Found Deceased NY - Lilia Aucapina, 40, Wainscott, 10 Oct 2015

[deedee21]

Yes, I agree.

Hopefully LE investigates her case well.

She was in the woods for six weeks. She was identified by dental records. Lost opportunity to do a proper investigation. Theres more to this than meets the eye. I think its murder by hanging. Will her death be labled suicide because most hangings are. I hope not.

 

[deedee21]

Something not right in this case.

You are right. Hopefully the truth comes out. I hope the window of opportunity is not lost because of the amt of time she was in the woods. That would be a shame.

 

[deedee21]

Something not right in this case.

Your right. Why did the husband call his wifes brother? He wanted him to see his sister with another man. WHY? Seriously, who does that? That was an aggressive move on his part. Sometimes an offense is a defense. Whats he hiding?

 

[deedee21]

Mr. Aucapina is not in the position to call the kettle black. I wonder how Lillias brother will feel if that ever comes OUT? USED I hope. The truth needs to come OUT about Mr. holier than thou.

 

[melodyl]

Mr. Aucapina is not in the position to call the kettle black. I wonder how Lillias brother will feel if that ever comes OUT? USED I hope. The truth needs to come OUT about Mr. holier than thou.

Sounds like you have information of a more personal type rather than from a media source. I know that there was an order of protection, but the husband lived right next door to her. I don't know what the protection order was based on but I would think that she wasn't fearful because both she and the judge who signed the order allowed the husband to reside next door. That makes no sense to me.

I really believe that she did commit suicide and I think it had more to do with her cultural views than her religious views, if the two can be viewed separately. Unfortunately family shame seems to fall on the woman's shoulders more than the man's.

Rest in peace Lilla.

 

[SthrnRaine]

Great article from The Daily Beast on Lilia.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/05/a-hamptons-mom-vanishes-and-no-one-says-a-word.html



From the outside, Lilia Aucapina had it all.
Two months before she vanished, the Hamptons house cleaner and her 14-year-old daughter cooked for pediatric cancer patients. Friends said the mother devoted her life to helping others and taught her kids to do the same.
Aucapina and her husband, Carlos, emigrated from Ecuador two decades ago. They lived in a big house with a swimming pool in Sagaponak—home to one of the country’s wealthiest zip codes. Online listings show the home rented for $20,000 a month in the summer.


But beneath the surface, their American Dream was falling apart. In early October, a judge issued an order of protection as part of the couple’s divorce proceedings. Aucapina went missing days later, after Carlos and her brother confronted her and a younger male friend in a parking lot, accusing them of a having an affair.
Carlos Aucapina and Lilia’s brother, Carlos Parra, could not be reached for comment on the parking lot incident, though it was confirmed by Aucapina’s attorney.

BBM
I'm not sure what to make of the 'apparent' suicide yet, but one of the things that jumped out at me, especially with the impending divorce, it seems they were extremely well off considering their occupations. A housekeeper and a self-employed carpenter. It just makes me wonder if there was more going on than simply an affair that led to Lilia's demise, be it suicide or murder. jmo

 

[deedee21]

That area of the Hamptons is much more affordable than the other areas. Hampton Bays. Its conceivable. Yes, theres alot more to the story. I hope theres an opportunity for it to come out. Sometimes opinions are based on what we dont know.

 

[deedee21]

Boy oh boy. Shame on both the husband and brother.

 

[OkieGranny]

Earlier this month:

The Hamptons ‘Suicides’ Nobody’s Buying

Six weeks later, a hunter discovered Aucapina’s body hanging on a low-lying branch several hundred feet from her Sagaponack residence, in an area authorities claimed they swept multiple times with K-9 units, all-terrain vehicles, and police choppers...

Police called her death a suicide. But to date, relatives say they haven’t received answers from authorities, nor an autopsy report or certificate of death. They don’t believe the devoted mom and charity volunteer would have killed herself.

“We, as her family, are not even sure if it was Esperanza who we buried,” Maria Duchi, the victim’s niece, told The Daily Beast, adding that the family wasn’t allowed to see the decomposed body or autopsy results...

 

[deedee21]

The family needs to focus on Liilia if they want results. They are demanding LE investigate other cases as well. Thats not the way to go. You have to take care of your own first. The others can come later.

 

[deedee21]

Your right. Why did the husband call his wifes brother? He wanted him to see his sister with another man. WHY? Seriously, who does that? That was an aggressive move on his part. Sometimes an offense is a defense. Whats he hiding?

What are THEY hiding?

 

[los2188]

Schneiderman Requests Information From Police About Missing Woman Investigation; No Answers For Family

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman last week asked Town Police to provide him with a detailed report of the investigation into the death of Lilia “Esperanza” Aucapina, who was found hanging from a tree close to her Sagaponack home in November.

He did so after persistent requests from family members, who say they still have not received the most basic information about the investigation, including an official autopsy report.

Ms. Aucapina was missing for more than six weeks before she was found on November 21 by a hunter, and after a thorough police search of the area had yielded nothing. Once her body was found, her death was quickly ruled a suicide.

The family of Ms. Aucapina counters that the possibility of criminality in her death was not even considered. It was thus prematurely declared a suicide, they say, as Town Police did not contact trained homicide detectives to conduct a full investigation.

“If you looked in a place and you didn’t find a body, and, all of a sudden, 43 days passed and the body [is] found so close to the house, in their mind it is suicide,” Ms. Aucapina’s niece, Maria Duchi, said angrily on Friday. “They already called it a suicide six hours after she was found.”

Mr. Schneiderman said he will meet with both the Aucapina family and LatinoJustice, a New York-based civil rights organization that has been investigating how police handled Ms. Aucapina’s death, in March, once he receives the report from police to help explain things.

“I want the police to go through it systematically to provide that information,” Mr. Schneiderman said. “There is this perception we didn’t do enough, or because it was a Latina woman the life didn’t matter as any other. That is simply not true.

“I have no reason to believe that the police did not put a significant amount of resources toward this investigation,” he said. “I certainly understand the family’s desire to get to the bottom of the investigation, that the town took it seriously and that the town didn’t jump to quick conclusions when it could have been other things.”

Ms. Duchi said that her family had tried earlier to search the property around her home, but police would not let them because they said it could compromise the investigation. “So now the hunters are, what? Now what are you calling the hunters?” she asked. “Investigators never listened—they said, ‘No, it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t make sense.’”

http://www.27east.com/news/article....-Family?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter​

 

[cvaldez1975]

I am glad they are taking a second look. Put the pressure on!

Schneiderman Requests Information From Police About Missing Woman Investigation; No Answers For Family

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman last week asked Town Police to provide him with a detailed report of the investigation into the death of Lilia “Esperanza” Aucapina, who was found hanging from a tree close to her Sagaponack home in November.

He did so after persistent requests from family members, who say they still have not received the most basic information about the investigation, including an official autopsy report.

Ms. Aucapina was missing for more than six weeks before she was found on November 21 by a hunter, and after a thorough police search of the area had yielded nothing. Once her body was found, her death was quickly ruled a suicide.

The family of Ms. Aucapina counters that the possibility of criminality in her death was not even considered. It was thus prematurely declared a suicide, they say, as Town Police did not contact trained homicide detectives to conduct a full investigation.

“If you looked in a place and you didn’t find a body, and, all of a sudden, 43 days passed and the body [is] found so close to the house, in their mind it is suicide,” Ms. Aucapina’s niece, Maria Duchi, said angrily on Friday. “They already called it a suicide six hours after she was found.”

Mr. Schneiderman said he will meet with both the Aucapina family and LatinoJustice, a New York-based civil rights organization that has been investigating how police handled Ms. Aucapina’s death, in March, once he receives the report from police to help explain things.

“I want the police to go through it systematically to provide that information,” Mr. Schneiderman said. “There is this perception we didn’t do enough, or because it was a Latina woman the life didn’t matter as any other. That is simply not true.

“I have no reason to believe that the police did not put a significant amount of resources toward this investigation,” he said. “I certainly understand the family’s desire to get to the bottom of the investigation, that the town took it seriously and that the town didn’t jump to quick conclusions when it could have been other things.”

Ms. Duchi said that her family had tried earlier to search the property around her home, but police would not let them because they said it could compromise the investigation. “So now the hunters are, what? Now what are you calling the hunters?” she asked. “Investigators never listened—they said, ‘No, it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t make sense.’”

http://www.27east.com/news/article....-Family?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter​

 

[deedee21]

Maybe the case is still being investigated without the family knowing about it. That would be the route to go under the circumstances.

 

[deedee21]

The family has to demand that homicide DTs get this case. Even if it means they walk into a squad room themselves.

 

[Ayashley]

This case has always really weirded me out.. I can't find anything new, anyone else find anything?

 

[deedee21]

The family may suspect another family member is responsible for her death. And they could be right. At the very least they should cut him out of their lives.

 

[tycity]

Hi — I’m working on a documentary on the Aucapina death as well as another Latina, Andrea Gabriela Armijos, found hanging some time later in the Hamptons. Both were being harassed by the men in their lives at the time of their being found deceased. Both were ruled suicides with minimal to no police investigations into their disappearances and subsequently their deaths. If you know anything or have a tip please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you.

 

[Ayashley]

Hi — I’m working on a documentary on the Aucapina death as well as another Latina, Andrea Gabriela Armijos, found hanging some time later in the Hamptons. Both were being harassed by the men in their lives at the time of their being found deceased. Both were ruled suicides with minimal to no police investigations into their disappearances and subsequently their deaths. If you know anything or have a tip please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you.

Please do post when you make it, I'd love to watch. This case literally haunts me how weird it is.

 

[tycity]

We have started working on the Armijos and Aucapina suicides. You can follow on this podcast if you like. We're waiting for approval from iTunes but there are several ways to listen, including Spotify and Google Podcasts. Hamptons Uncovered | True Crime Investigative Journalism • A podcast on Anchor

Thanks!