Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and LI Colleagues Introduce Bill In Response to Horrific Dismemberment Crime
March 8, 2024
Babylon, NY – Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, alongside Republican State Senators and Assembly Members, today joined Mayor Mary E Adams and Deputy Mayor Frank Seibert from Village of Babylon to introduce new legislation (S.8751) sponsored by Senator Anthony Palumbo (SD1) and Assemblyman Mike Durso (AD9) to make body dismemberment/concealment of a human corpse a bail eligible offense.
The legislation is in response to the horrific case in Babylon, which gained national attention after body parts were discovered in a recreational park and several other locations, including a neighborhood. The suspects in the case were released under New York’s notoriously flawed bail laws after being charged with the concealment of a human corpse by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office as part of their ongoing investigations.
"Enough is enough. When our dedicated law enforcement does their job to locate and arrest individuals suspected of depraved acts such as what we saw in Babylon, we owe it to New Yorkers to empower our judges and district attorneys with laws to keep our communities safe, rather than forcing them to release those suspects back into the community. I will continue to work with my colleagues to correct the state’s disastrous criminal law policies to keep our communities safe,” said Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, SD 9th District.
The newly proposed legislation would make the crime of body dismemberment/concealment of a human corpse a bail eligible class E felony.
