Serial killer handyman admits guilt in deaths of three aged ladies neighbors at New York condominium constructing | EUROtoday

A serial killer handyman has pleaded responsible to the murders of three aged ladies who lived in his New York condominium constructing.

Kevin Gavin, a 71-year-old from Brownsville, Brooklyn, would acquire the belief of those aged neighbors to assist with repairs and errands after which brutally homicide them in their very own houses, in keeping with prosecutors.

“This defendant exploited elderly women who trusted him, gained access to their homes, and murdered them in a series of brutal attacks that shocked the conscience,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez stated in a press launch.

Gonzalez stated Gavin “acted as a serial killer inside his own apartment building.” He added, “These victims were vulnerable neighbors who deserved safety and dignity, and instead had their lives stolen by someone they believed was there to help.”

Gavin pleaded responsible Friday to at least one rely of first-degree homicide and three counts of second-degree homicide in trade for a promised sentence of 30 years to life in jail.

“Today’s guilty plea ensures that he will be held accountable for all three killings and spend the rest of his life in prison,” Gonzalez stated.

The first homicide Gavin admitted to occurred in November 2015, when he fatally stabbed 82-year-old Myrtle McKinney within the neck with a knife.

At the time of McKinney’s homicide, the 2 had been inside her condominium in a public housing complicated for seniors often known as the New York City Housing Authority’s Carter G. Woodson Houses.

Gavin would go on to kill two extra residents within the constructing over the course of a number of years.

More than three years glided by till Gavin murdered his second sufferer. He killed Jacolia James, 83, in April 2019 by stomping on her neck and chest. In January 2021, he strangled his final sufferer, 78-year-old Juanita Caballero, to dying by wrapping a cellphone twine round her neck.

Gavin additionally robbed Caballero through the homicide and he was later caught on surveillance video utilizing her debit card. Per week after the 78-year-old’s homicide, Gavin was arrested, and he later confessed to all three killings.

“My thoughts remain with the victims’ families who have endured unimaginable loss, and I hope that this outcome brings them a measure of solace,” Gonzalez stated. Gavin will likely be sentenced on May 20.