NY - Ashley McDuffie, 27, pregnant, murdered, Bronx, 26 Aug 2016 *Arrest*

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The body of a missing woman has been recovered in a Bronx park after the woman's boyfriend confessed to killing her, family and friends of the victim say.

Ashley McDuffie's body was found near Seton Falls Park by East 233rd Street and Monticello Avenue Friday night, family members told NBC 4.

(...) family say the boyfriend of the missing woman had gone to Mount Vernon Police earlier in the night and confessed to strangling and dumping her body in that area.

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Police have named a suspect in the death of a Mount Vernon mom found inside a park in the Bronx Friday night.

Jason Myers, 32, was the boyfriend of Ashley McDuffie, said a Mount Vernon spokeswoman Saturday.

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The medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death at an autopsy later Saturday.

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Her boyfriend, whose name was not immediately released, admitted McDuffie was pregnant with his child, and said he killed her because he wanted to get back together with his estranged wife, the source added.

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KayElJay said:

From an unnamed source & printed in the NY Post, so take it FWIW, but this motive rings true IMO


http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/pregnant-mom-found-strangled-in-bronx-park/

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Lauranyc83 said:

Omg horrible. I wonder why they aren't releasing his name. It's actually all over social media, and family and friends even pointed to him when she was missing.

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KayElJay said:

They are releasing his name. He's been identified as 32-year-old Jason Myers (from the ABC link in my opening post). My guess is that LE hadn't officially identified him at the time the NY Post wrote their article or that a reporter was just 'behind the times' and didn't check for an update before posting the story.

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An argument at home turned into a choking that turned into a conviction for a Mount Vernon man who will spend years behind bars for killing his live-in girlfriend.

On Tuesday, Jason Myers was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter for choking Ashley McDuffie, a 27-year-old mother of two, to death in their apartment and dumping her body in the Bronx last year. Myers, who confessed to police a week after the killing, was acquitted of the murder charge because McDuffie's death was reckless but not intentional, his lawyer said.

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