Pamela Graddick, 26, was found dead on September 4, 2012, when a passerby in Yonkers, New York, reported a suspicious package. Her body was inside a large black garbage bag in a wooded area; investigators determined she had been shot twice in the head at a different location and then dumped. Pamela was a Bronx resident.

Early in the investigation Pamela’s live-in girlfriend, Wanda Veguilla, was a person of interest, but investigators said there was insufficient evidence at the time; police were also puzzled how Veguilla could have moved Pamela’s larger body alone. The case went to the Yonkers Police Department Cold Case Unit.

A reexamination of Pamela’s cellphone led to a January 2022 interview in which Veguilla confessed, saying she shot Pamela in the Bronx apartment they shared and that an accomplice, John Torres, provided the weapon and helped move the body to Yonkers. Veguilla was charged with second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence; Torres faced related charges.