BRONX, NEW YORK, March 13- District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the indictment of a 23-year-old Bronx man, Bahsid McLean, for allegedly murdering his mother and dissecting her body.
The grand jury has charged McLean, of 645 Westchester Avenue, with one count of murder in the second degree, one count of manslaughter in the first degree, and one count of Public Health Law 4210-A (Unlawful dissection of the body of a human being). The most serious offense, murder in the second degree, is a Class A-1 felony offense punishable by a maximum sentence life imprisonment.
The charges in the indictment are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
It is alleged in court papers that between 6:00 p.m. on February 24, 2013 and 9:00 a.m. February 25, 2013 McLean caused the death of his mother Tanya Byrd, 45, by stabbing her in her apartment at 645 Westchester Avenue.
McLean is scheduled to be arraigned on the indictment before State Supreme Court Justice Denis Boyle on Friday, April 26, 2013 in State Supreme Court, Part H-94.
A co-defendant William Harris has been charged with Hindering Prosecution in the first degree.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Raymond Valerio of the Domestic Violence Bureau.
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