Imette Carmella St. Guillen March 2, β February 25, was an American graduate student who was raped and murdered in New York City. Her murder captured national attention; [ 3 ] together with the later murder of Jennifer Moore , it was a catalyst for passage of legislation to require background checks of bouncers in bars and a security plan for nightclubs. Guillen's murder. Imette St. Her surnameβand that of her elder sisterβ was a combination of their parents' surnames.
Their mother was French Canadian. Like her father, St. Guillen studied criminal justice. Although originally intending to study forensic psychology , St.
Guillen changed her major to criminal justice. After celebrating her upcoming birthday with her mother and sister in Florida , St. Guillen took a plane back to New York. On February 24, , St. Guillen met with her best friend Claire Higgins to continue celebrating her birthday, a few days away. Higgins left; later, in a a. Guillen assured Higgins that she would soon be leaving for home. Seventeen hours after St.
Guillen spoke with her friend, police in Brooklyn received an anonymous phone call alerting them to a dead woman's body [ 11 ] on Fountain Avenue in Spring Creek Park. Her body was nude, wrapped in a comforter. Some of her hair had been cut off. An autopsy revealed that she had been beaten and sexually assaulted before being asphyxiated. Stephanie Stolinsky, the killer "tried to dehumanize her completely. Whenever you hide someone's face, it means that you don't want to see them as a human being.
You want to pretend that they're just an object". The murder case of Imette St. Darryl Littlejohn, one of two bouncers at The Falls where St. Guillen was seen the night she was murdered, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, and unlawful imprisonment. Guillen's hands. Guillen out of The Falls just before closing, [ 14 ] and was later seen talking to the young woman in front of the bar.
