Female tenant charged in murder of NYC super wrapped in garbage bags after $24K back rent dispute: cops

A female tenant has been charged in the murder of a building superintendent whose body was found stabbed, battered and wrapped in garbage bags inside a Queens apartment this week – following a dispute over $24,000 she and her husband owed in back rent, cops said. Sandra Coto Navarro, 48, also faces raps for tampering with physical evidence and weapon possession in connection to the death of Jose Portillo, who was discovered around 5 p.m.Tuesday hidden under a bed with bags covering his body inside the Kew Gardens Hills apartment, according to police. “It’s crazy,” a woman who identified herself as the victim’s distraught ex-wife said Thursday as she stood outside in the cold.

“I want to see her.The one who hit him.

The one who killed him.I want to see her.”“He tried to help everyone,” she said. “He tried to help them and they killed him.

It’s terrible.”She later waited outside the 107th Precinct in tears, ahead of Coto Navarro’s expected perp walk. Portillo had gone inside the 70th Avenue unit where Coto-Navarro lived with a man – to talk about collecting back rent – when a fight ensued, the sources said.The owner of the property told investigators he saw Portillo go into the couple’s apartment, but never saw him leave, according to the sources.Portillo’s brother requested a wellness check when he still hadn’t emerged, the sources said.Portillo was declared dead at the scene by EMS workers. He was found to have suffered blunt force trauma to the head, a stab wound to the neck and cuts behind his knees, the sources said. The city’s medical examiner’s office did not immediately respond to a request about his official cause of death.Coto Navarro and her husband had owed $24,000 in back rent, cops said.She was home alone when she launched her attack after Portillo was sent to collect the rent, according to authorities.The woman’s husband — who was initially questioned by police — was released when investiga...