New York Man Gets 18 Years In Prison for Stabbing Death of Roommate

May 2, 2024
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A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge's bench in this illustration picture taken in the Sussex County Court of Chancery in Georgetown, Delaware

Mount Kisco, NY – Oscar Manolo Morales, 42, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for pleading guilty to fatally stabbing his housemate, Rey David Esquivel Lemus, 36, with a kitchen knife in June 2023.

The District Attorney expressed condolences to the victim’s family.

Morales stabbed Lemus four times, including in the chest, resulting in his death.