A sentencing closes a case that unraveled across a quiet village and the Genesee River.
ROCHESTER, NY – A Monroe County woman was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison after prosecutors said she strangled her sister inside a Honeoye Falls home, disposed of the body in the Genesee River, and discarded key evidence in a nearby dumpster. Jamie Busch, 53 at the time of the killing, was convicted in February in the death of her 62-year-old sister, Penny Busch.
The killing traces back to October 2024, when the sisters were inside Penny Busch’s home on Ontario Street, about 18 miles south of Rochester. According to a criminal complaint obtained by WHEC, a “physical altercation” occurred sometime after 4:49 p.m., during which Jamie Busch strangled her sister…