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There's blood around my mom. But

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my first reaction was like she fell,

0:37

you know, she hit her

0:38

head. I'm

0:40

like, what's wrong, you know, not

0:42

realizing this happened hours

0:45

ago. She wasn't breathing

0:47

or anything and I wasn't

0:49

understanding you know why like things

0:52

were just they weren't registering

0:55

you know I was just seeing them but I wasn't

0:57

understanding what was going on why

1:00

my mom was tied up or you know

1:02

what happened I should

1:05

have known what happened but it was my mom you

1:07

know

1:15

Situated in a working-class Brooklyn

1:18

neighborhood is a group of eight brick apartment

1:20

buildings known as the Bushwick Houses. The

1:24

1,220-unit complex was built by New York City's

1:26

Housing Authority and provides much-needed

1:29

affordable housing for many families in the area.

1:32

Unfortunately, Bushwick also has

1:34

a reputation for attracting more than its fair

1:36

share of criminal activity. In

1:38

May of 2018, on Mother's Day

1:40

weekend, a brutal double homicide

1:43

claimed the lives of two innocent and unlikely

1:45

victims, neighbors in the

1:48

same building. Authorities

1:50

are convinced someone in the community has information

1:52

that can bring the killers to justice, but

1:54

so far, no one has been willing

1:57

to come forward. I'm

2:05

Steve French and

2:06

this is Unsolved Mysteries, Two

2:09

Mother's Day Murders.

2:21

On May 11, 2018, Mireya

2:23

is just getting off work from her job at Brooklyn

2:25

Hospital, where she works the 9-to-5 shift. It's

2:28

two days before Mother's Day, so

2:30

on her way home, she decides to pick up some flowers

2:33

as an early gift for her mother, Anna Delvaie.

2:36

Mireya arrives home at around 6 p.m.

2:38

with a bouquet of roses in her hand, takes

2:41

the elevator, and gets off on the fifth

2:43

floor.

2:46

When

2:49

I get to the door, I'm about

2:51

to open with my key, but it's open. And

2:55

I saw her on the floor. And

2:58

there was like a puddle of blood around

3:00

her. My first reaction

3:03

was like she fell, you know, she hit her head.

3:05

And I grabbed her and I'm

3:07

like trying to, you know, like,

3:10

what's wrong?

3:12

I'm banging

3:12

on her chest, you know, thinking

3:14

like, okay, you know, she's

3:17

gonna be okay. It

3:19

just wasn't registering in my head,

3:21

Dad. My mom wasn't breathing.

3:26

And when, you know, I lifted her up,

3:29

I saw, like, a hole by her ear. And I was

3:31

like, what is this, you know? Like,

3:35

then I noticed that she

3:37

had a hole in her forehead. I didn't

3:39

know what was

3:40

happening. I had never

3:42

seen a gunshot wound, let

3:45

alone my mom like this.

3:51

62-year-old Ana Del Valle is

3:53

dead from gunshot wounds to her head

3:55

and torso. Her hands have been

3:57

tied behind her back with the cord to her electrical cord.

4:00

massager. Overwhelmed by grief

4:02

and shock, Maria can't even process

4:04

what she's seeing. All she can do

4:07

is call 911 and wait anxiously

4:09

for help to arrive.

4:13

My mom was very cheerful, petite,

4:16

about five feet, really,

4:18

really curly hair. She

4:21

loved having the family together.

4:24

She made it a point where she

4:26

would always prepare a home-cooked

4:29

meal. That was her way of showing

4:31

us her love. Ana

4:35

immigrated to New York City in 1983 from

4:37

her native Honduras.

4:39

Starting over in a new country as a single

4:41

mother was a daunting challenge,

4:43

but she was determined to build a better future for

4:45

her three young children.

4:48

She started working in a sweatshop,

4:51

making sweaters. She worked there

4:53

for a couple of years. My

4:56

two brothers and I, we basically

4:59

just went to school while

5:01

she worked. We didn't let us hang

5:03

out much. She was pretty strict with

5:05

us. She wanted us to have

5:08

a better life than what she had to go

5:10

through. She was always there

5:12

for us.

5:16

Ana's kids grew to be responsible adults.

5:19

Her oldest son eventually left the apartment

5:21

to start his own family. while Mariah

5:24

and her twin brother continued to live at home

5:26

with their mother.

5:27

When the factory where Anna worked closed down,

5:29

she began to clean apartments to support her family,

5:32

then

5:32

eventually retired.

5:34

That's when she started enjoying herself.

5:37

She would go to the community center

5:39

that's there right across from the building where we

5:41

lived at. She would do cooking classes,

5:44

knitting, and you know, all types of

5:46

activities.

5:47

She loved keeping busy,

5:49

very lively, very happy.

5:53

In 2018, the Delvayé family

5:55

live in the Bushwick housing complex in Brooklyn.

5:58

Home is a three bedroom apartment. in building

6:00

number seven, unit 5C. The

6:03

building has 13 floors, each

6:05

with about 10 apartments. The Del Valles

6:07

have lived there for nearly 20 years, but

6:10

they aren't close with any of their neighbors. Based

6:12

on what they see going on in the building, they

6:14

just try to keep to themselves.

6:18

Downstairs in the main lobby, there

6:21

would be these young kids

6:23

just hanging around, playing dice. There

6:26

would be smoking weed, selling

6:29

drugs in the hallway, selling drugs in

6:31

the staircase. Anybody would come

6:33

in and out. They didn't necessarily have to

6:35

live there. It was also gangs, you

6:37

could tell. People would hang out in

6:39

groups.

6:40

There were shootings a couple of times. We

6:44

didn't feel 100% safe, but

6:47

unfortunately, that's where we lived at. It

6:51

was May 11th of 2018, and at around 6

6:53

o'clock in the evening, evening,

6:56

I received a call of a female

6:58

found shot in the head inside her apartment.

7:01

At the time, Steve Minucci works

7:03

as a squad detective in the NYPD's

7:05

90th precinct. The Bushwick housing

7:08

complex falls within his jurisdiction. We

7:12

got to the scene within a few minutes

7:14

of the call coming over. There was multiple

7:16

officers on location. One

7:18

of the family members, Maria, who discovered

7:20

Anna, had been removed from the immediate area.

7:25

Upon entering the apartment, we observed Anna

7:28

lying on the floor in a pool of blood,

7:31

at least two visible gunshot wounds, and

7:34

her wrists bound with a wire. An area

7:37

like that, you're going to see every type of call you

7:39

can imagine. Drug-related, occasionally

7:42

gunshots, men or women with firearms,

7:45

domestic violence. This was definitely

7:47

a more brutal fashion of crime than what

7:49

we typically see out there. In this particular

7:52

case, she was retired. She basically

7:54

lived for her family. She

7:55

had no prior criminal history whatsoever.

7:58

obviously as a detective you have to

9:45

Hours

10:01

later, at the crime scene, the

10:03

condition of Anna's body indicates to investigators

10:06

that she's been dead for several hours,

10:08

so it's assumed she was killed shortly after

10:10

speaking with Maraya at 9am.

10:12

A mop found just outside the apartment

10:15

suggests Anna had been cleaning the fifth-floor hallway

10:17

that morning, something she was known to do.

10:20

There are few other clues left behind.

10:22

No signs of force entry, no

10:24

fingerprints, and no murder weapon.

10:28

There was minimal forensic evidence

10:30

from that crime scene. A small amount

10:32

of DNA was recovered. But

10:34

forensically, there was not a great

10:37

deal to go on. She was

10:39

shot three times in the torso and

10:41

had two different caliber bullets, nine

10:44

millimeter and 380. The

10:46

fact that there was two caliber of ammunition found

10:49

would suggest to me that there was at least

10:51

two people kind of controlling the scene. The

10:54

apartment itself was not particularly disheveled.

10:57

No furniture knocked over, didn't look

10:59

like a serious struggle, which to be honest makes

11:01

sense. She was a small older woman. She was probably

11:04

very easily overpowered. The binding

11:06

suggests to me that she was being held

11:08

and threatened possibly to keep her quiet,

11:11

keep her scared. It's indicative

11:13

that it's two or more individuals who simply have

11:15

no regard for human life. With

11:19

few leads to follow, investigators

11:21

begin combing through hours of grainy surveillance

11:24

video from cameras in the lobby and elevator.

11:26

Dozens of people are seen coming and going

11:28

throughout the day, but nothing on the video

11:31

points detectives toward a suspect.

11:33

It does help us kind of narrow down the time

11:35

of death. It also obviously eliminates

11:38

both children of Annandale Valley as suspects,

11:40

being that they're both seen leaving the building and not returning.

11:43

But other than that, there's nothing more compelling on

11:45

the video. We don't see people running away or people

11:48

reacting to a gunshot. Sometimes

11:50

you get a good shot, you know exactly who it is. But

11:53

you have to remember, people are coming, they're wearing hats,

11:55

they might be wearing like a jacket covering up

11:57

their face a little bit. or the other sad fact

11:59

is that.

18:00

but several years. For the most

18:02

part, he lived alone. Occasionally he would have

18:04

people stay with him for short periods of time.

18:07

He had a family, he had an on and off girlfriend,

18:10

sisters, nieces, stepchildren.

18:13

He had a very, very minor criminal

18:15

history, nothing violent, nothing serious. Generally

18:18

speaking, he was a good citizen and a good man. Officers

18:21

received no response at Basil's apartment

18:23

while canvassing the building Friday evening, but

18:26

had no reason at that point to find it suspicious.

18:29

Investigators searched through the surveillance videos

18:31

again,

18:31

now specifically focused on Basil's movements.

18:35

The footage suggests that when the police knocked

18:37

on his door, Basil had likely been

18:39

home, lying dead in his living room.

18:43

We observed both Anna's children,

18:45

as well as the second victim, Basil, leaving

18:48

and then in the case of Basil, returning to the building

18:50

around 9 a.m. At no point has he

18:52

ever seen leaving after that.

18:54

He's coming back with a bodega cup

18:56

of coffee. He's seen walking in

18:58

with it, getting the elevator, getting off the elevator.

19:01

In the crime scene, that cup of coffee is

19:03

there, still three quarters full, on

19:05

his nightstand.

19:08

Based on the coffee cup and other available

19:10

evidence, investigators believe Basil

19:12

and Ana were shot by the same vicious killers

19:15

sometime between 9.30 and 10 a.m.

19:18

Detectives also speak to a few people in the building who

19:20

recall hearing what could have been gunshots Friday

19:23

morning around that time.

19:24

Still, narrowing down when the murders

19:27

occurred doesn't tell police who fired

19:29

the weapons or why they chose to kill

19:31

Ana and Basil.

19:33

As victims, I would describe them as unusual

19:35

but also vulnerable. They were two older

19:38

people at frequent times throughout

19:40

the day, they would have been by themselves.

19:42

They were neighbors, they were cordial, even friendly,

19:44

but not particularly close. No

19:47

one knew of any problems between the

19:49

two victims and anyone else in the building. So

19:52

Valley family has told me basically that they

19:54

tended to try to keep themselves, especially based

19:56

on the kind of things that were going on in the area.

22:00

And people would go sometimes getting

22:02

off on the wrong floor, knocking

22:04

on our door. And they would think they

22:07

were knocking on the sixth floor.

22:08

So my first thought was like, maybe somebody

22:11

got the wrong apartment. Maybe she

22:14

came out to do the floor, mop

22:16

the floor, maybe she saw something, you

22:18

know, when she came out. And maybe

22:20

she was a witness to it. And

22:23

maybe that's why they had to do what

22:25

they did to her. We just don't even

22:27

know.

22:29

Investigators have several theories

22:31

as to why the gunman may have been on the fifth floor,

22:34

but not enough evidence to know who they are

22:37

or exactly why they murdered Ana and

22:39

Basil. Based

22:41

on the investigation we've conducted

22:44

up to this point,

22:45

I don't believe it was just a completely random act.

22:48

I believe whoever did this went to one of those

22:50

apartments looking for something or someone,

22:53

and ultimately it

22:55

ended in tragedy. While

22:57

the victims themselves may not be connected

22:59

to the drug trade, based on our investigation,

23:01

we believe there may be a drug connection

23:04

to why they were killed.

23:06

It's absolutely possible that whoever did

23:08

this either had gone to the wrong apartment

23:11

looking for someone else who wasn't there, or

23:13

it's possible someone may have had information

23:16

that there was either drugs or

23:19

money coming from drugs in one of the apartments,

23:21

and they were looking for those things

23:23

and acting on just bad information.

23:26

But whatever the case may be, there were two people who were willing

23:28

to commit an incredibly violent crime, either

23:30

to get what they were looking for or cover their tracks.

23:34

After repeated in-depth analysis, investigators

23:37

are still unable to identify the killers

23:39

and security footage from the day of the murders.

23:42

It seems unlikely they could have made it in and

23:44

out of the building without being recorded,

23:46

but Detective Minucci believes there may be

23:49

another explanation.

23:50

The possibility is that rather than someone entering

23:53

and leaving the building, it could have been someone

23:55

coming from another floor and then simply returned to that

23:57

floor. The only time we might see them

23:59

if they didn't.

24:00

use the stairs would be on the elevator.

24:02

Could

24:02

the people who killed Anna and Basil

24:04

have lived in their building? Limited

24:06

evidence makes it difficult to establish likely

24:09

suspects or clear motives, but

24:11

with what is known, Detective Minucci

24:13

believes they have a good idea of what happened

24:15

during Anna and Basil's last moments.

24:19

What we believe happened is that the two perpetrators

24:21

enter the building, whether it's from another

24:24

floor or through the main entrance. And

24:26

sometime after 9 a.m., they confront

24:29

Anna either in her apartment or just

24:31

outside of it, bind her, and

24:33

at that point, what is

24:36

possible happens is that Basil hears what's going on

24:38

and comes to investigate. At that point,

24:40

I believe one of the perpetrators chased Basil back into

24:42

his apartment and shot him before Basil was

24:44

able to get the door closed.

24:46

Anna was then shot, and the perpetrators leave

24:48

the area.

24:49

What I have to stress is that that is opinion

24:52

and speculation based on what I've observed. I'm

24:55

fairly confident that is the case, but we

24:57

need a person who knows what happened

25:00

in those apartments. And right now, the

25:02

only people who know what happened are the perpetrators.

25:06

In the days following the murders, police come

25:08

into possession of something that is a possible lead

25:10

to the killer's identity. A mysterious

25:13

cell phone video allegedly recorded

25:15

the morning of May 11th through the peephole

25:17

of an apartment on the fifth floor.

25:20

An anonymous individual was able

25:22

to take what he claimed to be a cell phone video

25:24

around the time of the murders, which

25:27

shows two male individuals and a female

25:29

individual congregating outside

25:31

the apartment. And then there are what are

25:34

possibly gunshots heard in that video. The

25:36

video is not great quality at all.

25:39

Only one person's face is even remotely

25:41

visible. We have released a video to the media

25:43

to see if anyone could be identified on it.

25:45

We continue to investigate to determine

25:48

how accurate and useful that

25:50

video could be. Within days

25:53

of the murders, a $2,500

25:55

reward was offered to anyone with information.

25:58

Over time, the reward has grown.

26:00

to $20,000, but

26:02

it still hasn't been enough to convince someone

26:04

to come forward. After several

26:06

frustrating months without a major break, the

26:08

NYPD partnered with the FBI to

26:11

help move the investigation forward.

26:14

The FBI initially became involved as

26:16

they were conducting their own investigation into the

26:18

drug trade and gang problem in the

26:20

Bushwick community.

26:22

The FBI began to assist us and we worked together

26:24

to kind of pool our resources and try

26:26

to further this investigation. When

26:29

we came into the investigation, we

26:32

were trying to do various different things to

26:34

assist. And one of the ways that the

26:37

FBI and the federal government can't help is with

26:39

money. Special

26:41

Agent John Basso is part of an FBI

26:44

task force that works with the NYPD. In

26:47

March of 2022, the Bureau

26:49

takes a bold step, announcing their

26:51

own $50,000 reward in

26:54

an effort to generate new leads. information

26:57

to law enforcement is often a difficult

26:59

decision to make, especially

27:01

in communities that experience

27:04

violence and that sort of thing. So

27:06

we decided to add more to

27:09

what was already being offered by the NYPD, and

27:12

we're sort of hoping that the amount of money

27:14

plus the amount of time that has elapsed

27:17

convinces people that might be on the fence to

27:20

come forward.

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Family and friends marking

28:32

the anniversary of an unsolved

28:35

double murder in Brooklyn with a vigil. Four

28:37

years later, the question remains why

28:39

with both the FBI and the NYPD

28:41

both trying to find that answer.

28:43

This case is not closed. We want

28:45

the families to know and the public to know. Every aspect,

28:47

every theory is being looked at. My

28:50

heart goes to her family, Anna, and

28:53

hopefully they'll catch this guy that did

28:55

it.

28:57

Now, years later, the FBI

28:59

and the NYPD continue to seek

29:02

justice for the families of Anna Del Valle

29:04

and Basil Gray.

29:06

Authorities won't reveal the details of everything

29:08

they've learned through years of investigation,

29:10

but claim to have developed several persons of

29:12

interest in the case.

29:14

However, more evidence is required

29:16

to file charges and get these brutal

29:18

killers off the streets.

29:22

Sometimes all you need is that one last puzzle piece

29:24

to bring everything you have together.

29:26

In a community like this, people know what

29:29

happened. There's people who have information. There's people

29:31

who know what's going on. And

29:33

the fact that people don't seem to care enough to come forward

29:35

and provide some help to this investigation, it's

29:38

frustrating. These

29:40

weren't two bad people. These were two good people.

29:42

It could have been anybody's mother. It could have been anyone's brother.

29:45

These could have been anyone's loved one.

29:48

So what we need is someone with knowledge, someone who

29:50

knows something about this to come forward and help

29:52

two families find peace after

29:54

losing their loved ones in such a violent fashion.

29:57

Supposedly, you know, everybody. Everybody

30:00

was going about their business and they didn't

30:02

see or hear anything. And of

30:04

course shots were heard. This

30:07

was in the morning. People are going

30:09

to work. People are taking their kids to school. Somebody

30:12

had to hear.

30:14

Maybe they don't want the same to happen

30:16

to them. People are

30:18

just being quiet.

30:20

Someone had to hear, but no one is saying

30:22

anything.

30:23

No one.

30:27

For the victims' families, as long

30:29

as this case remains open,

30:31

each year that passes is a cruel reminder

30:34

that Anna and Basil are no longer with them,

30:36

and they fear the killers may never be held

30:38

accountable. It's

30:41

hard every day without her. It's

30:45

harder on Mother's Day,

30:47

obviously, you know, it's when it happened.

30:51

It's hard to see everybody celebrating,

30:53

and we're not. I

30:55

hope this doesn't become a cold case,

30:58

you know, these people have to pay. How

31:01

these people can just go about their lives,

31:04

you know, like nothing happened. Here

31:06

we are torn apart, you know, not

31:09

knowing why, why her.

31:13

My brothers and I would just want

31:15

someone to come forward and

31:17

say something, make

31:19

these people pay. Between

31:31

the FBI and NYPD, a

31:33

combined total of $70,000 is being offered for

31:36

information leading to Ana and Basil's killers.

31:39

If you have any knowledge of the events surrounding

31:42

their murders or the people responsible,

31:44

You can share what you know by calling the NYPD

31:47

Public Information Office at 646-610-6700 or

31:52

the FBI's New York office at 212-384-1000. Tips

31:58

can also be emailed to...