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A Woman Is Killed, Her Body Dismembered By Her Boyfriend

On January 17, 2017, the headless torso of a woman was found with other dismembered body parts at a trash sorting and weigh station in the Bronx. Investigators were able to link the body to a phone number that belonged to Moses.

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Vincent Bloodworth
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A Woman Is Killed, Her Body Dismembered By Her Boyfriend

On January 17, 2017, the headless torso of a woman was found with other dismembered body parts at a trash sorting and weigh station in the Bronx. Investigators were able to link the body to a phone number that belonged to Moses.

The New York Police Department’s Violent Felony Apprehension Squad went to Moses’ apartment on January 20, at which point he attempted to flee out the back of the building though he was unable to elude police and was arrested. While in pursuit of Moses, a detective noticed blood on the walls of his living room as well as the front door, and a large white stain on the wood which was believed to have been caused by bleach.

A search of Moses’ home on January 22 revealed additional body parts stored in a stand-alone freezer. The body parts from the freezer and those from the trash station were determined to have come from the same person: Leondra Foster. It was determined she died of blunt force trauma.

Moses admitted to dismembering Foster’s body but denied killing her, and he claimed he ran from police because of his profession as a self-described “gangster pimp” as well as his possession of a firearm and cocaine in his apartment. According to Moses, Foster was severely beaten by a client whom Moses attacked in retaliation. Foster then fell in the bathroom after becoming disoriented and died from blunt force head trauma resulting from the fall. Moses panicked and cut Foster’s body into 9 pieces, placing her head, hands, and feet in his freezer beneath various frozen foods. Foster’s torso, with one leg still attached, along with various other body parts were then discarded at the trash station.

The prosecution contended Moses had forced Foster into the sex industry to profit from her work, and routinely abused her eventually escalating to a fatal beating. Phone records were brought into evidence to prove Foster was still alive when her last client left, and the prosecution produced texts from Moses to Foster in which he threatened to “make her eyes close forever” and “I will get you. Not how you expect and not when you expect.”

Moses’ defense attorney, Julie Clark, argued Foster would likely not want to kill Foster, if only because he viewed her as a financial asset. “He’s a businessman and I submit to you that a businessman does not like to lose money.” Clark acknowledged Moses’ confession to dismembering Foster’s body but noted, “dismemberment does not prove him without a reasonable doubt of murder.”

Moses admitted to dismembering Foster’s body but denied killing her, and he claimed he ran from police because of his profession as a self-described “gangster pimp” as well as his possession of a firearm and cocaine in his apartment. According to Moses, Foster was severely beaten by a client whom Moses attacked in retaliation. Foster then fell in the bathroom after becoming disoriented and died from blunt force head trauma resulting from the fall. Moses panicked and cut Foster’s body into 9 pieces, placing her head, hands, and feet in his freezer beneath various frozen foods. Foster’s torso, with one leg still attached, along with various other body parts were then discarded at the trash station.

The prosecution contended Moses had forced Foster into the sex industry to profit from her work, and routinely abused her eventually escalating to a fatal beating. Phone records were brought into evidence to prove Foster was still alive when her last client left, and the prosecution produced texts from Moses to Foster in which he threatened to “make her eyes close forever” and “I will get you. Not how you expect and not when you expect.”

Moses’ defense attorney, Julie Clark, argued Foster would likely not want to kill Foster, if only because he viewed her as a financial asset. “He’s a businessman and I submit to you that a businessman does not like to lose money.” Clark acknowledged Moses’ confession to dismembering Foster’s body but noted, “dismemberment does not prove him without a reasonable doubt of murder.”

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