Felix Rojas, 44, arraigned after video showed him performing sexual acts on unresponsive passenger
Authorities in New York have charged a man with attempted rape after surveillance video taken showed him performing sexual acts on an unresponsive passenger who was later determined to have died.
Police have been looking for suspects in the case for weeks, after footage captured two different people robbing the corpse of a man on a train traveling from Brooklyn to Manhattan, one of whom allegedly sexually violated him.
Felix Rojas, 44, was arraigned on Tuesday, three weeks after authorities said he abused the male victim inside a subway car. Rojas, who was arrested on Sunday, has also been charged with attempted grand larceny.
I would say that at the moment of death, ownership of that person’s belongings transfer to the next of kin. By then taking those belongings, you are stealing from the next of kin.
Yeah, basically, if theft can be committed against a corporation or business entity (which I don’t think anyone would dispute) surely it can be committed against an estate (i.e. the legal representation of a deceased person for settling their will, which may or may not include next of kin, but the basic idea is still there)