24 Year Old Man Arrested For Killing Girlfriend, Dismembering Her Body In Suitcases

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A man has been accused of chopping up his former girlfriend with a meat cleaver and then stashing her body parts in luggage in Brooklyn.

Justin Williams, 24, of Harlem faces murder and concealment of a human corpse raps in the grisly slaying of D’Asia Johnson, 22, whose remains were discovered by cops conducting a wellness check at her Cypress Hills apartment on Sept. 21, police said.

Sources said at the time that Johnson was carved up in her bathtub. 

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Pools of splattered blood were found inside the Linwood Street apartment, and Johnson’s body parts were later found in the pair of suitcases at the home.

Before Johnson’s dismembered corpse was discovered, concerned building security guards tried to check on her because she hadn’t been seen in a week, cops said.

Williams turned the guards away at the door – and then ran off before cops showed up and found the gruesome scene, police said.

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Neighbors later told The Post that Johnson had long been violently abused by her ex – and sources said she had gotten an order of protection against him, to no avail.

“For two years he [was] beating on her, broke her apartment down, broke her legs, broke her ribs,” neighbor Stephanie Harris said. “Her mom was complaining, ‘I want to get her away from this building. She’s gonna end up dead, please get her away from this building.’ Nobody wants to listen.”

Early last month, Williams was named as a person of interest in Johnson’s murder.

In addition to naming Williams in open court at the time, prosecutors alleged that his current girlfriend used his slain ex’s federal benefits card for purchases in New York City — after her murder.

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