Gerelys Sanchez-Reyes Arrested In Yuleisy Torrelles Killing

A 21-year-old woman was found dead, stuffed inside a futon in her Philadelphia apartment, and her alleged killer has been captured overseas, authorities announced on Friday, June 27.

The body of Yuleisy Carolina Torrelles-Martinez was discovered on Saturday, April 5, inside her living room couch in the 4400 block of Frankford Avenue, after friends grew concerned when she hadn’t answered the door for days. Police were called to the apartment and found her wrapped in a shower curtain and trash bags, Philadelphia police said.

Medics pronounced Torrelles-Martinez dead at 8:26 a.m. A post-mortem exam later determined she had been stabbed multiple times across her body. Her death was ruled a homicide, authorities said…

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