Ex-Boyfriend Charged in Bronx Woman's Death

Pamela Alcantara, a 26-year-old woman from the Bronx, was found dead inside a suitcase near the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. Her ex-boyfriend, Junior Perez Diaz, 46, has been arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, and kidnapping after surveillance captured him with the suitcase near the crime scene. Alcantara had recently ended a three-year relationship and planned to move out of the apartment they shared, but she went missing after failing to attend a church service. Family members reported Alcantara's attempts to leave a controlling relationship, where Perez Diaz monitored her movements and communications. The community, shocked by the tragedy, held a vigil in her memory while the investigation continues and the cause of death awaits confirmation from the medical examiner.