LI Woman Directed Kidnapping, Execution Of Man Who Parked Outside Her Home: DA

BAY SHORE, NY — A Bay Shore woman has been convicted of first-degree murder after prosecutors said she orchestrated the kidnapping and killing of a man whose only offense was parking outside her home, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Kayla Alvarenga, 23, was found guilty Thursday following a jury trial in Suffolk County Supreme Court, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney.

Alvarenga was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree robbery, and fourth-degree conspiracy, the DA said.

Prosecutors said the case stems from a late-night confrontation on Sept. 17, 2022, outside Alvarenga’s home on Fifth Avenue in Bay Shore.

According to evidence presented at trial, 29-year-old Linver Ortiz Ponce, of Central Islip, had parked his red Chevrolet Camaro on the street shortly before midnight. Alvarenga confronted him and demanded that he move the vehicle.

After the dispute, prosecutors said Alvarenga contacted co-defendant Christopher Perdomo, 28, of Glen Cove, and others, instructing them to come to her home and remove the victim.

Perdomo and three teenage co-defendants — ages 16 and 17 — then arrived in a BMW that had been stolen hours earlier during a carjacking in Bay Shore, prosecutors said.

The group dragged Ortiz Ponce from his car while he was sleeping, beat him, and stole his vehicle, according to the DA’s office.

Ortiz Ponce fled on foot to a nearby gas station, attempting to hide behind parked vehicles.

Prosecutors said that at that point, Alvarenga escalated the situation further — directing multiple co-defendants to locate, abduct, and kill him.

Alvarenga and two teenage co-defendants drove the victim’s Camaro, while Perdomo and three others followed in the stolen BMW, searching for Ortiz Ponce.

Surveillance video presented at trial showed the victim being abducted at gunpoint at the gas station and forced into the BMW, DA said.

Prosecutors said Alvarenga then instructed the group to follow her to a church parking lot.

During the drive, Perdomo beat Ortiz Ponce with a gun, according to the evidence.

Once at the church, prosecutors said the group repeatedly assaulted the victim.

The attack culminated when Alvarenga ordered Perdomo to kill Ortiz Ponce, the DA said.

Perdomo then shot the victim multiple times as he attempted to crawl away, killing him.

After the shooting, prosecutors said the group fled in both vehicles, later abandoning the Camaro in a wooded area in Smithtown and the BMW in Brentwood.

The defendants then used a rideshare to return to Alvarenga’s home, where proceeds from the victim’s wallet were divided among them, according to prosecutors.

Perdomo was later apprehended in Georgia in May 2024.

He pleaded guilty in September 2025 to first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, second-degree robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon, DA said.

Five adolescent co-defendants also pleaded guilty and testified during Alvarenga’s trial.

All individuals involved have either been sentenced or are awaiting sentencing, prosecutors said.

Alvarenga is scheduled to be sentenced on April 28 and faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

She is represented by defense attorney Jonathan Manley, who was not immediately available for a request for comment on the verdict.

“Parking in front of someone’s home on a public street should never be a death sentence,” Tierney said. “What makes this case even more disturbing is the defendant’s manipulation and use of minors to carry out her violence. We thank the jury for the careful attention in this case, as now the defendant has been held accountable for this senseless murder.”