Bassman
08-14-2007, 06:56 PM
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Bike Path Killer sentenced to 75 years to life
'I should pay for these crimes,' Sanchez tells judge
By Matt Gryta
Updated: 08/14/07 1:50 PM
Convicted killer Altemio Sanchez speaks prior to his sentencing by Judge Christopher J. Burns in State Supreme Court this morning. More Photos
Altemio C. Sanchez, the confessed Bike Path Killer, was sentenced today to spend the next 75 years to life in prison for the murders of three local women.
Sanchez told State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns he knew he deserved "whatever sentence I get."
Burns, vowing to do his part to ensure "that you never see freedom again," denounced the 49-year-old Buffalo factory worker and serial rapist for showing "no remorse whatsoever except that you were caught."
Ann Brown, the older sister of the late Linda Yalem, and Steven Diver, the husband of Joan Diver, the last of his murder victims, asked the judge to impose the maximum prison term.
Sanchez's wife, Kathleen, sat in the crowded courtroom for the sentencing.
Sanchez, dressed in a dark gray suit and white shirt and tie, calmly said he wanted to apologize to his victims' families.
"I should pay for these crimes," Sanchez told the judge.
Sanchez previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing Linda Yalem, Majane Mazur and Joan Diver.
Sanchez also has admitted to prosecutors he committed up to 15 other rapes in Western New York over the past 25 years and possibly others for which he has no specific recollections.
During the nearly hour-long sentencing, attorney Andrew C. LoTempio told the judge his client's criminal conduct cannot be completely explained and he asked the news media to be kind to members of Sanchez's family.
Bike Path Killer sentenced to 75 years to life
'I should pay for these crimes,' Sanchez tells judge
By Matt Gryta
Updated: 08/14/07 1:50 PM
Convicted killer Altemio Sanchez speaks prior to his sentencing by Judge Christopher J. Burns in State Supreme Court this morning. More Photos
Altemio C. Sanchez, the confessed Bike Path Killer, was sentenced today to spend the next 75 years to life in prison for the murders of three local women.
Sanchez told State Supreme Court Justice Christopher J. Burns he knew he deserved "whatever sentence I get."
Burns, vowing to do his part to ensure "that you never see freedom again," denounced the 49-year-old Buffalo factory worker and serial rapist for showing "no remorse whatsoever except that you were caught."
Ann Brown, the older sister of the late Linda Yalem, and Steven Diver, the husband of Joan Diver, the last of his murder victims, asked the judge to impose the maximum prison term.
Sanchez's wife, Kathleen, sat in the crowded courtroom for the sentencing.
Sanchez, dressed in a dark gray suit and white shirt and tie, calmly said he wanted to apologize to his victims' families.
"I should pay for these crimes," Sanchez told the judge.
Sanchez previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing Linda Yalem, Majane Mazur and Joan Diver.
Sanchez also has admitted to prosecutors he committed up to 15 other rapes in Western New York over the past 25 years and possibly others for which he has no specific recollections.
During the nearly hour-long sentencing, attorney Andrew C. LoTempio told the judge his client's criminal conduct cannot be completely explained and he asked the news media to be kind to members of Sanchez's family.