Girlfriend of suspected killer who ‘dismembered ex’s body and stuffed it in two suitcases in Brooklyn apartment used victim’s benefits card’
- D’Asia Johnson, 22, was found dead on September 21 – but now it’s been reveled that her Electronic Benefits Transfer card was being used by her estranged boyfriend’s new partner
- Justin Williams, 23, today appeared in front of Nassau County Criminal Court charged with a slew of misdemeanors unrelated to Johnson’s rancid death
- Williams, who lives in Harlem, was announced by Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Brittany Gurrieri as a person of interest in the gruesome crime
- On Sunday, NYPD also released the images of five men and one woman who they were looking to question in relation to Johnson’s death
D’Asia Johnson, 22, was found dead on September 21. She was found chopped up in two suitcases in her Brooklyn apartment
The new girlfriend of a suspected killer who was accused of hacking his former lover to death and storing her dismembered limbs in suitcases used her benefits card, it has been claimed.
D’Asia Johnson, 22, was found dead on September 21 at her Brooklyn apartment – but now it’s been alleged her Electronic Benefits Transfer card was being used by her estranged boyfriend’s new partner.
Her dismembered body was found inside blood-stained Apartment 6F at Linwood Park Apartments, an affordable housing building in East New York, Brooklyn. A meat cleaver was also found near her body.
The victim’s ex, Justin Williams, 23, today appeared in front of Nassau County Criminal Court charged with a slew of misdemeanors unrelated to Johnson’s death.
Williams, who lives in Harlem, was announced by Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Brittany Gurrieri as a person of interest in the gruesome crime.
His other unnamed girlfriend – who is also the mother of his children – had been using Johnson’s benefits card since she had died, according to the NY Daily News.
It’s not clear what the woman purchased while using the card.
D’Asia’s Electronic Benefits Transfer card was used by Williams’ other girlfriend after her death, it’s been claimed
The building superintendent made the gruesome discovery at 315 Linwood Street in East New York around 1:30pm
The body was found inside Apartment 6F at Linwood Park Apartments, an affordable housing building in East New York, Brooklyn
The building has 100 apartments, most of which are affordable units. Others are for recently incarcerated Rikers inmates
Police remove the belongings of a 22-year-old woman whose remains were found inside the apartment
On Sunday, NYPD also released the images of five men and one woman who they were looking to question in relation to Johnson’s death.
The 22-year-old had not been seen for several weeks before neighbors noticed a foul smell coming from inside the home last month.
One called the building’s super to request a welfare check which prompted the grim discovery.
According to sources, the super arrived at the apartment and was met by the victim’s boyfriend, who refused to let him in.
He then called the police – at which point the boyfriend and another man were seen fleeing the building carrying a duffle bag, NY Daily News reported.
The super then returned to the empty apartment to find the suitcases stuffed with the victim’s body parts, as well as the meat cleaver in the bathroom.
Johnson allegedly had an order of protection filed against her estranged boyfriend before she was found dead. Part of the order meant he was barred from being at her apartment.
The apartment building contains 100 units of affordable housing but it also houses recently released Rikers inmates.
Of the charges Williams was in court for today, he pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $125,000 for the assault at the laundromat, as well as $25,000 for the Walgreens grand larceny.
Police carry evidence bags at the apartment complex in East New York
Police take biological evidence bags into a cop van as investigators continue to probe the grim discovery
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