US EditionSerial killer pleads guilty for murdering 3 women in NYCHA building: DA
Kevin Gavin pleaded guilty to killing three elderly neighbors and will serve 30 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.
- Handyman Kevin Gavin pleaded guilty on Friday to murdering three elderly neighbors between 2015 and 2021 at the Carter G. Woodson Houses in Brooklyn, accepting a sentence of 30 years to life in prison.
- Gavin gained the trust of victims Myrtle McKinney, Jacolia James, and Juanita Caballero by performing repairs before killing them in their homes, leading prosecutors to describe him as a serial killer who exploited vulnerable residents.
- Authorities arrested Gavin in January 2021 after surveillance footage caught him using Caballero's debit card; he later confessed to killing McKinney in 2015 and choking James before he "stomped on her neck three times" in 2019.
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said the plea ensures Gavin will spend his life in prison, noting the defendant "exploited elderly women who trusted him," with sentencing scheduled for May 20.
- The New York City Housing Authority installed 127 security cameras in 2022, increasing the current total to 140 at the complex following community advocacy for safety measures after the 2019 murder.
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‘Serial killer’ pleads guilty to murdering 3 elderly women in his Brooklyn building, gets 30 years
NEW YORK — An accused serial killer who treated his building within a Brooklyn NYCHA complex as a hunting ground, brutally killing three elderly neighbors, pleaded guilty to the murders before a Brooklyn judge on Friday, according to law enforcement…
Serial killer pleads guilty for murdering 3 women in NYCHA building: DA
BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A Brooklyn man has admitted to killing three women in separate incidents inside a New York City Housing Authority apartment building, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Friday. Kevin Gavin, 71, killed the three women at the Carter G. Woodson Houses in Brownsville between 2015 and 2021, according to court [...]
'Serial killer' pleads guilty to murdering 3 elderly women in his Brooklyn building, gets 30 years
NEW YORK — An accused serial killer who treated his building within a Brooklyn NYCHA complex as a hunting ground, brutally killing three elderly neighbors, pleaded guilty to the murders before a Brooklyn judge on Friday, according to law ...
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