Manhattan sex worker pleads guilty in fentanyl deaths of three clients
A Manhattan sex worker accused of killing three clients by giving them fentanyl-laced drugs as part of a robbery scheme pleaded guilty Tuesday, prosecutors said.
Tabitha Bundrick, 39, admitted that between April 2023 and February 2024 she provided customers with drugs containing the powerful synthetic opioid before stealing their belongings, including cell phones, sneakers, cash and watches, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
“The defendant knowingly killed three people by providing them fentanyl-laced drugs,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. “As they lay unconscious, she robbed her victims and left them to die. In several instances, the victims’ bodies were found by their friends or family members.”
Fentanyl pills shown in a close-up image. (Getty Images)
Bundrick showed a “shocking indifference” to the lives of her victims, Bragg said.
She is expected to be sentenced to 27 years to life for three counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault.
Bundrick’s crimes began on April 30, 2023, when she met Mario Paullan, 42, and his friend on the street and offered to sell them soap. She then offered to have sex with them for money and took them to an apartment she broke into, prosecutors said.
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Tabitha Bundrick, 39, pleaded guilty to giving fentanyl-laced drugs to four men, killing three of them, before robbing them in New York City, prosecutors said. (DEA via AP)
After taking the fentanyl-laced drugs she gave them, Paullan’s friend woke up to find him dead the next morning and their belongings missing, authorities said.
Months later, she met Miguel Navez, 39, and gave him drugs at his apartment. He was found three days later by his brother, with his belongings also stolen.
The third incident occurred on Feb. 25, 2024, when Abrihan Fernandez, 34, died in his apartment. Bundrick was caught entering and exiting the Upper Manhattan apartment several times with large bags.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg seen during the National Action Network (NAN) 35th Anniversary Convention in New York. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
She is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 6.