Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced that Ronald Schroeder, 41, of Huntington Station, who was previously indicted for Concealment of a Human Corpse, was indicted for the additional crimes of Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree and Manslaughter in the Second Degree, for allegedly engaging in forcible sexual acts with Seikeya Jones, 33, of Huntington Station, while she was unconscious and then ultimately falling asleep on top of Jones, resulting in her death.
“Ms. Jones should be alive today,” said District Attorney Tierney. “She had a future, a family who loved her, and every right to live free from the alleged brutal assault she suffered at the hands of this defendant on the last day of her life. We will fight for her, for her voice, and for the justice she deserves.”
According to the investigation, on September 2, 2024, Suffolk County Police responded to a call for suspicious activity and a foul odor outside of an apartment building on Nassau Road in Huntington Station. At that location, police found a suitcase which contained the partially decomposed remains of the victim, and whose wrists and ankles were bound with a cord. The victim was last seen alive five days earlier on August 29, 2024, inside the apartment building with Schroeder who also rented an apartment there.
On September 6, 2024, law enforcement located and arrested Schroeder at Penn Station when he went to the Long Island Rail Road’s Lost & Found Office to claim his backpack, which he had previously left on a LIRR train. Schroeder’s backpack was allegedly found to contain quantities of both methamphetamine and GHB or “liquid ecstasy.” Additionally, Schroeder was allegedly found with several cellphones on his person.
A search warrant was executed on Schroeder’s phone and law enforcement obtained a video created by Schroeder on August 29, 2024, which allegedly depicts him sexually assaulting the victim while she was unconscious and then falling asleep on top of the victim, causing her death.
After conducting an autopsy, the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that the victim’s cause of death was asphyxia due to torso compression and smothering.
On September 18, 2024, Schroeder was arraigned on an indictment for the following charges:· One count of Concealment of a Human Corpse, a Class E felony;· One count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony;· One count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, a Class C felony; and· One count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.
On May 21, 2025, Schroeder was arraigned on a superseding indictment for the following additional charges:· Two counts of Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, Class B felonies; and· One count of Manslaughter in the Second Degree, a Class C felony.
Justice Pilewski ordered Schroeder remanded without bail for the duration of the. Schroeder is due back in court on June 20, 2025, and faces up to twenty-five years in prison if convicted on the top count. He is being represented by Christopher Gioe, Esq.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jonathan P. Cappiello of the Major Crime Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Michelle Chiuchiolo of the Homicide Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detective Frankie Sierra of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Homicide Squad.