"The death of a Chelsea landlady, first thought to be the result of this summer’s heat wave, was described Wednesday as the cruel act of a tenant who allegedly beat the 88-year-old woman to death, stole her wedding and engagement rings off her hands, and left her body to be discovered four days later.
The body of Hilda Devincenzo was found in the three-family home she owned on Washington Avenue on July 7, four days after authorities allege that Felix Melendez attacked her in the second floor flat she called home....
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