Soon after eating the dessert, Tsvyk began to feel ill and went to lie down. Her last memory before losing consciousness was seeing Nasyrova walking around her room, the Queens District Attorney’s Office said. The next day, a friend found Tsvyk unconscious in bed, with pills scattered around her body, as if she had tried to kill herself, prosecutors said. Advertisement“She laced a slice of cheesecake with a deadly drug so she could steal her unsuspecting victim’s most valuable possession, her identity,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in February. Nasyrova’s lawyer, Jose L. Nieves, said in an email that his team had filed an appeal against the verdict and sentencing.

Source: Washington Post April 21, 2023 03:40 UTC