Inwood native killed by boyfriend

Ashley McDuffie graduated from Lawrence High School

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Ashley McDuffie, who grew up in Inwood and graduated from Lawrence High School, was found dead after her body was recovered near Seton Falls Park in the Bronx on Aug. 26, after her boyfriend, Jason Meyers, confessed to killing her, police said.

McDuffie, 27, the mother of two boys, was seen with Meyers in a surveillance video on Aug. 19, but police didn’t reveal where the video was taken. McDuffie was reported missing from her Mount Vernon home on Aug. 24.

Meyers, 32, admitted to strangling McDuffie and leaving her body, which was wrapped in bed sheets in the park, Mount Vernon police said.