(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Ronald Schroeder, 41, of Huntington Station, was indicted for Concealment of a Human Corpse after the body of Seikeya Jones, 33, of Huntington Station was discovered inside of a suitcase in Huntington Station.
“This case is immensely troubling. Ms. Jones and her family deserve a full investigation,” said District Attorney Tierney. “We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure that the victim and her family receive justice.”
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. Upon further investigation, police located the partially decomposed remains of Seikeya Jones inside of a suitcase on the side of the building.
Jones was found with her wrists and ankles bound with a cord. Her cause of death has not yet been determined and the results of an autopsy are pending.
Jones was last seen alive on August 29, 2024, inside the building with Schroeder who also rented an apartment there. After her body was found, police were unable to locate Schroeder for questioning until he resurfaced in Manhattan.
On September 6, 2024, Schroeder was located at Penn Station after he showed up to the LIRR Lost & Found Office to claim his backpack, which he had previously left on a Long Island Railroad train. Schroeder’s backpack was allegedly found to contain quantities of both methamphetamine and GHB or “liquid ecstasy.” Having been located, he was taken into custody and charged with both the narcotics charges and the concealment of Jones’ corpse.
On September 18, 2024, Schroeder was arraigned on an indictment before Acting Supreme Court Justice Steven A. Pilewski for the following charges:
- Concealment of a Human Corpse, a Class E felony;
- Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a Class B felony;
- Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, a Class C felony; and
- Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.
Justice Pilewski ordered Schroeder held on $500,000 cash, $1,000,000 bond or $5,000,000 partially secured bond during the pendency of the case. Schroeder is due back in court on October 16, 2024, and faces up to nine 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 Attorneys Jonathan Cappiello of the Major Crime Bureau and Frank Schroeder of the Homicide Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by Detective Frankie Sierra of the Suffolk County Homicide Squad.
