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Vigil in Bellerose, Queens, Honors Murdered Couple

Jamel McGriff, with 11 prior convictions and recently paroled, is charged with torturing and murdering an elderly couple before setting their Queens home on fire and using their credit cards for $796 in purchases.

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Suspect admitted to killing Queens couple, setting them on fire, prosecutors say

Jamel McGriff, accused of torturing and killing an elderly couple in Queens before setting their home on fire, has been charged with murder.

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Despite violating the obligation to register as a sex offender in 2024, he was not revoked on parole due to New York's justice reforms, which do not consider this type of crime eligible for bail. McGriff has 11 previous convictions, including four for violent crimes, and had been released from prison in 2023 after serving a 20-year sentence. More information: "You are not crazy, I believe you": ChatGPT reinforces the paranoid delusions of an exe…

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New York Post broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, September 12, 2025.
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