Miguel Abarentos, a 30-year-old Filipino, was sentenced to 20 years-to-life in prison for the murder of his elderly employer inside the victim’s Murray Hill apartment on 2012. Abarentos pleaded guilty to second-degree murder before New York State Supreme Court on December 19, 2017.
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Miguel Abarentos wrought havoc in the home of his elderly employer, 87-year-old Thawerdas Sadhwani, beating the man with a metal chair and a ceramic lamp which was shattered by the impact of his blows.
In October 2012, Abarentos was initially hired to work for Mr. Sadhwani’s business. On December 15, 2012, Abarentoswent to the victim’s apartment on East 36th Street and beat him to death with a metal chair and ceramic lamp crushing his neck and broken his nose. On the following morning, the victim’s housekeeper was unable to enter the apartment and called building staff, who unlocked the door and discovered lifeless Sadhwani.
Abarentos was arrested in Makati, Philippines on June 20, 2016 and extradited to the United States.
District Attorney Vance thanked the U.S. Department of Justice, specifically Attaché Donald D. Ashley, and members of the NYPD, including Detective Annamarie Bernagozzi of the Detective Bureau Central Investigation Division, and Detective Jose Flores of the Manhattan South Homicide Squad.
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