A 39-year-old New York woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing three men by feeding them fentanyl-laced drugs during a string of robberies that stretched from Washington Heights to Upper Manhattan, prosecutors announced. Tabitha Bundrick admitted to three counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault, closing out a case built around a pattern investigators say ran from April 2023 to February 2024.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the plea, saying Bundrick “knowingly killed three people by providing them fentanyl-laced drugs,” according to a statement from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Bundrick had provided the drugs to her victims while claiming the substance was cocaine, prosecutors said, then robbed them of phones, cash, watches, clothes and sneakers once they were incapacitated. She was originally arraigned in September 2025 on a 10-count indictment that included murder, robbery, burglary and assault charges before Tuesday’s plea resolved the case ahead of an October 6 sentencing.
How the Scheme Unfolded in Washington Heights
Prosecutors say the pattern began on April 30, 2023, when Bundrick approached two men on the street in Washington Heights under the guise of selling them soap, then led them to an empty apartment on West 159th Street. One of those men, 42-year-old Mario Paullan, died on May 1, 2023, after being given the fentanyl-laced drugs; Bundrick later used his stolen cellphone to make personal calls, according to the DA’s office.
Months later, on September 27, 2023, Bundrick gave 39-year-old Miguel Navez fentanyl-laced drugs in Washington Heights. Navez was found dead by his brother three days later, on September 30, 2023. Prosecutors say Bundrick also used Navez’s stolen phone for her own calls, mirroring what investigators described happening with Paullan’s device.
The February 2024 Attack That Led to Her Arrest
The final attack prosecutors detailed took place February 25, 2024, in Upper Manhattan, when Bundrick provided 34-year-old Abrihan Fernandez fentanyl-laced drugs. According to the DA’s office, she rigged the apartment building’s entrance door so she could enter and exit more easily while hauling away Fernandez’s belongings, including his backpack, before fleeing in a taxi with the stolen items. Fernandez’s credit card was used multiple times over the following several days, prosecutors said…