Man Admits Stabbing 68-Year-Old Grandmother 17 Times In Her Yonkers Apartment

Deshawn Nunez, 24, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 31, to second-degree murder in the 2022 stabbing death of 68-year-old Renee Spencer, Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced.

Spencer was found dead on August 11, 2022, after building management requested a welfare check on behalf of her family. Officers with the Yonkers Police Department discovered Spencer lying on the floor of her Nepperhan Avenue apartment with multiple stab wounds and blood splatter throughout the scene.

Investigators later determined that Nunez and Spencer had entered the building together late on August 9, but only Nunez was seen leaving about 90 minutes later. Spencer had been stabbed 17 times…

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