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Police are reportedly searching for two suspects in connection to the case of a mother found murdered and stuffed into a duffel bag at her New York City apartment.
Nadia Vitels, 52, was found inside the bag in the East 31st Street apartment in Manhattan's Kip's Bay on Thursday night after her family called the building superintendent to do a wellness check.
The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide on Friday after an autopsy revealed she died from blunt-force trauma to the head, reported The New York Post.
Sources said police are looking for two suspects described as a black male and a black female both in their 20s, who were spotted driving off in Vitels Lexus SUV around the time they believe she died.
Her son, Michael Medvedev remember his mother as a smart, beautiful and adventurous woman during her funeral at Gutterman's Funeral Home in Woodbury on Monday.
Nadia Vitels, 52, was found murdered and stuffed into a duffel bag at her New York City apartment
Her son, Michael Medvedev remember his mother as a smart, beautiful and adventurous woman during her funeral at Gutterman's Funeral Home in Woodbury on Monday
Medvedev said his mother loved her dog and she had adopted the pup while going through a hard time in her life, caring for her sick parents
'I remember she showed me a gold medal she had earned in high school back in Russia, a student medal of honor for being top in her class. That medal, for some reason, has always stuck with me. It made me feel proud to be her son and I wanted to earn my gold medals to live up to her,' said Medvedev.
He said his mother had moved to the United States from Russia to attend college in Oklahoma and play tennis, then moved to Miami for graduate school.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Vitels was a marketing professional who worked at Canon, Nokia and tennis star Maria Sharapova's candy line, Sugarpova.
New York City Police Department officers were seen hauling out several bags of the victim's items,
