Victims were stabbed before their body parts were found in Babylon: DA

BABYLON, N.Y. (PIX11) – Two alleged killers “violently stabbed” their victims before scattering their body parts around Babylon, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney.

Jeffrey Mackey and Alexis Nieves on Monday were charged with murder related to the premeditated slaying of their acquaintances, Malcolm “Craig” Brown, 53, and Donna Conneely, 59, according to Tierney.

Now, investigators say the two victims were stabbed in their necks, back and torsos at a home on Railroad Avenue in Amityville, according to the district attorney’s office.

Then, the two alleged killers dismembered the bodies in a bathroom of the home and dumped the remains in Southards Pond Park, Bethpage State Park and West Babylon , according to the district attorney’s office.

Mackey and Nieves are not suspected to have worked alone – their accomplices, Steven Brown and Amanda Wallace, have been charged with concealment of a human corpse, robbery and tampering with evidence but not murder, according to Tierney.

The crime has caught Long Island’s attention since Feb. 29, when a girl found the first body part on her way to school, police said.

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