‘Lifeless, under a pile of trash:’ Man who killed victim on Christmas morning in near 20-minute beating receives fate

A New York antheral is headed to situation for his relation successful a astir 20-minute agelong beating connected Christmas greeting successful 2023 that led to a man’s death.

Guy Mustgray II, 34, was sentenced to 20 years successful situation aft pleading blameworthy to manslaughter successful the decease of Michael DiCesare. Mustgray is the 2nd suspect to beryllium sentenced successful DiCesare’s death. In December, Brucewayne Beamon received a 25-year situation condemnation aft helium pleaded blameworthy to first-degree manslaughter, the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office said.

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Prosecutors said Rochester constabulary officers responded connected Dec. 25, 2023, to the country of Bay Street and Portland Avenue wherever they recovered the 50-year-old DiCesare suffering from superior injuries. Paramedics rushed him to the infirmary but helium died connected Feb. 4, 2024. A consequent probe determined Beamon and Mustgray robbed him and past bushed him for astir 18 minutes.

Assistant District Attorney Aliyah Fowler described the beating — which was caught connected video — to local ABC affiliate WHAM.

“The 18 minutes benignant of consisted of some defendants coming into interaction with Michael that morning,” Fowler said. “It started retired carnal with conscionable fists, and past aboriginal the container cutter that was benignant of alluded to successful tribunal was used, wherever his look was slashed and helium was stomped on. They left, they came back, they near and came backmost and continued implicit that 18-minute play — and yet ended with a trash tin being dumped implicit his assemblage portion helium was bleeding retired connected the sidewalk connected Christmas morning.”

DiCesare’s sister Julie Arellano wrote successful a missive to the justice earlier sentencing astir the callousness of the beating and its aftermath. WHAM posted a copy of the letter.

“Mustgray near Mike, lifeless, nether a heap of trash connected the broadside of a freezing acold thoroughfare connected Christmas greeting and did thing to assistance him,” she wrote. “This intelligence representation volition haunt my thoughts for the remainder of my life.”

The victim’s household couldn’t get ahold of him truthful alternatively of celebrating Christmas, they spent the time looking for him. Two days aboriginal they learned helium was listed nether a “John Doe” successful the neuro-intensive attraction unit.

Arellano described her member who was 4 years her elder arsenic “funny, lighthearted, giving, enthusiastic and caring.” He was a nonrecreational cook and owned restaurants, she said.

For his family, things volition ne'er beryllium the same.

“The vacation season, which was erstwhile a clip of joyousness for america done our full lives, is present marked by grief, the representation of the daze of what Mike endured, imagining his symptom and fear, this has near america each sick to our stomachs and successful implicit heartbreak,” Arellano wrote. “We are near with haunting images of the brutal mode successful which helium was taken from us.”

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