GLENFIELD, NY — New York State Police have arrested two men following an investigation into the death of a Lewis County woman whose body was found at a park in October.
State Police responded at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 to a report of an unresponsive female on a picnic table bench at a park on Otter Creek Road in Glenfield.
The deceased was identified as Ariel Marengo, 35, of Castorland.
There were no immediate visible signs of trauma at the scene, but the circumstances surrounding Marengo’s death were suspicious, prompting a criminal investigation.
Investigators developed information indicating that Marengo had been inside a vehicle parked at the residence of Anthony R. Diangelo III in Glenfield prior to her death, while Diangelo and Kyle T. Simpson were inside the home.
Simpson was an acquaintance of Marengo.
Investigators determined that Marengo’s body was moved and left at the park on Otter Creek Road.
Kyle T. Simpson, 31, of Lowville, was charged with concealment of a human corpse, a class E felony; tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony; obstruction of governmental administration; resisting arrest; and removal of a body without a permit, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Simpson was arraigned in the Town of Watson Court and remanded without bail.
Anthony R. Diangelo III, 31, of Glenfield, was charged with concealment of a human corpse, a class E felony; tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony; and removal of a body without a permit, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Diangelo was taken into custody and is pending arraignment in Lewis County CAP Court.
