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After 26 years on the run, school-bus driver, Zunilda Rosario, arrested and charged with the shooting death of her lover in New York apartment

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;290505&semi;">Former Harlem resident who fled to Rhode Island to work as a schoolbus driver&comma; busted for 26-year-old NY murder&comma; Friday<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Zunilda Rosario&comma; 48&comma; arrested at JFK Airport&comma; Thursday following an afternoon flight back  from the Dominican Republic&comma; remanded without bail<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;290505&semi;">Accused of fatally shooting Juan Deleon&comma; 19&comma; in the lobby of his apartment building in Manhattan&comma; Feb&period; 11&comma; 1990<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;290505&semi;">She had been arguing with Deleon&comma; the father of her two daughters over his alleged infidelity&comma; they had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a tumultuous romantic relationship”&comma; at one point&comma; she pointed a gun at Deleon expressing a desire to shoot him<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;290505&semi;">The case was cold until February&comma; when an eyewitness to the slaying came forward&comma; several more witnesses confirmed Rosario as the killer<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;290505&semi;">Rosario had claimed a man shot Deleon in front of her and fled<&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>She has been charged with second-degree murder&comma; two counts of criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-63394" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;zunilda-rosario-appears-in-court2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zunilda Rosario appears in court2&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"800" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Zunilda Rosario making her appearance in court&comma; Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Zunilda Rosario&comma; a former Harlem resident who worked as a school-bus driver and baked cakes in her Rhode Island home was just busted for a 26-year-old murder&comma; cops said Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Rosario&comma; 48&comma; was charged with second-degree murder for shooting at least eight bullets at Juan Deleon&comma; 19&comma; hitting him in the head and torso in the lobby of a Manhattan apartment building in Feb&period; 11&comma; 1990&period; She was remanded without bail after being arrested by police at JFK Airport on Thursday following an afternoon flight back to the States from the Dominican Republic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0038MVFYC&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0038MVFYC&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;0532c01ed00172203bed166c63a4b3bc"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B0038MVFYC&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;medium none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0038MVFYC" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0038MVFYC&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0038MVFYC&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;491b34fa965b996c239a1fe6bdb0e3c7">Pokemon HeartGold Version<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;medium none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0038MVFYC" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;The suspect had been arguing with Deleon&comma; the father of her two daughters over the alleged infidelity of Deleon&period; The pair were known to have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a tumultuous romantic relationship”&period;  At one point&comma; Rosario &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;had pointed a gun at Juan Deleon and expressed a desire to shoot him&comma;” according to the criminal complaint&period; She said she &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;had learned how to handle guns and how to shoot in the Dominican Republic&comma;” according to a witness &period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police cited four witnesses who provided information leading to the arrest&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a very strong circumstantial case&comma;” prosecutor Erin Tierney said at the suspect’s Manhattan Criminal Court arraignment&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It includes witnesses who knew the defendant and victim and put her at the scene&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-63393" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;zunilda-rosario-allegedly-shot-former-boyfriend-juan-deleon-inside-this-building&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zunilda Rosario allegedly shot former boyfriend&comma; Juan Deleon inside this building&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"1600" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption">Zunilda Rosario allegedly murdered former boyfriend&comma; Juan Deleon&comma; inside the hallway of the building in 26 years ago<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>When she discovered Deleon had fathered a child with another woman&comma; Rosario also threatened to kill him&comma; his other baby mama and the kid&comma; the documents say&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The court document notes that the defendant didn’t attend either Deleon’s wake or funeral&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;during the investigation Rosario told the authorities that a man shot Deleon in front of her and then fled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00WUKULAC&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00WUKULAC&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;e1c22c45219f703067594250c9a2aa38"><img class&equals;" alignleft" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B00WUKULAC&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;medium none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00WUKULAC" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B00WUKULAC&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00WUKULAC&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;d9c67475de043d7a68faa4ed7d7d39f7">Apple Watch Sport&comma; Space Grey Aluminum Case&sol;Black Band&comma; 42mm<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;medium none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00WUKULAC" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After her lover&&num;8217&semi;s death&comma; Rosario and her two daughters left New York and  settled in Providence&comma; R&period;I&period;&comma; in 1996&comma; police sources said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The case was cold until February&comma; when an eyewitness to the slaying came forward and fingered Rosario for the murder&comma; the sources said&period; Cops interviewed several more witnesses who also identified Rosario as the killer&comma; the sources said&period; Authorities traced Rosario’s whereabouts to an address in Providence&comma; RI&comma; and were preparing to arrest her there when they got word that she was on a flight back to JFK&comma; the sources said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;10360586" class&equals;"wp-caption alignright" style&equals;"width&colon;650px&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-63392" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;zunilda-rosario&lowbar;s-house&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Zunilda Rosario’s House&period;jpg" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"433" &sol;><strong>After the murder&comma; Zunilda Rosario moved from Manhattan to this home in Providence RI<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Port Authority police grabbed Rosario as soon as the plane landed and then turned her over to detectives from the NYPD’s 30th Squad&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After her arrest Thursday&comma; a family member said that Rosario had not been on the run and moved to Providence in 1996 while regularly traveling back to New York City&comma; unaware that she was on the NYPD’s radar&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The day &lbrack;the murder&rsqb; happened&comma; she gave the police a statement&period; They took her statement and tested her hands for gunpowder residue&comma; which came back negative”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The relative described Deleon as an unsavory character who she believes was fatally gunned down by two unidentified men&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&lbrack;Deleon&rsqb; was a philandering a&ast;&ast;hole&comma;” the relative said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0115YKAVI&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0115YKAVI&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;f4923346eaeda79771bb6148278b30fd"><img class&equals;" alignright" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;&lowbar;encoding&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;ASIN&equals;B0115YKAVI&amp&semi;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;ID&equals;AsinImage&amp&semi;WS&equals;1&amp&semi;Format&equals;&lowbar;SL250&lowbar;&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;medium none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0115YKAVI" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;product&sol;B0115YKAVI&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B0115YKAVI&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;as2&amp&semi;tag&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;b0076dca980570537cc2e6d0e6e6395b">adidas Performance Men&&num;8217&semi;s Mana Bounce Running Shoe&comma;Vista Grey&sol;Black&sol;Semi Solar Slime&comma;8&period;5 M US<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon;medium none &excl;important&semi;margin&colon;0&excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;konniemoments-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B0115YKAVI" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;there was no lover’s quarrel&period; That was all bulls&ast;&ast;&ast;t&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The relative claimed Rosario went to the West 150th Street building that fateful day to meet with Deleon to discuss their two children&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She has been wrongfully charged with this&comma;” the relative said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a woman who has so much integrity&period; She is a taxpayer&period; She went to Providence for a better life&period; This is a woman who would never&comma; never harm anybody&period; We are all shocked&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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