Arrest in Mount Kisco Homicide

Written by LANNING TALIAFERRO (Patch Staff)

County Executive Robert P. Astorino and Westchester County Police Commissioner George N. Longworth announced an arrest in the homicide investigation in Mount Kisco.

The accused killer, Freddy Coronado-Mendez, 32, is a man with a history of violence who has twice been deported, they said.

They spoke at a press conference at the Mount Kisco police-court facility.

The victim, Jose Sanchez, 53, was found Sunday night in the woods near Lieto Drive by a relative. Sanchez had no fixed address but was known to frequent the area, where men often gathered to drink or squat, officials said.

The two men knew each other, and there were witnesses to the incident, officials said.

Sanchez is from Honduras and Coronado-Mendez is from Guatemala, reporter Jon Bandler wrote in the Journal News.