A Manhattan woman accused of fatally drugging three men with fentanyl so she could steal from them pleaded guilty Tuesday, closing a chilling case in which one victim was found dead with his pants around his knees.
Tabitha Bundrick, 39, admitted to what prosecutors described as the “calculated” killings of three men, robbing them of valuables before moving on across Upper Manhattan.
Bundrick is expected to receive a sentence of 27 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to three murder counts, along with a separate charge connected to drugging another victim who survived, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Kathryn Paek said.
Her guilty plea in state court follows a federal sentence handed down last year on drug distribution charges tied to the same alleged scheme. The state and federal sentences will run at the same time.
Prosecutors said that from April 2023 through February 2024, Bundrick deliberately gave the men fentanyl-laced drugs to incapacitate them, then stole personal property including phones, cash, watches, clothing and sneakers.
Her deadly reign began April 30, 2023, when she convinced Mario Paullan, 42, and his pal to come back to an apartment where they’d trade cash for sex, according to the indictment.
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She then offered the men what she said was coke and encouraged both victims to “do it again” over and over, despite Paullan telling her that he had never done drugs before, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran said at the time.
Paullan died at the scene, and his friend woke up in an empty apartment next to his pal’s body, prosecutors have said.
Five months later, the escort met up with Miguel Navez, 39, and went back to his apartment and fed him the fentanyl-laced drugs.
Navez’s brother found his body — with his pants down around his knees — days after the encounter, and many personal items missing, according to prosecutors.
Bundrick followed the same scheme Feb, 25, 2024, killing Abrihan Fernandez inside his upper Manhattan apartment — where she was caught on surveillance footage coming and going out of the building, hauling out several “giant laundry bags” with sneakers, prosecutors said at the time.
“The defendant showed a shocking indifference to the lives of her victims and is now facing significant consequences for her conduct,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement.
Bendrick remains remanded and will be sentenced Oct. 6.