BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for strangling his girlfriend, Kelly Kwak, inside the Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment they shared, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
Michael Hosein, 36, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was sentenced Aug. 13 by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Abena Darkeh. Hosein pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on July 30 in the death of the 28-year-old woman.
Kwak’s body was discovered after a relative requested a wellness check at the couple’s Gates Avenue apartment. The New York City Medical Examiner determined her cause of death was ligature strangulation, prosecutors said.
- Michael Hosein was sentenced to 19 years to life after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
- Kelly Kwak, 28, was found dead inside the couple’s Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment in March 2023.
- Surveillance video showed Hosein and Kwak entering the apartment together, with no one else seen entering or leaving before police discovered her body.
Wellness Check Led Police to Kelly Kwak’s Body
According to prosecutors, a police officer responded to a request for a wellness check at 218 Gates Avenue at approximately 10 a.m. March 10, 2023…