{"id":84106,"date":"2025-12-29T23:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/84106\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:30:05","slug":"vigil-held-for-pamela-guerrero-who-was-found-dead-in-soundview-apartment-building-bronx-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/84106\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil held for Pamela Guerrero, who was found dead in Soundview apartment building \u2013 Bronx Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pamela Guerrero, 29, was found dead Dec. 21 in Soundview under circumstances that her family believes point to murder. <\/p>\n

Photo courtesy Guerrero\u2019s family<\/p>\n

Community members held an evening vigil on Friday for Pamela Guerrero, 29, who was found dead at a Soundview apartment building on Dec. 21.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The circumstances surrounding Guerrero\u2019s death remain a mystery, especially to her family, who demanded justice at the vigil.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Guerrero\u2019s mother, Paulina Pacheco, kneeled before a collection of flowers, balloons, candles and handwritten messages all covered in plastic to protect against the snow, which began lightly falling as people gathered outside 1155 Morrison Ave, where Pacheco lives. <\/p>\n

Her daughter sometimes stayed there but was living in Queens before she died, according to Pastor Boyde Singletary, who coordinated the remembrance.\u00a0
\n\"\"Paulina Pacheco kneeled before a vigil for her daughter, 29-year-old Pamela Guerrero, who was found dead Dec. 21 at an apartment building two blocks from her mother\u2019s home. Photo by Emily Swanson\n<\/p>\n

Few details are known about how Guerrero died. According to information from the NYPD, officers responded to a 911 call the morning of Dec. 21 reporting an unconscious person found at 1225 Stratford Ave., about two blocks from her mother\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

Officers found Guerrero unresponsive at the \u201crear\u201d of the apartment building, according to the NYPD spokesperson. The investigation remains ongoing, and a cause of death has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n

At the vigil, Pacheco vowed to get to the bottom of what happened to Pamela.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll stay until the last drop of my life,\u201d she said in Spanish. \u201cI\u2019m gonna stay until the last consequence.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

She said her daughter never had enemies. \u201cI promise, in front of God, that she never hurt anybody, and I never hurt anybody. Everyone around here likes me and likes her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking into a news camera, Pacheco made it clear that she believes her daughter was murdered, and she addressed the person who may have killed her daughter \u2014 or knows who did. \u201cI want the guilty person. This isn\u2019t going to go undiscovered.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to cry because the first thing I have in my heart is goodness for my daughter,\u201d Pacheco said. However, \u201cWhen I know what happened, then I\u2019m gonna cry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Community members and Guerrero\u2019s mother believe she was murdered and called for justice at the vigil. Photo by Emily Swanson<\/p>\n

Other family members also remain confused and angry. Andres Guerrero, Pamela\u2019s brother, spoke to the Bronx Times via phone just before the vigil and said he was baffled by her death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t heard anything [from investigators],\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re still in shock.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

For Andres, why his sister went to 1225 Stratford in the first place was just one point of confusion. He said the family knows many people in the neighborhood, but he could not think of a reason why his sister would go to that address. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt hits hard because we grew up here and everyone knows who we are,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Andres said the condition his sister\u2019s body was found in was also strange. When Pamela was found, he said police told him she had no wounds from a gunshot or stabbing, but had bruises on her upper back. \u201cIf somebody did something, they did it from behind.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Andres said surveillance footage from the Stratford Ave. building captured her entering but never coming out, and no one has come forward with information.<\/p>\n

His sister was \u201cnot a problematic girl,\u201d he said. \u201cWho would do something like that?\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

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