# @nbcnewyork on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbbQyJSE7No
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68544513-nbcnewyork-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-30T17:51:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC New York (@nbcnewyork) — https://gondola.cc/nbcnewyork

## Caption

In disturbing new developments in a case of a Long Island music teacher charged with killing his sister-in-law, prosecutors claim to have evidence the suspect practiced a chokehold on a stuffed animal minutes before the deadly crime.⁠
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Joseph Horner was in court Wednesday as he faces charges of raping and murdering his sister-in-law whom he had lusted after for years.⁠
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"He's a cold, calculated, vicious killer," said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.⁠
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Prosecutors described the chilling June attack. The 27-year-old Horner allegedly choked 25-year-old Victoria Castle, who lived in a downstairs apartment in the same Massapequa house on North Oak Street he shared with his wife.⁠
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#longisland #nassau #ny #crime

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