A woman in New York City showed off a bizarre new look as she was handed a life sentence over the murder of three men, as the victims' families screamed and sobbed in court.
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families → show → court
Tabitha Bundrick, 39, was sentenced to 27 years to life on Tuesday after pleading guilty to killing Mario Paullan, 42, Miguel Navez, 39, and Abrihan Fernandez, 34, with lethal doses of fentanyl in 2023 and 2024.
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Bundrick → sentence → 2023
Bundrick was emotionless with her hands cuffed behind her back as she entered the Lower Manhattan courtroom with cornrow braids embellished with beads, and wore red painted lips, false eyelashes, and a hand-crocheted brown crucifix hanging around her neck.
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The convicted murderer was previously seen looking slim with long, flowing hair and minimal makeup in a picture before her arrest.
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murderer → convict → arrest
Prosecutors described Bundrick's murder of the three men as part of a 'deliberate and repetitive scheme' to drug and rob them.
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The victims' families delivered powerful and emotional victim impact statements, including the distraught words of Fernandez's mother, Brigida Rodriguez, spoken through a translator.
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families → deliver → translator
'Half of my heart is missing because she does not have one,' she angrily yelled at Bundrick, who refused to look at any of the victims' families.
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'I thank god that my son's death will not be in vain... he was looking for a better future in this country.
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he → thank → country
Tabitha Bundrick, 39, was sentenced to 27 years to life on Tuesday for the murders of Mario Paullan, 42, Miguel Navez, 39, and Abrihan Fernandez, 34, in 2023 and 2024 after the three men were drugged with a lethal dose of fentanyl and robbed
The victim's families delivered powerful and emotional victim impact statements, including the distraught words of Fernandez's mother, Brigida Rodriguez, spoken through a translator
Bundrick, seen above, was arrested on March 5, where investigators discovered four pairs of the victims' sneakers in her home
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investigators → sentence → home
If she wanted to rob him, why didn't she just do that?
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she → want → that
Why did she have to kill him?'
As Bundrick continued to avoid eye contact with the victim's family, Rodriguez grew more frustrated and directed her words directly at Bundrick.
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Rodriguez → have → Bundrick
'Look at me, why do you not look at me?' she said as she angrily gestured at her son's killer.
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she → look → killer
As she sobbed in front of the judge, Rodriguez held up her hand to Bundrick and the courtroom.
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Rodriguez → sob → Bundrick
The grief-stricken mother explained that she was wearing the class ring Bundrick had tried, and failed, to pry off of her son's finger after she had killed him.
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she → stricken → him
He had been walking on the street near his apartment when Bundrick turned around to begin following him.
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Bundrick → walk → him
The pair chatted before she went upstairs and gave Fernandez the lethal drug.
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she → chat → drug
Hours later, Bundrick was seen exiting and entering his apartment numerous times before 'lugging huge bags of Mr Fernandez's property' down the street, Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran said.
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Yoran → see → street
His widow Natalie spoke with a shaky voice to the court, describing her husband's death as the 'most painful chapters' of her life.
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widow → speak → life
The grief-stricken mother angrily explained that she was wearing the class ring Bundrick had tried, and failed, to pry off of her son's finger after she had killed him
His widow Natalie, seen above, spoke with a shaky voice to the court, describing her husband's death as the 'most painful chapters' of her life
Fernandez was Bundrick's final victim in February 2024.
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Fernandez → stricken → February
The pair chatted before she went upstairs and gave Fernandez the lethal drug.
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she → chat → drug
Hours later, Bundrick was seen 'lugging huge bags of Mr Fernandez's property' down the street, Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran said
'His death serves as a reminder that not everyone deserves kindness,' she said.
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she → see → kindness
'He gave me strength.
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Losing him has left a void words can't describe...
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words → lose → void
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Fernandez's murder was the third that matched a pattern seen in the deaths of Paullan and Navez.
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that → match → Paullan
Paullan and a friend were approached by Bundrick on April 30, 2023.
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She spoke to them under the guise of selling soap before offering them sex in exchange for money and luring them to an abandoned apartment in Washington Heights.
Both men were given fentanyl-laced drugs which she had told them was cocaine.
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she → speak → them
Paullan's friend woke the next morning with his friend lying dead beside him.
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friend → wake → him
Bundrick's victim was left with foam frothing at his mouth, and his belongings, including his cellphone, had been stolen, Assistant District Attorney Yoran said in court on Tuesday.
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Paullan's daughter Eileen tearfully spoke through a translator, telling the court that 'since he left, life no longer has laughter.'
Paullan's daughter Eileen, seen above, tearfully spoke through a translator, telling the court that 'since he left, life no longer has laughter'
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life → speak → laughter
Paullan's sister Veronica, seen above, pleaded with the judge to hand Bundrick the maximum sentence 'so that this woman will never see the street again'
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woman → see → street
Navez was killed on September 27, 2023, at his apartment in Washington Heights after Bundrick gave him fentanyl-laced drugs.
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Bundrick → kill → drugs
His body was found by his brother three days later, with many of his belongings missing
Speaking to Bundrick, she said: 'You will take a sentence, but I will take an entire life without my father.
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I → find → father
Paullan's sister Veronica pleaded with the judge to hand Bundrick the maximum sentence 'so that this woman will never see the street again.'
'She killed him cruelly like she did the other victims,' she said.
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she → plead → victims
'For my family, I ask for justice.'
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I → ask → justice
Navez was killed on September 27, 2023, at his apartment in Washington Heights after Bundrick gave him fentanyl-laced drugs.
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Bundrick → kill → drugs
His body was found by his brother three days later, with many of his belongings missing.
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Navez's brother took a deep breath before addressing the court through a translator on Tuesday, and said that his brother was who had brought his family happiness.
'That will never be the same,' he added.
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'My mother, a person of 81 years, stayed with the hope to one day see her son again and hug him.'
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mother → stay → him
Bundrick was arrested on March 5, when investigators discovered four pairs of the victims' sneakers in her home.
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investigators → arrest → home
As Yoran presented closing statements, she said: 'Your Honor, there are three broken families in front of you.
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she → present → you
…and 20 more, not listed.
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