POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. >> The man whose death on Monday resulted in murder charges against two Poughkeepsie men has been identified as an Ulster County resident.
Poughkeepsie police on Wednesday said the victim was Frederick “Joey” Vietch III, 28, of Shandaken.
David Perry, 49, and Daniel Barletta, 19, both of Poughkeepsie, have been charged with second-degree murder in Vietch’s death.
The Poughkeepsie Police Department said Monday that officers went to 48 Marshall St. in the city about 1:10 a.m. after a 911 caller reported a person there was being beaten and tied up. When officers arrived, they found a deceased male, bound, in a first-floor apartment, police said.
Police did not say at the time if the reported beating was the cause of death, and they said in a brief statement Wednesday that the cause was “still being investigated.”
Poughkeepsie Police Detective Lt. Matt Clark said Wednesday that police know why Vietch was at the Marshall Street address, but he declined to divulge that information.
A man who was leaving the house when police arrived Monday, later identified as Perry, was taken into custody at the scene, but Barletta, a resident of the house where the death occurred, had escaped through a window, police said.
Barletta was tracked to New York City and taken into custody there, police said.
Police said Perry admitted to them that he and Barletta tried to rob the victim and told investigators the man died during a struggle.
Both suspects were being held in the Dutchess County Jail without bail on Wednesday.
