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An 80-year-old Manhattan man who was stabbed to death had let his accused killer stay in his home because the man had nowhere else to go, prosecutors said.
A grand jury indicted Alon Riabichev, 45, on one count of second-degree murder in the death of Lev Vayner, officials said. First responders found Vayner dead in his Washington Heights apartment on Overlook Terrace near West 184th Street on Nov. 24, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office…