The Case Of Haley Anderson

Haley Anderson grew up on Long Island, and she was a straight-A student. She went to nursing school at Binghamton University. A few years into college, she began dating a student named Kevin Ocampo.

They had a lot of fun together. Friends closest to Haley stated that Kevin never tried to change Haley, and he allowed her to be herself. Haley was a free-spirited person, and Kevin never tried to change Haley; he just loved her for who she was.

When Haley was about to graduate, she started to think more about her future and how she did not want to be tied down to a relationship. At this point in her life, Haley did not want a serious relationship; she wanted to explore a little bit and wanted to see what was out there. So, Haley and Keven’s relationship became one of those on-and-off-again relationships.

Haley Anderson would meet another student named Orlando Tercero. He was in her nursing program sophomore year. Orlando had a dual citizenship in the United States and Nicaragua. His father was a doctor, so he wanted to follow in his footsteps by becoming a nurse. The friendship between Haley and Orlando did become romantic, but they were never in a committed relationship.

Haley was ready to begin her independent life, she did not want to be attached to one place or tied in a relationship. She wanted to have a career and travel the world. She already had a job lined up at Northwell as long as she passed the nursing board.

On March 8th, 2018, Haley was supposed to meet her friends at a poetry reading, but she never showed up. Her friends began to be worried as this was out of character. Her friends would track down her iPhone at Orlando’s apartment.

When they reached Orlando’s apartment and knocked on his door, no one answered. So her friends climbed over the window as they worried at this point, that’s when they would find Haley’s naked, dead body on Orlando’s bed.

Haley Anderson’s death was ruled as a homicide by manual strangulation. The police searched Orlando’s home and found evidence of a failed suicide attempt, and they also found a handwritten note written in Spanish.

The note was translated as

“I’m sorry about this, I never felt I could be capable of this.”

Soon, Orlando became a person of interest in this case. Investigators spoke to Haley’s friends and found that Orlando was obsessed with Haley. Orlando was incredibly jealous of Kevin for dating Haley and anyone dating her in general.

Orlando would stalk her and even show up at her house uninvited. He would not leave, even if he was asked multiple times. Orlando had a way with words, and he could make a sob story out of his life. Haley felt for those kinds of people because she had a kind heart.

Authorities would start their hunt for Orlando. They would soon learn that he had flown to Nicaragua. Orlando was arrested in Nicaragua, but the authorities faced a lot of hurdles trying to extradite him.

Orlando could not be brought back to the United States, and he was tried in Nicaragua. This was solely based on the fact that he was a citizen of Nicaragua.

In Nicaragua, he would be charged with femicide.

The definition of femicide :

The murder of a woman due to her gender

The United States does not have this law, and they were only going to charge him with second-hand murder.

New York prosecutors tried to keep Haley’s family in the loop about all the legal proceedings that were going on in Nicaragua.

In November 2019, Orlando was convicted of femicide, and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole.

Even though Orlando is in prison, there is still a standing warrant in the United States; if he ever steps into the United States, he would be immediately arrested.

The United States can also bring him back after he served his prison sentence, and this decision would solely lie with Haley’s family. They get to make that decision.