{"id":447393,"date":"2022-05-15T01:34:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mourners-remember-edward-wilkins-ny-man-killed-by-sean-armstead\/"},"modified":"2022-05-15T01:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T22:34:09","slug":"mourners-remember-edward-wilkins-ny-man-killed-by-sean-armstead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mourners-remember-edward-wilkins-ny-man-killed-by-sean-armstead\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mourners remember Edward Wilkins, NY man killed by Sean Armstead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be60bd0013\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be60bd0013\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mourners-remember-edward-wilkins-ny-man-killed-by-sean-armstead\/#%E2%80%9CMourners_remember_Edward_Wilkins_NY_man_killed_by_Sean_Armstead%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Mourners remember Edward Wilkins, NY man killed by Sean Armstead&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMourners_remember_Edward_Wilkins_NY_man_killed_by_Sean_Armstead%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Mourners remember Edward Wilkins, NY man killed by Sean Armstead&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hundreds of people packed a small upstate funeral home Saturday to remember Edward Wilkins, who was shot to death by the NYPD officer husband of his lover.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkins, 20, was killed Sunday after Sean Armstead, 36, trailed his wife, Alexandra Vanderheyden, 35, to a Wallkill hotel for her <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent rendezvous with Wilkins.<\/p>\n<p>Armstead chased after Wilkins on NY-211 and crashed his car into the young man\u2019s. Wilkins got out and ran for his life as Armstead fired and fatally wounded him, before killing himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a terrible tragedy. He just turned 20. His birthday was April 12,\u201d said a woman who identified herself as Wilkins\u2019 grandmother but would not provide her name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI blame the woman,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>There was no sign of Vanderheyden, who lives in Port Jervis, at the wake, which took place at the William M. Gagan Funeral Home in Pine Bush. Wilkins was said by sources to have worked at the older woman\u2019s dog walking business.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/funeral-edward-wilkins-1.jpg?w=681\" alt=\"People hug outside of funeral home. \" class=\"wp-image-22274228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/funeral-edward-wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1362 1362w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/funeral-edward-wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1021 1021w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/funeral-edward-wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=681 681w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/funeral-edward-wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=340 340w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/funeral-edward-wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\"\/><figcaption>Family and friends of Wilkins gathered at the upstate funeral home in Pinebush.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mourners, including high school friends of Wilkins, were provided with small remembrance cards bearing a photo of a smiling Wilkins in a cap and gown from his 2020 graduation from Pine Bush High School. <\/p>\n<p>Poster boards of the young victim lined the walls. On one board were certificates of his accomplishments including for security guard training and film production and a photo of him winning a wrestling match, his hand held up in the air signaling victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other photos showed a younger Wilkins on Little League teams. In one, he\u2019s wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey and grinning for the camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/love-triange-murder-suicide-027-1.jpg?w=960\" alt=\"Alexandra Vanderheyden and Sean Armstead\" class=\"wp-image-22274232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/love-triange-murder-suicide-027-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 960w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/love-triange-murder-suicide-027-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=480 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><figcaption>NYPD Officer Armstead (right) followed Alexandra Vanderheyden and chased Wilkins down before shooting him to death. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\/alexandravanderheyden<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His obituary on the funeral home website described him as \u201ca lover of all things baseball\u201d who was working as a security officer at Resorts World Catskills in Monticello and \u201clooking forward to a future in Corrections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilkins lay in a brown casket clothed in a baby blue button down shirt with a teddy bear by his side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not fair, it\u2019s not fair, it\u2019s not fair,\u201d wailed a woman in front of his casket while hugging a mourner. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"628\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wilkins-1.jpg?w=628\" alt=\"Edward Wilkins\" class=\"wp-image-22274233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=942 942w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=628 628w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=314 314w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wilkins-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\"\/><figcaption>Edward Wilkins was 20 years old when he was shot dead by the off-duty NYPD officer. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A friend who identified herself as Amelia called Wilkins \u201ca great person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never did anything that he wasn\u2019t supposed to. 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