Classmate Who ‘Killed Nursing Student, 22, He Was Obsessed With’ Is Arrested In Nicaragua

Haley Anderson was an aspiring nursing student much loved by friends and family.

But the 22 year-old was brutally murdered by a man who was supposedly obsessed with her.

Orlando Tercero fled New York by flying from JFK to Nicaragua, last Friday, Binghampton Police said.

But he was apprehended on Tuesday by the Nicaragua National Police in connection to the death of Anderson, ABC News reports.

On Tuesday night, he was transferred to a prison located 40 miles southwest of capitol, Managua.

Anderson’s death was ruled a homicide after her body was found at a off-campus apartment near Binghampton University.

Tercero ‘fled the United States via international air to Nicaragua prior to the discovery of Haley Anderson’s deceased body,’ according to a statement released by police.

While the two were were never official, Tercero was said to have been obsessed with Anderson.

Anderson’s roommates found her lifeless body lying in his bed after climbing in through a side window.

They say Tercero was angry because she had earlier dumped him for her a different man.

‘He never got over his obsession with her,’ Misha Topalli, Anderson’s roommate and friend, told TIME. 

‘They hooked up in the past, but to her, it was pretty platonic and she didn’t want to have anything seriously,’ she added.

By the time police named him a suspect, Tercero was on board a flight back to Nicaragua where he has family.

Police have not yet revealed how the young woman died or what condition she was found in.

But her friends said she appeared she had been dead for a while.

They also found a handprint bruise on her arm.

Anderson has been described as ‘bright’ and ‘loving’ by those who knew her.

Her co-worker, Athena Anadnostakos, who worked with her for years at Jazzman’s Cafe on campus, spoke highly of the late student in a statement to Fox 40.

‘She was a very good girl. She was friendly, joked around… we had a good time together,’ Anadnostakos told the news station.

‘Everybody is sad… a lot of students came to New York together and they cried today. They were all so close, she said, in tears.

After news of her death emerged, the university shared a message of condolence on its Facebook page.

‘The Binghamton University community is deeply saddened to learn of the death of senior nursing student Haley Anderson, whose death is being investigated by the Binghamton Police Department,’ the post read in part.

‘There is no threat to public safety at this time. The investigation is continuing at this hour.

‘Anyone with information can contact the Binghamton Police Detective Division at 607-772-7080 or 607-772-7082.’

The message said further: ‘Our entire University community extends our deepest condolences to Haley’s family and friends, both here in Binghamton and in her hometown of Westbury, N.Y.’