Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson is speaking publicly about the case against a man charged with killing a woman nearly three years ago.
Thirty-five-year-old Ramona Moore's remains were identified yesterday after being discovered Friday by authorities in Orange County.
Moore disappeared in July 2012.
Prosecutors charged Nasean Bonie, the superintendent of the Jefferson Place building where she lived, with murder and manslaughter last May despite the lack of a body.
The Bronx DA spoke exclusively to NY1 about the case. He says it's the first time in the Bronx where murder charges were brought against someone before a body was found.
"Like any death it is tragic and unfortunate that Ramona Moore died in the fashion that she did. I think the finding of the body is fortunate in a couple of respects. One is that the family gets some closure, a little bit of closure...a step closer to closure. And the other is that it maybe a benefit to us in trying to bring her murderer to justice," said Johnson.
Bonie, who made a court appearance today, has pleaded not guilty.