Accused salon murderer smoked crack during assaults, court documents allege

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The suspect charged with the murder and sex assault of employees at a Philadelphia beauty salon was smoking crack during the crimes, according to newly obtained court documents.
The incidents happened on Nov. 2 at the Abba Blessed Beauty Salon along Stenton Ave. near Washington Lane in the city's East Mount Airy section.
Police say the suspect, Jamal Pistoria, 33, was arrested four days later on Friday, Nov. 6th while on a SEPTA bus in Center City, police said.
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But we begin with the latest on the investigation into the suspect
charged with murdering a woman at a Philadelphia salon.
That man is also charged
with sexually assaulting two other women there.
Yeah, court documents reveal new information about what happened
the day those women were attacked.
Back to you, reporter Corey Davis,
live now in East Mount Airy, outside that salon where people
are gathering now to remember the victims, Corey.
Brian is there right now.
The vigil is getting underway for the victim who lost her life.
They're beginning the process of talking about her and remembering her
life in front of the salon where investigators say she was murdered.
And those court documents, very telling where the suspect
is accused of using crack during the assault.
Action News has learned from newly released court documents
that Jamal Pistoria is accused of lighting a crack pipe
and smoking it during the horrific November 2nd murder
and sexual assault of employees at a beauty salon in East Mount Airy.
The 33-year-old seen here in a new mugshot was arrested four days after
the incident while police say he was on a SEPTA bus at Broad
and South Streets in Center City.
I will never forget.
The husband of murder victim Bayaniri, Ophelia Hernandez Camillo,
telling our partners at Univision that he misses his wife,
they translated his response from Spanish to English.
I don't know what to say.
She was everything for me and my sons.
Court documents revealed that officers retraced Pastoria's
movements starting one hour before they say he entered
the Abba Blessed Beauty Salon at Stanton Avenue near Washington Lane.
Investigators say Pistorio was recorded by 19 cameras
at seven nearby intersections either before or after the incident.
We now know he was first spotted by a camera at Haines and Worcester
Streets, half a mile from the business not far from his home.
Pistorio walked several blocks and went into this breezeway behind
the salon where they say he remained for a minute
and a half and then walked around to the front door.
That's when investigators say he lost...
Three female employees in a back room
with him for six terrifying minutes.
Police say Pastoria shot Hernandez Camillo once in the head,
forced one of the women to perform sexual acts on him
while pistol-whipping her and a third victim.
The two survivors fought back and escaped.
And back live here, that breezeway we mentioned earlier
is where investigators say
Pastoria stayed for seven minutes after leaving the salon.
He only left that breezeway
when officers actually began arriving to the scene.
He left a hooded jacket in that alleyway
that investigators say they eventually collected.
We're also being told that they still aren't sure exactly where he
was during the four days
of that manhunt of trying to find him.
In the meantime, right now, the vigil continues,
remembering the victim who lost her life during that horrific incident.
Reporting live here in East Mount Airy,
Corey Davis, Channel 6 Action News.
Brian, it really was a horrific ordeal. You're right, Corey, thank you.
