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VOL. 111, NO. 47 JUNE 18-24, 2020
Everything you need to
know ahead of the June
23 Democratic primary
Pages 6-7
Man who stabbed
roommate to death
in R’wood sentenced
to up to 15 years: DA
Eight great photos of Queens on the grow: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was — See Pages 30-31
courtesy of Connie Altamirano
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BY JACOB KAYE
JKAYE@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
A man who stabbed his roommate to death
in their Ridgewood apartment in 2016 has
been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison
aft er being found guilty of manslaughter earlier
this year, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz
announced on June 11.
Render Stetson-Shanahan, 30, was found
guilty of manslaughter in February after he
stabbed 26-year-old Carolyn Bush multiple
times inside the Stanhope Street apartment
they shared in 2016, the DA said.
Stetson-Shanahan was sentenced via Skype
on Wednesday, June 10, to 5 to 15 years in
prison by Supreme Court Justice Richard L.
Buchter.
“The defendant in this case showed no mercy
when he repeatedly plunged a knife into this
young woman’s body. The victim’s heart was
punctured along with her lung and a major
artery,” Katz said.
On Sept. 28, 2016, around 11:50 p.m., Stetson-
Shanahan and Bush got into an argument, police
said at the time. Stetson-Shanahan pulled
a knife on Bush, who called 911.
When police arrived, they found Bush
with knife wounds to her neck, back and arm.
Stetson-Shanahan had knife wounds to his
leg, which were later determined to be selfinflicted,
police said.
Bush was taken to a nearby hospital where
she was pronounced dead.
Stetson-Shanahan was originally charged
with murder, criminal possession of a weapon,
menacing and two counts of criminal mischief
in 2016.
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