MAN SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY STABBING HIS ELDERLY UNCLE FOR LOTTERY WINNINGS, THEN KILLING A FAMILY FRIEND IN HER WORKPLACE WHILE HE WAS ON THE RUN FROM POLICE

 

Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Two Counts of First-Degree Manslaughter

 Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree Manslaughter for fatally stabbing his 73-year-old uncle in his South Bronx apartment in June 2018, and for fatally stabbing a woman in a security firm office in the Wakefield section of the Bronx a month later.

 District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant mercilessly killed his elderly uncle, who had been battling cancer, and had won the lottery, for only a few dollars. Exactly a month later, the defendant went to the workplace of a woman considered to be a family friend and fatally stabbed her. The defendant’s actions left a child without a mother and a husband without a wife. I hope today’s sentence brings some sense of relief to the families of the victims.”

 District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Idris Abdul Muhaymin, 49, originally from Georgia, was sentenced today to 24 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Ralph Fabrizio. The defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of firstdegree Manslaughter on January 4, 2022.

 According to the investigation, Muhaymin went to the home of Owen Dillard, 73, at 352 Beekman Avenue on June 11, 2018. The defendant demanded money from the victim, who had recently won the lottery. Muhaymin then put Dillard in a chokehold and stabbed him multiple times with a sharp object. The victim sustained wounds to his head and neck and was pronounced dead at the scene. Video surveillance shows the defendant entering and leaving the victim’s home. He took a few dollars from the victim.

 On July 11, 2018, while the defendant was on the run from authorities, Muhaymin entered MNI Security Specialist Inc., at 888 East 233rd Street where the second victim, Wanda Rios, 45, worked. Video surveillance shows the victim, who was a family friend of Muhaymin, letting the defendant into the establishment. The defendant stabbed her repeatedly with a sharp object, causing her death. He fled the scene with electronic equipment. The victim was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.

 District Attorney Clark also thanked NYPD Detective Javier Cordero of the 40th Precinct, NYPD Detective Robert Connor of the 47th Precinct, and NYPD Detective John Ferretti and NYPD Detective Sean O’Leary, both of Bronx Homicide, for their assistance in the case.