A live-in home health aide has been charged with the murder of a Staten Island man under her care — a bizarre homicide in which “I touch little girls” was scrawled across the bare chest of the fatally beaten octogenarian.
Police on Monday arrested Rene Ayarde, 28, charging her with the July 19 slaying of Robert Raynor, 80, who was found dead in the first-floor hallway of his Corson Ave. home in Tompkinsville.
Raynor’s daughter, Carolyn Whetstone, insisted her father was no pedophile and angrily accused Ayarde of killing him in an interview with the Daily News in July.
“That mess she wrote on his chest is not true. She wrote that on him to justify what she did, which you cannot justify — taking anyone’s life,” Whetstone said.
“My dad is not that kind of person. He had cancer and arthritis, so he didn’t even have the physical ability to do that,” she added.
Ayarde and her 3-year-old daughter lived with Raynor. Just six hours after his body was found she was arrested on charges she assaulted the little girl.
The status of the assault case was not immediately available Monday night.
Investigators believe Raynor’s body was dragged into the hallway from his rear first-floor apartment, sources said.
A neighbor who discovered the body confirmed the message written in black marker, adding the phrase “I take dolls in my room for girls ages 1-5″ was also written across his stomach. Sources with knowledge of the investigation said Raynor also had the words “I touch” written on one foot.
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