Map: The location where Paola Illera was found

Paola Illera's apartment

Illera lived on the 30th floor of 420 East 111th Street.

Kee lived with relatives on the 19th floor. However, his apartment was empty at the time.

When Illera stepped into the elevator with him, Kee saw the chance encounter as an opportunity. At that point, he either forced her back to his place or lured her there using a ruse.

In later cases, he held some of his victims at knifepoint and directed them where to go. Therefore, it is possible that he did the same thing with Illera.

Johalis Castro murder

On September 10, 1997, Kee transported Johalis Castro to the top of this building at 218 East 104th Street and then set her on fire.

The autopsy revealed that the 19-year-old was still alive when he poured gasoline on her body and lit the match.

The apartment building in question is just 0.4 miles northwest of where he dumped Illera's remains.

Castro reportedly knew Kee and had called him shortly before the incident.

The killing stumped investigators. Although she had an abusive ex-boyfriend, the police were certain that he had nothing to do with it. Furthermore, they couldn't think of a reason why Castro would have been in such a building in the first place.

During the early 1990s, 218 East 104th Street had a bad reputation for drugs. However, Castro did not take drugs. Nor were there any illegal substances found in her system.

At the time of her death, she had an infant daughter named Jovana and was studying computer science.

Detectives stated that "she was a good kid" who had no known ties to the building.