Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Wilson Felipe Andrade-Molina, 38, of Brentwood, was found guilty after a jury trial of Murder in the Second Degree and Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, for fatally stabbing his cousin at his place of employment and then going to his cousin’s Brentwood home and stabbing the cousin’s girlfriend in front of her 21-year-old son.
“While this guilty verdict will never reverse the extreme violence and tragic outcome that resulted from this defendant’s deadly actions, we hope that it brings a small measure of peace to the victims and their families,” said District Attorney Tierney. “I want to thank the Suffolk County Police Department for their investigation in this case, the jury for their careful attention during the trial, and my prosecutors for obtaining justice for the victims. Thanks to them, this defendant will be called to account for his crimes.”
The evidence at trial established that on March 30, 2023, Andrade-Molina and his cousin, Miguel Andrade-Cando, worked together as machinists at Electronic Machine Parts in Hauppauge. At approximately 7:22 a.m., surveillance video captured Andrade-Molina arriving at work shortly before Andrade-Cando. Within mere minutes of the victim’s arrival, the defendant fatally stabbed him in the neck. The owner of the business discovered Andrade-Cando lifeless on the floor in a pool of blood.
Immediately after killing his cousin, the defendant went directly to Andrade-Cando’s home in Brentwood that his cousin shared with his girlfriend and her 21-year-old son. Once there, Andrade- Molina entered the home and stabbed his cousin’s girlfriend approximately nine times, almost killing her. Her son, who was sleeping at the time, awakened to the screams of his mother as she was being attacked. When the young man tried to go to his mother’s aid, Andrade-Molina advanced towards him with the knife and threatened him. Andrade-Molina then went back to the female victim and continued to stab her before he fled the scene. The Suffolk County Police Department located Andrade-Molina in Bay Shore a short time later and placed him under arrest.
The female victim suffered life-threatening injuries including a lacerated liver, punctures to her diaphragm and lungs, and lacerations to her arm, shoulder, breast, and torso.
On May 23, 2024, Andrade-Molina was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree, a Class A felony, and Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, a Class B felony, after a three-week jury trial heard before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei.
Andrade-Molina is due back in court for sentencing on June 24, 2024, and faces up to 50 years to life in prison. He is being represented by Steve Politi, Esq.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Elena Tomaro and Dena Rizopoulos of the Homicide Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detectives David Gelsomino, Michael Ronca, and Frank Sierra of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Homicide Squad.
Criminal complaints and indictments are merely accusatory instruments. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. No one is above the law.