Crime & Safety
Sheila Davalloo Convicted of Murder
The former Pleasantville resident faces 25-60 years in prison for the slaying of her ex-lover's girlfriend in 2002.

A decade after a workplace love triangle turned deadly, a Stamford, CT, jury found Sheila Davalloo guilty of murder Friday, reports The Journal News.
The former Pleasantville resident faces 25-60 years in prison for the murder of Anna Lisa Raymundo, 32, who was Davalloo's co-worker at Purdue Pharma. Both women dated a third co-worker, Nelson Sessler, who lived with Raymundo in Stamford, Ct.
Raymundo's body was discovered by police in her apartment where officials "found the victim's body lying in her foyer amid a bloody crime scene that included signs of a chaotic struggle. The killer stabbd Raymundo nine times in the chest, face and neck and bludgeoned her over the head several times," according to a report in the Stamford Advocate.
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"We got what we were asking for through all the years of suffering,” Dr. Renato Raymundo, the victim's father, told The Journal News after the verdict was announced.
According to the Stamford Advocate, blood stain DNA belonging to Davalloo was discovered in Raymundo's apparent. She is also believed to have dialed the 911 call that led to the investigation of the murder.
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Davalloo, 42, represented herself during the two-week trial and attempted to cast doubt on the evidence by explaining her DNA could have been from a previous visit to the residence, and that the voice recognition software used to identify her as the 911-caller is only 68 percent accurate, reports The Journal News.
Sentencing takes place April 27. Davalloo is already serving 25 years at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women for attempting to murder her then-husband, Paul Christos, in their Foxwood condominium March 23, 2003.
Christos survived the attack, which prosecutors believe was tied to the Raymundo slaying, according to The Journal News. Supervisory States Attorney James Bernardi contends Davalloo turned violent against the people standing in the way of her relationship with Sessler—Christos and Raymundo.
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