Suspect Questioned In Bensonhurst Deaths

Yesterday, the bludgeoned bodies of a 70-year-old landlord Billy Romano and his 37-year-old girlfriend Elviza Aronova were found in the Romano's "ransacked apartment," according to the Daily News. Aronova's mother, worried she hadn't heard from her daughter, discovered the pair when she went to check on them. Residents of the Bensonhurst building on Bay Parkway told the NY Times the landlord had recently sold the building and "described him as a lively man...who was quick with a smile and greeting." However the News says Romano was had drug problems and was deep in debt while Aronova was a crack addict. Apparently police are now questioning someone who rented an apartment from Romano in connection with the possible murders: "Police found a .45-caliber handgun, with the barrel missing, along with a grenade and two shotguns in the tenant's apartment."