ALBANY — A Cohoes man who fled into the Adirondack Mountains after killing his girlfriend will serve 20 years to life in prison.
Anthony Bechand, 54, was sentenced Friday in Albany County Court by Acting Supreme Court Justice Roger McDonough. Bechand pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in August, admitting he stabbed Amanda Rodriguez to death.
Her brother, Carlos Rodriguez, spoke in court before the sentencing. He said his sister’s death changed his life forever and remembered her as someone who could easily take people’s breath away…