Schenectady, NY (WRGB) — A Schenectady County judge has sentenced a 41-year-old man to 25 years to life in state prison for the 2024 killing of a woman inside a motel room, prosecutors announced.
Corydon Carlton received the sentence from Judge Matthew Sypniewski after a jury found him guilty Dec. 9, 2025, of second-degree murder, a class A-I violent felony, in the death of Renee Stratton.
According to prosecutors, the killing occurred during the early morning hours of July 21, 2024, inside a room at the Imperial Motel. Surveillance video and witness testimony showed Carlton and Stratton were together in the room for about three hours. When Carlton left, Stratton had suffered catastrophic injuries caused by what authorities described as a prolonged and violent assault…