Step-uncle of Bronx teenager charged with her sexual assault and murder

HUNTS POINT -- The step-uncle of a teenager found dead in the Bronx two years ago has been charged with her murder.

15-year old Destiny Sanchez was found bruised and doused in bleach in the lobby of an apartment building in the Hunts Point section back in 2012.

Police now say her stepmother's brother, Luis Vega, sexually assaulted Sanchez and then choked her.

Her family said that the body apparently been doused in bleach in a possible effort to hide evidence.

Vega was initially charged with giving Destiny alcohol on the night she was attacked.

A report by the New York City Medical Examiner said the teen died of a compression of the neck and smothering.