NYC elderly shove death timeline raises questions about suspect’s family

After Lauren Pazienza allegedly referred to as 87-year-old Barbara Gustern a “b—-” and fatally shoved her to the bottom in Manhattan on March 10, prosecutors say the 26-year-old deleted all of her social media, stashed her telephone at her aunt’s home, and fled to her dad and mom’ dwelling on Lengthy Island. 

When detectives paid a go to to her household’s Port Jefferson dwelling on Monday after receiving a tip that she was there, her father advised police that she wasn’t dwelling they usually could not are available, in accordance with the Manhattan District Lawyer. Pazienza turned herself within the subsequent day.  

Karen Charrington, a former assistant district lawyer for Bronx County, stated it is attainable the dad and mom might have opened themselves as much as costs of hindering prosecution or accent after the very fact, however prosecutors must show some sort of felony help. 

“With hindering prosecution, you often want to offer some felony help to an individual that has dedicated a felony,” Charrington advised Fox Information Digital. “However for somebody to inform an officer, ‘You’ll be able to’t are available,’ they usually do not wish to reply questions – you’ve got that full proper to stay silent to cops. You’re not obligated to inform the officers what occurred in a criminal offense. 

After allegedly shoving Gustern to her demise, Pazienza stayed within the space for greater than 20 minutes, in accordance with the Manhattan DA. 

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Surveillance footage reviewed by the DA captured Pazienza getting right into a combat with a person believed to be her fiancé about seven minutes after the shove, then watching as an ambulance arrived on the location.

About half an hour after the assault, Pazienza and her fiancé allegedly entered Penn Station and took the subway again to their shared rental in Astoria, Queens. 

It wasn’t till six days later that Pazienza fled New York Metropolis on March 16 after Gustern succumbed to her accidents. 

TIMELINE:

MARCH 10:  Barbara Gustern shoved to the bottom in Manhattan

MARCH 15:  Gustern dies. Her explanation for demise dominated to blunt-force trauma to the top

MARCH 16:  Pazienza reportedly flees to folks’ dwelling on Lengthy Island as she apparently deleted her social media

MARCH 17: Pazienza allegedly stopped utilizing her cellphone and hid it at her aunt’s home

MARCH 19: NYPD acquired nameless tip on Pazienza

MARCH 21: NYPD turned away from Pazienza household dwelling 

MARCH 22:  Pazienza retains lawyer and surrenders in Manhattan

Lauren Pazienza’s mug shot

“I’ve dealt with instances as a prosecutor the place there’s been a homicide, and the boyfriend or fiancé has pushed [the suspect] away from the scene, they usually’ve been charged with accent after the very fact,” Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Legal professionals, advised Fox Information Digital. “However so far as strolling away with somebody, that is not sufficient to cost.”

The dad and mom of Lauren Pazienza depart felony court docket Tuesday, March 22, 2022. 
(AP Picture/John Minchillo)

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Whereas authorized specialists say that Pazienza probably did not open her members of the family as much as felony legal responsibility, she could have harm herself down the street at trial by allegedly fleeing town. 

“It is not what you do. It is what you do afterward,” Randy Zelin, the top of felony follow at Wilk Auslander and a legislation professor at Cornell College, advised Fox Information Digital. “The DA will try to indicate that is consciousness of guilt.” 

Pazienza was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and first-degree manslaughter, which carries a most sentence of 25 years in jail. Whereas she sits behind bars at Rikers Island, she has acquired the assist of her fiancé and household, sources advised Fox Information Digital. 

A New York Metropolis decide set her bail at $500,000 or $1 million bond, which her lawyer stated Thursday he expects might be posted inside 48 hours. 

She is due again in court docket on Friday.