Westwood man pleads guilty to killing two aunts in N.Y.; faces 25 years to life

WESTWOOD—A 20-year-old Westwood resident pleaded guilty March 24 in Rockland County Court to first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in the 2025 killings of his two aunts in Spring Valley, N.Y., according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II.

Alan Abad, also known as Alina Abad, admitted causing the deaths of Evelyn Aguilar-Agustin and Anabelly Aguilar on Feb. 15, 2025, at a home on Gesner Drive, prosecutors said. The DA’s office said both women died from blunt force trauma.

Abad is scheduled to be sentenced June 22 and faces 25 years to life in state prison. Prosecutors said they recommended the maximum sentence of life without parole.