DETROIT (AP) - An 18-year-old Detroit man will spend 30 to 60 years in prison for the slaying of a 91-year-old neighbor.
George Stewart IV was sentenced Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Paul Monchnik was beaten Nov. 23, 2015 and his home was set on fire. A medical examiner testified during Stewart’s preliminary examination that an accelerant-type liquid was found in Monchnik’s stomach and that the elderly man may have been forced to drink it or it was forced into his throat.
Surveillance video also showed someone driving Monchnik’s van to a nearby gas station to purchase gasoline.
Stewart had been living next door to Monchnik. He pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to second-degree murder.
Scott Monchnik said in court Friday that his father’s “life was brutally taken … by a monster.”
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