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New York man given 25 years for killing student mistakenly on his property

a man sits in court for his murder trial
Kevin Monahan, left, listens to opening statements in his murder trial in Fort Edward, New York, on 11 January 2024. Photograph: Will Waldron/The Albany Times Union via AP

A man who fatally shot a 20-year-old woman after the SUV she was riding in mistakenly was driven into his rural driveway in upstate New York was sentenced on Friday to 25 years to life in prison.

Kevin Monahan, 66, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death last April of Kaylin Gillis. She was riding in a group of two cars and a motorcycle that was trying to leave the property after the drivers became lost on their way to a party and pulled into Monahan’s long, winding driveway in the dark.

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