Gambian Arrested For Murder In New York

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Gambian Arrested For Murder In New York

Thursday, 01 December 2011 20:50

Rita Morelli

(JollofNews) - A Gambian national has been charged by New York police with the brutal murder of an Italian student.

Bakary Camara, 41, is reported to have repeatedly stabbed 36 year-old Rita Morelli before slashing her throat on November 23 in Harlem.

The lifeless body of Ms Morelli who was studying at Hunter College was found by her fiancé in the apartment where they had been living since 2005.

Rita Morelli

Two days after her body was found, police received a 911 call from a man talking about the killing. Detectives traced the number to Camara, and when they arrived at his Bronx home he had a knife to his chest.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Camara told officers he had committed the crime and then stabbed himself in the chest. He was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, Kelly said.

Detectives found a three-page letter in his pocket in which he incriminated himself, Kelly said.

"It was a somewhat rambling note but he says there was some sort of spell placed over him and that's why he did it," Kelly said.

Camara is charged with second degree murder with no malice afterthought.
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