Cops Believe Woman Killed, Mutilated Her Stepfather

Published: July 30, 2007, 9:24 am

Tags: crime

After discovering in the body of a 55-year-old man bound, gagged, and castrated in a Queens apartment on Saturday, police believe that the apartment's tenant, Brigitte Harris, may be the murderer. Initially, it was unclear who the man, Eric Goodridge of Staten Island, was or why he was in the apartment, but the Daily News reports that he was Harris' stepfather and that Harris blamed him for sexual abusing her. Police believe that Harris mutilated Goodridge after killing him on Saturday afternoon. Then she went to a friend's home on Staten Island, who "called 911 to report an emotionally disturbed person," according to the Post. The police say that Harris had lured her stepfather to her apartment via email, where she "handcuffed him to a chair, gagged him with duct tape and throttled him until he died" (News). One source said, "This is a homicide that had meaning and reason. It is like a movie, let me tell you." Harris remains in a Staten Island hospital. Two relatives-in-law

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