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Yonkers police charge man in 2004 overpass slaying

Originally published: January 23, 2013 12:20 PM
Updated: January 23, 2013 3:28 PM
By NEWSDAY.COM

Alberto Plasencia, 26, of Yonkers, was arrested Tuesday

Photo credit: Yonkers Police Department | Alberto Plasencia, 26, of Yonkers, was arrested Tuesday in connection with the 2004 slaying of a woman who was driving on the Sprain Brook Parkway when a chunk of asphalt, allegedly thrown by Plasencia, smashed through her vehicle. (Jan. 23, 2013)

Eight years after a 48-year-old woman was killed when a chunk of concrete was thrown into her car as she drove south on the Sprain Brook Parkway, police have charged a Yonkers man with her murder, officials said Wednesday.

Alberto Plasencia, 26, of Yonkers, was arrested Tuesday by the cold case unit of the Yonkers Police Department and charged with second-degree murder.

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