The transgender “baby-faced” killer convicted of stabbing a New York City antiques dealer to death comes months after receiving a prison sentence for another gruesome murder in Oklahoma, where the victim died. , was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison. My head was cut off.
Alex Ray Scott, 28, who began transforming into a woman while in prison, was found guilty of murdering Kenneth Sabinski, 64, in an Upper East Side apartment in January 2020 with a plate and a kitchen knife. had been sentenced.
Manhattan District Attorney Bragg said, “Alex Ray Scott is facing serious charges for the brutal and senseless murder of Kenneth Sabinski, a beloved, friendly man, and respected church member. He will serve a prison sentence.” “Mr. Sabinski's loss has not only shocked his friends and family, but also his close-knit community. We cannot bring Mr. Sabinski back, but we hope that this case is resolved and that he loved his loved ones.” I hope it will give people a sense of justice in the midst of their ongoing grief.”
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Alex Ray Scott was sentenced Thursday for the 2020 murder of a New York City antiques dealer. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
Scott, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison in Oklahoma for dismembering a man with a chainsaw, also pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and multiple criminal possession charges in Sabinski's death.
Scott and Sabinski met on a dating app and went on a night out together on January 27, 2020, when he went to Sabinski's apartment. new york post Reported.
Mr. Sabinski was found with a fractured hyoid bone in his head and neck, a cut to his throat, and large, deep lacerations to his face and forehead. According to prosecutors, the man was found covered in blood and was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the indictment, Scott stole Savinski's credit card after the murder and said he did not remember the attack, the newspaper reported.
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Alex Scott is photographed being taken into police custody as he leaves the NYPD's 19th Precinct in Manhattan on Friday, January 31, 2020. (Barry Williams, New York Daily News, via Getty Images)
Scott later walked into a New York police station and admitted to killing someone in an unrelated incident. He was found in possession of Robin Skodpol's credit card and investigators searched Skodpol's home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma after they could not contact him.
Authorities discovered that all property was missing from his home and there was a pool of blood inside. Skodpol's body was eventually found at the edge of a Broken Arrow creek in May 2020, according to federal prosecutors.
The last sighting was in August 2019. Scott had been renting a room from Skodpol, and in an attempt to explain the disappearance, she told everyone that her landlord had suddenly moved to Dallas for work.
Alex Ray Scott will appear in New York Criminal Court on Thursday, September 26, 2024, for sentencing in Manhattan. Scott pleaded guilty in the January 2020 Upper East slaying and was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence with a minimum term of 22 years and a maximum term of life in prison. side antique dealer Kenneth Sabinsky; (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
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The coroner's report said two different saws were used to cut Skodpol. After his arrest, Scott agreed to take the FBI to the location of Skocdpol's head, but no further remains were found, the Justice Department said.
