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Person of Interest in Binghamton Nursing Student Slay Fled to Nicaragua Before Body Was Discovered, Cops Say

Haley Anderson was found dead Friday afternoon after authorities conducted a welfare check at a home near the college

What to Know

  • Police are searching for Orlando Tercero, the former partner of a nursing student found killed near Binghamton University
  • Authorities say Tercero used to be romantically involved with the 22-year-old Haley Anderson
  • They say he left the U.S. by plane before her body was discovered

The person of interest wanted for questioning in the death of a Binghamton University nursing student from Long Island found dead at a home near the upstate college last week fled the U.S. to Nicaragua before the young woman's body was found, authorities said Monday. 

Police identified that person of interest as 22-year-old Orlando Tercero, a U.S. citizen they say was romantically involved with Haley Anderson before she died. Anderson's body was found by cops performing a welfare check at a home in Binghamton Friday afternoon; police say Tercero had flown out of the country before authorities made the grisly discovery.

Police had said they believed Anderson, also 22, was killed by someone she knew, though they did not say how she died. 

She was a registered nursing student at Binghamton, as is Tercero.

The college, which is about 200 miles northwest of New York City, released a statement Saturday saying there was no threat to public safety and that an investigation into the tragic death is ongoing.

“Our entire University community extends our deepest condolences to Haley’s family and friends, both here in Binghamton and in her hometown of Westbury, New York,” the statement read.

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