Police have arrested ten people who have been linked to the death of a homeless man in New York. According to them, there may be more arrests.
The man was first reported missing from a homeless encampment in late May and discovered dead earlier this month.
According to the State Police Captain, Lucas Anthony in a news conference, Thomas Rath, 34, was kidnapped and killed within 24 hours.
“Mr. Rath was the victim,” the police captain said. “But to his family, he was a father, a brother, a son.”
Police said they searched multiple homes, executed more than 40 search warrants, and conducted more than 100 interviews over the summer while searching for Rath.
Rath Rath was living in an encampment area known as “The Jungle”, behind a Lowe’s hardware store in Ithaca, New York around the time he was kidnapped.
New York State Police Trooper Jeffery VanAuken said the investigation “revealed a particularly disturbing and heinous series of events which ultimately revealed the kidnapping and murder of Mr. Rath. They have not revealed the motive yet.
“We’re gonna hold off on that because the investigation is ongoing, and we don’t want to compromise anything right now,” the state trooper said.
New York State Police said in a press release that Angelo Baez, 48, and Jonathan Glennon, 31, were arrested on a charge of second-degree murder, while Baez also faces a felony kidnapping charge. Eight other people – ages ranging from 27 to 52 – were arrested and charged with kidnapping.
