Two Suspects in Babylon Body Parts Case Charged With Murder

Two suspects in the Babylon dismembered body parts case have been charged with murder, according to authorities.

Jeffrey Mackey, 38, of Amityville, and Alexis Nieves, 33, who is said to have been homeless at the time of the alleged crimes, are two of four people who were arrested following the discovery of human remains in Babylon in late February. Additional remains were found in West Babylon and at Bethpage State Park.

The remains were those of Malcolm Brown and Donna Conneely, a couple from Yonkers.

The other two arrested were Amanda Wallace and Steven Brown, the latter of whom is reportedly a cousin of the deceased Malcolm Brown.

To the surprise of many, however, no one arrested was charged with murder, leading to varied speculation about the circumstances of the case. The four were instead charged with hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and concealment of a human corpse.

In court, early on Monday, prosecution revealed that Mackey was charged with the murders of both Brown and Conneely, and Nieves was charged for the murder of Conneely.

The prosecution alleged that Mackey stabbed Brown to death, and when Conneely tried to intervene, Mackey stabbed Conneely in the neck. When Conneely gasped for air, the assistant district attorney added, Nieves allegedly hit Conneely over the head with a meat tenderizer, and proceeded to stab Nieves to death. The murders took place at the home on 25 Railroad Avenue in Amityville.

This information came from witnesses, according to the prosecution.

John Halverson, who is representing Mackey, questioned the validity of the witnesses, saying their hands were “unclean” in the matter.

Prosecutors wouldn’t mention if Wallace or Brown were the witnesses in question. However, they said that Mackey, Nieves, and Brown had planned to commit the murders beforehand, and all three now face conspiracy charges.

Nieves will be held with a $1 million cash bail posted, while Mackey is held without bail.

As for what took so long, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said that due to the public nature of the dismemberments, it was easier to charge for those first, while the murder investigation took longer.