Burning Body Parts In Shopping Cart Leads To Indictment Of 2

YONKERS, NY — A grand jury has handed down murder indictments connected to a grisly discovery in Westchester.

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that two people have been indicted for murder and related charges for killing and dismembering a man and transporting his mutilated body on a Metro-North train to Yonkers, where they burned it.

"The defendants allegedly killed and mutilated a man, and then took some remains, in a shopping cart, on a Metro North train to Yonkers where they burned the cart," District Attorney Clark said. "This was brutal disregard for a human being."

Muhammad Aadil, 40, of the Bronx was arraigned on September 23, on second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, concealment of a human corpse, criminal possession of a firearm, five counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance and fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance before a Bronx Supreme Court justice. He was remanded and is due back in court on December 19.

His co- defendant, Ronei Harris, 18, also of the Bronx, will be arraigned at a later date, according to the DA.

Police say the pair, acting in concert, between July 27, 2024, and August 5, 2024, killed Lutalo Henderson, 46, after a dispute in the home Aadil shared with Henderson. They cut off his legs below the knees, his hands and removed his jaw, investigators said. Police reports say they then wrapped the torso in trash bags and took it in a shopping cart to Yonkers via the Metro-North train.

The pair is accused of setting the cart on fire under the Oak Street Bridge.

Investigators were led to an apartment on Rogers Place in the Bronx, where they recovered the body parts.