Cops: Brooklyn Woman Murdered Housemate, Spread Body Parts Across LI

A Brooklyn woman was arrested on Wednesday and charged with murdering her housemate and then spreading the victim's body parts across Long Island, police said.

Leah Cuevas, 42, is charged with second degree murder in the death of Chinelle Latoya Thompson Browne, police said. Both women had lived at 346 Sumpter Avenue in Brooklyn.

Two people walking to the ferry in Bay Shore discovered Browne's "partially dismembered" body in a parking lot on July 8, police said.

Browne's head and arms were found in Hempstead over the next couple of weeks. Police did not say where they believe Browne was killed.

Suffolk County Homicide Squad detectives with the assistance of the US Marshalls NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Cuevas on Wednesday. The New York City, Nassau County, and Hempstead Village police departments, as well as the Nassau and Suffolk County medical examiner’s offices all assisted in this investigation, which is still active.

Cuevas was held overnight at the Fourth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday. 

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