Schenectady father sentenced in daughter’s starving death

A Schenectady father was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison Friday for the 2024 murder of his 5-year-old daughter.

When first responders arrived at the home of Robert Buskey, 35, in April 2024, they found his then-3-year-old son in a makeshift cage in the dining room and the emaciated body of his 5-year-old daughter Charlotte locked in a bedroom.

Police said Buskey had added an additional lock to the bedroom door and secured the door shut with tape, leaving his daughter inside with only a portable crib that she could barely fit into…

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