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Paulina Pacheco (left) holds a cell phone photo of her daughter, Pamela Guerrero, who was found dead in Soundview on Dec. 21, 2025. <\/p>\n
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The family of Pamela Guerrero<\/a> held a Feb. 19 rally demanding answers about the 29-year-old\u2019s death, with her grieving mother saying she\u2019s received no word from the police or medical examiner since Guerrero\u2019s body was found on Dec. 21.<\/p>\n Guerrero\u2019s mother, Paulina Pacheco, stood outside 1235 Stratford Ave. in Soundview, where she said her daughter was found in the cellar. \u201cI want justice for my daughter. I want answers,\u201d she said in Spanish with an English interpreter.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Bronx Times attempted to contact an owner or manager for 1235 Stratford Ave. but was unable to reach anyone, and the NYPD and medical examiner did not respond to request for comment. The medical examiner said in a Jan. 23 email to the Bronx Times that the cause of death was still pending.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pacheco said the police told her early on that a fall caused Guerrero\u2019s death \u2014 but Pacheco doesn\u2019t buy it. She and other family members maintain that Guerrero was murdered and are calling on the public for help in providing answers about why Guerrero went into that building, who may have called or texted her that night, or any other useful information.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the rally, Pacheco said she has suffered physical and mental health problems since her daughter died. Not hearing updates about the investigation has worsened her suffering, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cNo one has reached out to me or said anything to me,\u201d Pacheco said. \u201cIt\u2019s been two months.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Pacheco described her daughter as a \u201chardworking woman\u201d who was studying criminal justice and wanted to pursue a career in law enforcement. She also previously worked in an elementary school, and several former colleagues attended her Jan. 23 funeral<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pacheco, who lives a few blocks away at 1155 Morrison Ave., said she was told that Pamela\u2019s body had multiple bruises but no apparent gunshot or stab wounds. Pacheco said she has not been allowed access to her daughter\u2019s cell phone or other belongings from the night she died.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bishop Boyde Singletary, who has worked closely with Pacheco and her sons who live out of state, said a building employee discovered Guerrero\u2019s body in the cellar, which is visible through a mesh gate at street level. <\/p>\n The gate was locked at he time of the rally, and it is unclear whether it was locked when Pamela was found, but the locked gate and front door seemed to suggest that someone let her into the building, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Singletary said it was \u201cmind-boggling\u201d that \u201cnot a detective, not a captain, has reached out to Ms. Pacheco or her sons regarding what happened to Pamela.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHer daughter was found dead December 21. We are now in February. Two months, no check-in, no wellness check, no call, nothing. We want answers,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n He also called for a \u201cfull investigation\u201d of the building and any surveillance footage that may have been captured.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Until then, Pacheco said a phrase she has uttered several times in the months since her daughter\u2019s mysterious death: \u201cSomebody knows something.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cMy life is not the same. She was my everything, my only daughter.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Reach Emily Swanson at\u00a0eswanson@schnepsmedia.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0(646) 717-0015<\/a>. For more coverage, subscribe to our\u00a0newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n \t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260219_181858-rotated.jpg\")
Since her daughter died two months ago, Pacheco said she has heard no updates regarding the investigation. Photo by Emily Swanson<\/p>\n