Twenty-nine-year-old Jose Olmos, of New Rochelle, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in May in the death of 66-year-old Nurten Seljuk, a homeless woman whose body was found beaten and strangled near the Main Street Armory in July 2018.
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Olmos was arrested and charged the next day.
Seljuk's sister, Dervishe Bolvadin, appeared in court and described her sibling as a well-educated woman who fell on hard times through illness and divorce, despite the family's intervention.
"I can't stand the idea of her being remembered as a homeless lady left in the garbage ... She was a treasure, an unappreciated treasure. She deserved the best that life had to offer. Not this," she said.
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Seljuk's other sister, Fay Mirillo, wrote a statement that was read to the court.
"Good forgive Jose Olmos for taking her life because I certainly cannot ... I will remember Nurten for being both a sister and mom to me during my childhood ... and I will try to fill the hole in my heart by nourishing the love we had for each other," the statement read.
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