Man Charged With Dismembering Body Found Floating Off Brooklyn Coast

RED HOOK, BROOKLYN — A 40-year-old man has been charged with killing his girlfriend and then dismembering her body, parts of which were found recently off of the shore in Red Hook, Brooklyn, according to authorities.

Raphael Lolos of Bergenfield, New Jersey, has been charged with murder, desecration of human remains, hindering apprehension and credit card fraud in connection with the death of 31-year-old Jenny Londono of Edgewater, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

The charges were brought as a result of a joint investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the New York City Police Department.

At approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, June 27, partial remains of a female body were discovered floating in the waters off Red Hook. The remains had a distinctive Sanskrit tattoo just below the right hip, and were subsequently identified as being those of Londono, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal.

After learning that Londono was last seen and heard from while in Bergen County, NYPD detectives contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and began to jointly investigate the circumstances surrounding Londono’s disappearance and death.

The ensuing investigation revealed that Lolos, described by friends as Londono’s boyfriend, murdered and dismembered Londono in New Jersey then discarded her remains into the Hudson River, prosecutors said.

In the days following the murder, Lolos consistently and repeatedly used Londono’s credit cards until the time of his arrest on July 6, according to prosecutors.

Lolos was arrested with the assistance of the NYPD, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, the Union County Sheriff’s Office, the Union County SWAT Team, and the Linden Police Department in Linden.

After Lolos was arrested and brought back to Bergen County, he suffered a medical episode and was initially transported via ambulance to Bergen Regional Medical Center for evaluation and treatment and was subsequently brought to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he is receiving medical
treatment while in the custody of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office.

Lolos's first appearance before the Judge Margaret M. Foti, P.J.Cr., will be scheduled after his discharge from HUMC.

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