Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a 40-year-old man has been arraigned on an indictment charging him with the murder and dismemberment of his girlfriend, whose remains were found in the defendant’s apartment and at a waste station in the Bronx.
The Acting District Attorney identified the defendant as Somorie Moses, 40, of 185 Erasmus Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. He was arraigned today before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew D’Emic on one count of second-degree murder and one count of concealment of a human corpse and ordered held without bail. The defendant faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
According to the investigation, parts of a woman’s dismembered remains were discovered at a waste station at 287 Halleck Street in the Bronx, at approximately 4:45 a.m., on January 17, 2017. The investigation led New York City Police Department detectives to the defendant and they attempted to apprehend him at his Brooklyn residence on January 20, 2017. The defendant tried to flee but was unsuccessful.
Additional human remains, including the head of the victim, were recovered from a freezer in the defendant’s residence during the execution of a search warrant. The Medical Examiner’s Office determined that all of the remains were those of the defendant’s girlfriend, Leondra Foster, 32, who also resided at 185 Erasmus Street. The Medical Examiner determined cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head.
