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Joseph Horner

A North Massapequa criminal case involving charges in Victoria Castle’s death.

Charged · allegations
last updated 7 August 2026 · 1 sources
Confirmed facts
10
Open questions
4
Court date
19 Aug 2026
Stage
Charged
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Case file Joseph Horner, reference D C zero one two nine. CBS New York reported that prosecutors said Joseph Horner asked Victoria Castle on June twenty-ninth, twenty twenty-six, to help him move a keyboard piano in the North Massapequa two-family home where both lived in separate units. CBS New York reported that prosecutors alleged in court that Horner put Castle in a chokehold, raped her and strangled her. Those allegations are unproven unless and until proved in court. According to CBS New York, prosecutors said Horner’s own surveillance camera recorded him practicing a chokehold on a stuffed animal before the alleged attack, and prosecutors said he took a FaceTime call from his wife during the alleged attack. CBS New York reported Horner allegedly called nine one one afterward and waited outside for police. CBS New York reported that Horner, twenty-seven, appeared in court July twenty-ninth on first-degree murder and rape charges involving Castle, twenty-five, and pleaded not guilty. The file’s open questions include any custody or bail conditions, the specific indictment counts, what evidence may be disputed, and whether any trial date has been set beyond the reported August nineteenth court date. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one two nine at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed10 entries
29 June 2026
Prosecutors said Joseph Horner asked Victoria Castle to help him move a keyboard piano in the North Massapequa two-family home where both lived in separate units.
CBS New York
29 June 2026
Prosecutors alleged in court that Joseph Horner put Victoria Castle in a chokehold, raped her and strangled her; the allegations are unproven unless and until proved in court.
CBS New York
29 June 2026
Prosecutors said Joseph Horner’s own surveillance camera recorded him practicing a chokehold on a stuffed animal before the alleged attack.
CBS New York
29 June 2026
Prosecutors said Joseph Horner took a FaceTime call from his wife during the alleged attack; the claim is an allegation by prosecutors.
CBS New York
29 June 2026
CBS New York reported that Joseph Horner allegedly called 911 after the attack and waited outside the home for police.
CBS New York
29 June 2026
Prosecutors said Joseph Horner confessed to a decade-long fixation on Victoria Castle; the statement was attributed by CBS New York to prosecutors.
CBS New York
29 July 2026
Joseph Horner, 27, appeared in court in connection with first-degree murder and rape charges involving Victoria Castle, 25.
CBS New York
29 July 2026
CBS New York reported that Joseph Horner pleaded not guilty in court.
CBS New York
29 July 2026
CBS New York reported that Joseph Horner was a school music teacher and that the school district was terminating him after calling the allegations deeply disturbing.
CBS New York
19 August 2026
CBS New York reported that Joseph Horner is due back in court on this date.
CBS New York
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What custody or bail conditions, if any, were set after the court appearance?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What specific indictment counts and statutory charges were filed in court records?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What evidence will prosecutors and defense counsel dispute in later hearings?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
Whether any trial date has been set beyond the next reported court date?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
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