NY NY- Frederick Wilkerson, 67, famed singer & coach to R. Flack, strangled in his Upper West Side bedroom, Manhattan, 5 April 1980 *New Initiative*

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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News
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NYPD Cold Case Squad looks at 1980 Manhattan murder of voice coach for Maya Angelou, Roberta Flack, Paul Robeson

What he found in a Manhattan apartment the morning of April 5, 1980, has stayed to this day with Carlos Gueits-Bonilla, a former opera singer. His voice teacher and friend, Frederick Wilkerson — whose celebrity pupils included Roberta Flack, Maya Angelou and Paul Robeson — was dead in his Upper...

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''What he found in a Manhattan apartment the morning of April 5, 1980, has stayed to this day with Carlos Gueits-Bonilla, a former opera singer.
His voice teacher and friend, Frederick Wilkerson — whose celebrity pupils included Roberta Flack, Maya Angelou and Paul Robeson — was dead in his Upper West Side bedroom, strangled and with several broken ribs.
Gueits-Bonilla sent an email last year to former Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, whom he knew socially when he lived in Washington, D.C. That email helped bring new NYPD attention to the case.
NYPD Detective Robert Deckert, a member of the Cold Case Squad, hopes modern forensic analyses and a re-examination of fingerprints and other evidence will help crack the case.''
''The detectives determined that Wilkerson had two men to his place the night before he was found dead.
The three men went to Wilkerson’s bedroom for an encounter that went horribly wrong''

 

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NYPD Cold Case Squad looks at 1980 Manhattan murder of voice coach for Maya Angelou, Roberta Flack, Paul Robeson

Frederick Wilkerson’s pupils included Roberta Flack, Maya Angelou and Paul Robeson. He was found dead in his Upper West Side bedroom.

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Unsolved murder of celebrity NYC voice coach gets renewed interest 40 years later

While there’s never been an arrest in his death, a former student and friend is refusing to let Frederick Wilkerson’s case fade quietly into silence.

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By Marc Santia • Published 7 mins ago rbbm​

"Someone’s got to come up and step up to the frickin' plate. Nobody else has done it,” Gueies-Bonilla said.

It happened in Wilkerson's Upper West Side apartment, where Carlos happened to be staying. When he went out to a rehearsal, police say two men came knocking. Another houseguest opened the door. ''

“She let the gentlemen in. She gave them a glass of scotch. And she thought nothing of it," Gueies-Bonilla said.

That’s because, as Carlos explains it, lots of people dropped in on Wilkerson – to party and talk music. But the next morning, when Carlos peeked in on his friend, he found the man's cold body.''

''More than four decades later, Gueies-Bonilla hopes someone sings to clear their conscience.
“Please come forward for Frederick Wilkerson, for the people whose the careers he built," pleads Gueies-Bonilla. “Bring justice to everybody that knew this man and loved him.”