NYPD: Kevin Gavin Killed 3 Women At Carter G. Woodson Houses, A Home For Seniors In Brooklyn
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The NYPD says they’ve arrested a killer who preyed on victims at a home for seniors in Brooklyn.
According to police, Kevin Gavin, 66, killed three residents at the Carter G. Woodson Houses between 2015 and 2021.
“Mr. Gavin was familiar with many of the residents in the building and ran errands for some of the elderly tenants who resided at that location,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison.
Police say they think Gavin attacked the women after arguments over money.
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A handyman who ran errands for elderly tenants in a Brooklyn housing project was arrested Wednesday for a string of murders, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced Thursday.
Kevin Gavin, 66, murdered three senior residents at the Carter G. Woodson Houses over the span of six years, with his most recent murder happening Jan. 15, police said during a press conference.
“Mr. Gavin was familiar with many of the residents in the building and ran errands for some of the elderly tenants who resided at that location,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison.
“NYPD detectives were able to link Gavin to the murders through witnesses and forensic evidence,” Harrison said.
Kevin Gavin, 66, was arrested and charged with the murders of three of his elderly neighbors
The Brooklyn man is accused of killing Myrtle McKenny, 82, Jacolia James, 83, and most recently, Juanita Caballero, 78, over a five-year period
The three women were residents of the Woodson Houses in Brownsville, where Gavin also lived, police said
Gavin had volunteered to help the women with their errands, but allegedly killed them after they failed to pay him
The three homicides over the last five years all happened in the Woodson Houses, a NYCHA building for 450 elderly residents on Powell St. near Dumont Ave. in Brownsville and all three remain unsolved.
Someone choked the life out of Juanita Caballero, 78, whose adult son found her about 5 p.m. Friday after arriving for a visit at her home in the Woodson Houses on Powell St. near Dumont Ave. in Brownsville, police said.