Cousin Convicted In Killing Of Harlem Mom Found In Storage Tub: DA

EAST HARLEM, NY - A Manhattan jury on Wednesday convicted the cousin of a woman who was killed in 2022 and whose body was left inside a storage container on the side of a Bronx road for days, authorities said.

Khalid Barrow , of the Bronx, was found guilty of murder, concealing a human corpse and related charges in the death of 35-year-old Nisaa Walcott of East Harlem, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement. Barrow hid Walcott’s body for days while he stole her money, used her apartment and convinced her young child to cover up for him, Bragg added.

“Her death left a hole in her family that can never be filled, and my heart goes out to her loved ones,” Bragg said in a statement. “I thank the members of the jury for the time and attention they paid to the evidence in this deeply disturbing case.”

Walcott’s body was found in February 2022 inside a plastic storage container on the side of a Bronx road near Yankee Stadium in the Melrose neighborhood, Patch previously reported.

Walcott was found with her ankles bound and injuries that pointed to strangulation as the cause of death, the New York Post reported.

Sentencing is set for Dec. 20.