Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted for second-degree Murder in the 1996 strangling death of a pregnant woman after his DNA was recently matched to DNA found under the victim’s fingernails.
“Forensic experts were able to match the DNA from the defendant with the victim who was strangled and killed in her home with her 5-year-old son present. Investigators never gave up on getting justice for her, and her alleged killer is now being held accountable,” said Clark.
The defendant, Gregory Fleetwood, 66, was arraigned earlier this week on second-degree Murder before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. The defendant was remanded and is due back in court on Sept. 16, 2022.
According to the investigation, on Feb. 5, 1996, inside an apartment in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, the defendant allegedly choked Jasmine Porter, 36, to death in her apartment. Porter’s 5-year-old son was in the home and was alone with her body for two days before it was discovered. DNA was recovered from under the victim’s fingernails.
Recently, the investigation matched that evidence with Fleetwood’s DNA, using technology that wasn’t available in 1996. Fleetwood had a previous conviction for strangling another pregnant woman in the Bronx in 1987.
Republished courtesy of Bronx DA.