FIT student dies after being drugged and raped in dorm

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 16:20 · Archive

A Fashion Institute of Technology student died after being given fentanyl and raped by a teenager in her dorm room.

A 19-year-old from the Bronx has been charged with federal crimes following the death of a Fashion Institute of Technology student. Moises Freire allegedly brought fentanyl to two FIT students in their Manhattan dorm on 18 March, claiming it was cocaine from Mexico and insisting it contained no fentanyl, which he described as 'poison'.

Both students immediately lost consciousness after taking the drug. According to prosecutors, Freire then raped one of the unconscious students whilst the other lay unresponsive several feet away. Before alerting campus security approximately 45 minutes later, he texted photos of the unconscious victims to friends, including images of the woman he allegedly raped.

Campus security determined the women were suffering acute fentanyl poisoning and administered Narcan before they were rushed to hospital. The student who was raped never regained consciousness and died three days later on 21 March. The other student eventually recovered and was discharged.

The Daily Mail reports that Freire's alleged accomplice, Brian Peralta Cabrera, 18, of Queens, supplied the fentanyl. Prosecutors allege the two had discussed a plan to get the women addicted to drugs, with Freire describing the prospect as a 'win win situation'. Freire initially told campus security the women had simply consumed too much alcohol.

How it is being reported

• NYC fashion student raped and left to die of drug overdose in her dorm by teen who sent photos of her unconscious to his friends, prosecutors sayMoises Freire, 19, of the Bronx, allegedly supplied the deadly drug to two female students in their Manhattan dorm room on March 18, leaving one dead and the other fighting for her life.Daily Mail · 16 Oct, 16:03
• FIT student dead after being drugged, raped in her NYC dorm: prosecutorMoises Freire, 19, was charged with federal crimes after allegedly giving fentanyl that killed an FIT student as he raped the woman in her dorm room after she fell unconscious.New York Post · 16 Oct, 01:18

In this story: Moises Freire · Brian Peralta Cabrera · Fashion Institute of Technology · Bronx · Manhattan · Queens

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