22 Years Later, Baby Hope’s Real Name Placed On Headstone
Suspect Was Arrested Friday In 4-Year-Old Girl's 1991 Murder
October 13, 2013 8:21 PM
As CBS 2’s Steve Langford reported, New Yorkers made a special trip Sunday to St. Raymond’s Cemetery in the Bronx to pay their respects to the girl now identified as Anjelica Castillo, and offered a prayer for the child whose alleged killer – a cousin – has finally been caught.
“And today the angels are rejoicing with her,” one New Yorker said at the grave site.
Conrado Juarez, 52, of the Bronx, was apprehended and arrested on Friday. Police said he admitted to sexually assaulting and smothering Anjelica, before stuffing her little body into a cooler and then, along with his sister, leaving the container near the Henry Hudson Parkway.
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Balbena Juarez Ramirez, the now deceased sister of Juarez allegedly helped him stuff the body in the cooler before getting in a livery cab and disposing of the body, 1010 WINS’ Gary Baumgarten reported.
Angelica’s naked body was discovered in upper Manhattan 22 years ago.
“Juarez returned to the Bronx and his sister returned to Queens, never to speak of this heinous act again,” said police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Now, the silence has been broken and the cold case has been cracked open.
“I think it’s fantastic that the detective kept after it and finally found justice,” one person said at the gravesite.
Conrado Juarez worked here most recently at Trattoria Pesce restaurant on Bleecker Street. Police caught up with him nearby here on Friday.
Co-workers did not comment on the incident, and there were no signs of any family members at the Bronx apartment building where Juarez lived. But neighbors were apparently shaken by news about just who a fellow resident might be.
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