Haitian migrant fatally stabs his 2 HAITIAN roommates inside NY apartment before deportation hearing: report

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Haitian migrant fatally stabs his 2 roommates inside NY apartment before deportation hearing: report

Local officials are asking how Baptiste got into the country in the first place.

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Haitian migrant fatally stabs his 2 roommates inside NY apartment before deportation hearing: report​

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Published April 5, 2024, 7:17 a.m. ET










A Haitian migrant allegedly murdered his two roommates in an apartment complex in the Hudson Valley as he was awaiting a federal deportation hearing.
Kenol Baptiste, 30, is accused of stabbing the two men in and around an apartment complex he was staying at in Middletown, NY, on Monday.
Police arrived at the Ruth Court apartments after receiving a call about a stabbing.
Officers discovered one man dead inside a unit while a second man was discovered lying outside on a sidewalk suffering from serious injuries, according to the Times-Herald Record.
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Kenol Baptiste was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, both felonies, and also handed a misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon charge. News 12

The second victim was transported to the nearby Garnet Health Medical Center, where he later succumbed to his injuries during surgery.

 

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BOTH ARE HAITIAN VICTIMS

Victims identified in case of Middletown asylum-seeker accused of murder

A criminal complaint obtained by News 12 says Marc Saint Vilus and Rosbert Myrtil were killed in the incident at 33 Ruth Court. Their roommate, 30-year-old Kenol Baptiste, who was also seeking asylum from Haiti, has been arrested and charged with murder.

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Victims identified in case of Middletown asylum-seeker accused of murder​

A criminal complaint obtained by News 12 says Marc Saint Vilus and Rosbert Myrtil were killed in the incident at 33 Ruth Court. Their roommate, 30-year-old Kenol Baptiste, who was also seeking asylum from Haiti, has been arrested and charged with murder.​

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Apr 5, 2024, 10:02 AM
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News 12 has learned the identities of two Haitian asylum-seekers who were allegedly stabbed to death by their roommate in Middletown on Monday.
A criminal complaint obtained by News 12 says Marc Saint Vilus and Rosbert Myrtil were killed in the incident at 33 Ruth Court. Their roommate, 30-year-old Kenol Baptiste, who was also seeking asylum from Haiti, has been arrested and charged with murder.
Baptiste was in City of Middletown Court on Monday morning, but the hearing was adjourned for a grand jury to review the case. A notice of indictment was filed with the court by afternoon, according to Orange County District Attorney Dave Hoovler.
Marie Pereira, an attorney and Haitian immigration attorney who helped the victims with their requests for work authorizations, tells News 12 she has spoken to the victims’ friends.
“Everyone is shocked because the murderer was a kind, docile and mild mannered, hardworking young immigrant with no history of violence,” says Pereira.
Baptiste is on a deportation hold in Orange County Jail.