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Bronx man pleads guilty to fatally choking Brooklyn woman, disposing of body

Cut off Victim’s Fingertips, Placed Body in Laundry Bag and Dumped it in Canarsie Pier

January 25, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Charles Wright. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn DA’s Office
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Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced on Monday that a 35-year-old Bronx man has pleaded guilty to murder and grand larceny for choking a Brooklyn woman to death. The defendant then cut off the victim’s fingertips, threw the body off of the Canarsie Pier in Brooklyn and used the victim’s banking cards to withdraw cash and make purchases in stores and fast-food restaurants. He faces a prison sentence of 18 years to life as part of the plea.
 
“By sadistically killing, cutting up and dumping the victim’s body in the water, this defendant showed absolutely no mercy towards the victim,” said Thompson. “With his guilty plea, we will now show no mercy towards him and seek a long prison sentence for this ruthless and cold-blooded killer.”
 
The DA identified the defendant as Charles Wright, 35, of 1627 Fulton Ave. in the Bronx. He pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder and two counts of fourth-degree grand larceny before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Michael Gary, who indicated he will sentence the defendant to 18 years to life in prison. The defendant will be sentenced on Feb. 10.
 
Thompson said that according to the investigation, on July 25, 2014, the defendant got into an argument with Shaniqua Davis, 32, inside an apartment at 775 Blake Ave. in East New York. He strangled the victim, used a knife to cut off her fingertips, tied her hands and feet, stuffed the body inside a large brown laundry bag, put her in the back of her car, drove her to the Canarsie Pier and threw her in the water. The body was found on a tidal island in Jamaica Bay inside the laundry bag on Aug. 4, 2014.
 
The evidence showed that after killing the victim, the defendant used her ATM card to withdraw $141.50 from a grocery store across the street from her home. He also used her credit card to make purchases at a gas station, a Family Dollar store and Wendy’s and Burger King restaurants.
 
The defendant’s girlfriend Tamanika Evens, 39, who helped him dispose of the body, pleaded guilty to first-degree hindering prosecution and fourth-degree grand larceny on Dec. 3, 2015, and is expected to be sentenced to two to six years in prison.
 
The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant DA Sara Kurtzberg, of the DA’s Homicide Bureau, under the supervision of Assistant DA Kenneth Taub, chief.

Information from the Brooklyn DA’s Office

 

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