The fugitive accused of killing his ex-girlfriend “execution-style” in Queens has been indicted on homicide expenses, prosecutors stated — as the sufferer’s mom blasted him as an “animal” who “must be caged for the remainder of his life.”
De’Ovryion Elijha Ray, 23, who has been behind bars in his residence state of South Carolina since October, realized Thursday that he’ll face homicide expenses again within the Large Apple for allegedly ambushing 21-year-old Dashanna Donovan.
He’s charged with capturing Donovan within the head inside her East Elmhurst residence in September as she fled for her life, cops stated.
The information was bittersweet for Donovan’s grieving mother, Helena Hypolite.
“I’m ecstatic however I’m additionally unhappy as a result of now I’ve to relive this another time,” Hypolite informed The Put up by cellphone.
“It was all about management, obsession, shedding management….that’s what I bought from him,” she added.
“She left him and he wasn’t in management anymore.”
New York prosecutors have 30 days to deliver Ray again to the town.
He additionally faces legal possession of a weapon expenses.
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NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny beforehand informed reporters that video captured Donovan “hanging out” in an open courtyard at the back of her constructing close to 96th Road and thirty first Avenue, when she immediately seemed up and noticed the gunman bolting towards her.
“It appears simply from her response, she is aware of who the perpetrator is. The perpetrator has his left arm prolonged, holding a gun,” Kenny informed reporters.
“She tries to run. She tries to run so frantically away from the scene, she really runs out of her personal sneakers. She tries to get into the basement, the place the perpetrator catches as much as her and shoots her a number of instances within the head, inflicting her demise,” he added.
Images obtained by The Put up present the bullet holes Ray allegedly left within the wall as he allegedly unloaded his weapon at Donovan.
Donovan moved to the Large Apple simply six months earlier than she was killed to stay together with her grandmother and cousin and escape an abusive relationship together with her ex.
“My private feeling is that he wished to kill my daughter,” Hypolite stated, citing brutal alleged assaults in each December 2024 and January 2025.
“He’s an animal and he must be caged for the remainder of his life,” she stated.
“My daughter is not going to come again however no less than he’s not on the streets to harm or kill anyone else.”
If Ray is convicted of the highest depend, he faces as much as 25 years to life in jail.
“My workplace secured the indictment of the defendant for the homicide of Dashanna Donovan,” Queens District Lawyer Melinda Katz stated in a press release.
“We allege that the defendant shot her within the head after which fled the state in an try to keep away from accountability.”
“Our ideas are with the sufferer’s family members as we search justice.”
