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What happened to DeAndre Matthews? Isiah Baez arrested for murder of NYC college student

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Sarah Richards

Published Feb 07, 2026

Police have captured 19-year-old Isiah Baez for the ruthless homicide of DeAndre Matthews, an additional 19-year-old kid whose body was found in Midwood on February 7. The casualty’s family had announced Matthews missing on February 7, just to learn days after the fact that he had been found dead on train tracks close to Nostrand Road.

Specialists found DeAndre Matthews’ body seriously consumed and with a discharge twisted to the head. Moreover, the clinical analyst uncovered that Matthews had experienced smoke inward breath.

DeAndre Matthews’ family had at first communicated conviction that their adored one was killed on the grounds that he was gay. In any case, the NYPD representative explained that there is no data in regards to the rationale in the killing, as detailed by Everyday News.

The police had been attempting to sort out DeAndre Matthews’ last 24 hours, with his sister Dajanae Gillespie saying that he found employment elsewhere at Buggy Assistance Base on 5 pm on February 6 and returned home to acquire their mom’s Jeep for the evening. He was accounted for missing by his family the following day, and the body was found hours after the fact.

Matthews’ mom, Danielle Matthews, utilized GPS to find the Jeep Cherokee outside a distribution center on Troy Road in Crown Levels. The vehicle was likewise singed and was at an extensive separation from where the casualty’s body was found. As per police, in light of the records of Matthews’ telephone, his body was moved to Staten Island and afterward discarded in Flatbush.

Talking about her child’s passing, Danielle Matthews told the Everyday News:

DeAndre Matthews’ family accepts that the homicide might have been a disdain wrongdoing since he was gay. Be that as it may, a thought process in the killing is as yet muddled, and Baez isn’t having to deal with any disdain wrongdoing penalties. A potential assistant, 24-year-old Remy McPrecia, was captured on May 4 and accused of covering a body and proof altering in association with Matthews’ demise.

HOMICIDE ARREST: The NYPD has arrested two men in connection to the February killing of 19-year-old Deandre Matthews.

— News12BK (@News12BK) May 11, 2023


As per DeAndre Matthews’ mom, her child had been in touch with the charged for over a year, and there were photos of both of them together on her child’s telephone.

The sad loss of DeAndre Matthews has left his loved ones crushed. The SUNY Broome Junior college understudy was known for his adoration for individuals and his funny bone, and his family said he needed to turn into a social specialist.

Matthews’ sister, Dajanae Gillespie, who was the last individual to see her brother, let the power source know that he was not in a pack and was not a savage individual. She expressed that he was a decent youngster who generally remained at home.