled to testify against him, including Anderson’s parents & ex-boyfriend.
10/1/19 Day 1: Several witnesses testified. Trial continues on 10/4.
*Trial Continues (Day 2) (@ am CT) Nicaragua / NY – Haley Anderson (22) (Mar. 8, 2018, New York, found Mar. 9, 2018) – Orland Tercero (22) arrested (3/14/18) in Managua, Nicaragua. Charged (8/12/19) with the crime of femicide.
Trial began on 10/1/19.
Nicaragua has denied extradition back to U.S. They will try him there.
NY – Suspect charged (3/10/18) with 2nd degree murder. Broome County. Could take years to extradite suspect from Nicaragua.
5/25/18: Broome County DA filed 2nd degree murder charges; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua working to get him back to U.S.
5/26/18 still in Nicaragua. 3/13/19: Still trying to extradite him from Nicaragua. 8/12/19: Nicaragua will try him for crime.
9/9/19: Appeared in court. Trial set to begin 10/1/19. Eight witnesses are scheduled to testify against him, including Anderson’s parents & ex-boyfriend.
10/1/19 Day 1: Several witnesses testified. Trial continues on 10/4.
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Technology Glitches Reported in Tercero Murder Trial
Participants and observers of the first day of the murder trial of Orlando Tercero in Broome County and Nicaragua October 1 dealt with video break ups and distorted sound.
The next day of the trial of the former Binghamton University student, who is accused of murdering fellow student Haley Anderson in Binghamton in March of 2018, is not scheduled until Friday, October 11.
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The October 11, proceedings are to pick up where they left off with witnesses in Binghamton testifying from the Broome County District Attorney’s office, often through an interpreter, with Tercero and his defense on the other side of the video hookup from a courtroom in Nicaragua.
The proceedings on the 11th are due to start at 1 p.m. Binghamton time/ 11 a.m. in Nicaragua.
Participants and observers of the first day of the murder trial of Orlando Tercero in Broome County and Nicaragua October 1 dealt with video break ups and distorted sound.
The next day of the trial of the former Binghamton University student, who is accused of murdering fellow student Haley Anderson in Binghamton in March of 2018, is not scheduled until Friday, October 11.
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The October 11, proceedings are to pick up where they left off with witnesses in Binghamton testifying from the Broome County District Attorney’s office, often through an interpreter, with Tercero and his defense on the other side of the video hookup from a courtroom in Nicaragua.
The proceedings on the 11th are due to start at 1 p.m. Binghamton time/ 11 a.m. in Nicaragua.
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Friday, October 11th:
*Trial Continues (Day 2) (@ am CT) Nicaragua / NY – Haley Anderson (22) (Mar. 8, 2018, New York, found Mar. 9, 2018) – *Orlando Tercero (22) arrested (3/14/18) in Managua, Nicaragua. Charged (8/12/19) with the crime of femicide.
Trial began on 10/1/19.
Nicaragua has denied extradition back to U.S. They will try him there.
NY – Suspect charged (3/10/18) with 2nd degree murder. Broome County
Could take years to extradite suspect from Nicaragua.
5/25/18: Broome County DA filed 2nd degree murder charges; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua working to get him back to U.S. 5/26/18 still in Nicaragua. 3/13/19: Still trying to extradite him from Nicaragua.
8/12/19 Update: Nicaragua will try him for crime. 9/9/19: Appeared in court. Trial set to begin 10/1/19. Eight witnesses are scheduled to testify against him, including Anderson’s parents & ex-boyfriend.
10/1/19 Day 1: Several witnesses testified (Karen Anderson, Haley's mother. Josephine Artin, Haley's friend mentioned it article). Trial continues on 10/4. No trial today, continued to 10/11.
*Trial Continues (Day 2) (@ am CT) Nicaragua / NY – Haley Anderson (22) (Mar. 8, 2018, New York, found Mar. 9, 2018) – *Orlando Tercero (22) arrested (3/14/18) in Managua, Nicaragua. Charged (8/12/19) with the crime of femicide.
Trial began on 10/1/19.
Nicaragua has denied extradition back to U.S. They will try him there.
NY – Suspect charged (3/10/18) with 2nd degree murder. Broome County
Could take years to extradite suspect from Nicaragua.
5/25/18: Broome County DA filed 2nd degree murder charges; U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua working to get him back to U.S. 5/26/18 still in Nicaragua. 3/13/19: Still trying to extradite him from Nicaragua.
8/12/19 Update: Nicaragua will try him for crime. 9/9/19: Appeared in court. Trial set to begin 10/1/19. Eight witnesses are scheduled to testify against him, including Anderson’s parents & ex-boyfriend.
10/1/19 Day 1: Several witnesses testified (Karen Anderson, Haley's mother. Josephine Artin, Haley's friend mentioned it article). Trial continues on 10/4. No trial today, continued to 10/11.
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