Man sentenced for stabbing girlfriend, her son to death in Queens home

SOUTH JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) — A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her son and cousin in a grisly stabbing spree in a Queens home three years ago will be spending the rest of his life behind bars, authorities said Friday.

Travis Blake, 31, was sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty on three counts of murder during a jury trial last month, prosecutors said.

Blake stabbed his girlfriend, Karlene Barnett, 55, her son, Dervon Brightly, 36, and cousin, Vashawna Malcolm, 22, to death in the Jamaica home he shared with Barnett in June 2022…

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