Victim in CT Super 8 shooting found bound and executed

The Connecticut antheral who was found dormant successful a Super 8 Motel successful Stamford was bound with duct portion and executed, authorities said Monday.

Angel Samaniego, 59, was discovered dormant successful the fund hotel connected Oct. 14. He had besides been robbed of respective belongings.

Two days later, Moises Alejandro Candollo-Urbaneja, 22, and Gregory Marlyn Galindez-Trias, 24, were arrested successful Rensselaer, N.Y., successful transportation with the case. Cops said they recovered the duo aft they utilized Samaniego’s stolen recognition paper astatine an Amtrak station, News 12 Connecticut reported.

Additionally, investigators said Candollo-Urbaneja and Galindez-Trias were carrying a blood-stained portion of paper with Samaniego’s recognition paper fig connected it, according to the Stamford Advocate.

The 2 suspects were besides seen connected surveillance footage leaving the Super 8 connected the nighttime of Oct. 13, according to police.

Authorities tracked Samaniego’s car to Detroit, but the antheral driving it knew thing astir his death, the Advocate reported. However, helium identified Candollo-Urbaneja and Galindez-Trias arsenic the 2 radical who sold him the vehicle, cops said.

Candollo-Urbaneja and Galindez-Trias are presently facing respective larceny and theft counts but person not been charged with murder. Stamford constabulary told the Advocate further charges could beryllium added to the case.

Judge Kevin Randolph raised the suspects’ bail from $2 cardinal to $5 cardinal each astatine Monday’s hearing, according to News 12. He described the sidesplitting arsenic “an execution.”

When the brace were arrested, Rensselaer authorities described them arsenic members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. Galindez-Trias mentioned the pack astatine her arraignment, according to the Advocate. However, Stamford constabulary person not said thing astir the sidesplitting being gang-related.