The “baby-faced” killer who murdered an Upper East Side antiques dealer with a decorative plate, kitchen knife and “maybe a pen” previously decapitated another man with a chainsaw, authorities say.
Alex Ray Scott, a 28-year-old trans female from Oklahoma who began transitioning in jail, admitted to the gruesome previous killing of Robin Skocdopole, 63, in Broken Arrow, Okla., when she was arrested for the New York City slaying of Kenneth Savinski, 64, in January 2020, records show.
Details of the Oklahoma murder surfaced Monday at a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing, where Scott pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, as well as multiple counts of criminal possession, in Savinski’s death.
Scott killed and stole credit cards from Savinski in his Upper East Side apartment after the two met on a dating app, authorities say. She had no memory of the bloody attack when she turned herself in and told police, “I think I may have killed someone last night,” according to her indictment.
Credit cards belonging to Skocdopole and found on Scott at the time eventually led investigators to check Skocdopole’s home in Broken Arrow when he didn’t answer phone calls, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s office of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Cops found the home empty of all possessions — but with pools and spatters of his blood around it. Investigators soon discovered that Scott had used two different kinds of saws to dismember him after killing him, the statement said. That included cutting off the victim’s head, officials said.
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann revealed in court that the saws had been purchased from a local Walmart.
Skocdopole’s dismembered remains were found in a nearby creek that May, the statement said.
Scott had rented a room in Skocdopole’s apartment and told associates that he abruptly left for Dallas to explain his later disappearance.
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