Man beaten to death by 3 people including his ex and roommate who pummeled him with dumbbells, a baseball bat and a TV: DA

A New York antheral has been beaten to decease — and his erstwhile woman allegedly orchestrated the attack.

Melissa Fawcett, 50, Korey Sammarco, 36, and Benjamin Sheppard, 34, were indicted for second-degree execution and pack battle weeks aft 48-year-old Christopher Martin was allegedly beaten to decease successful his location successful Shirley, New York. According to a property merchandise from the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, the 3 defendants went to the home, wherever Sammarco had been renting a room, connected June 14 astir 7 p.m.

Sammarco allegedly kicked down the doorway to Martin's chamber and deed him successful the caput with a sledgehammer. According to prosecutors, Sammarco had been kicked retired of the location and was warring with Martin. Martin had besides reportedly conscionable breached up with Fawcett, who was besides unhappy with the victim.

The sledgehammer, prosecutors said, was conscionable the opening of the 30-minute beating.

According to courtroom coverage by section paper Newsday, prosecutors said during a July 1 proceeding that Fawcett was the mastermind down the vicious onslaught connected Martin. Assistant District Attorney Sheetal Shetty told the tribunal that aft Martin ended his narration with Fawcett, she tried to rekindle the romance by bringing him gifts. The time earlier the alleged attack, she showed up astatine Martin's location again, but was not allowed inside.

Prosecutors said Fawcett bought a weapon that she intended to usage to scare Martin. Shetty told the court, "She, our probe revealed, is really the idiosyncratic who acceptable this full lawsuit up."

But Fawcett was not the lone idiosyncratic successful Martin's beingness who allegedly wanted to origin him harm. Prosecutors said Sammarco was besides astatine the location to retrieve his belongings; helium was accompanied by a constabulary escort. A neighbour who spoke to section quality presumption News 12 Long Island said Sammarco had been "kicked out" of the house.

According to the DA and court documents obtained by News 12 Long Island, Sammarco allegedly admitted to beating Martin with a sledgehammer arsenic good arsenic a tv set. He besides allegedly bushed Martin with his fists. Fawcett besides allegedly joined the fight, telling constabulary that she took "a mates of shots astatine him" during the 30-minute ordeal. Sammarco told constabulary during his confession that 4 others, including Sheppard, were allegedly progressive successful the beating, which helium said included assaults with a shot bat and dumbbells.

Fawcett allegedly smashed Martin's telephone extracurricular successful the thoroughfare truthful helium could not telephone for help.

Police said Martin was recovered by different nonmigratory of the house, who called 911 astir 7:30 p.m. to study the fight. Martin was rushed to the infirmary and was pronounced dead. He had suffered terrible facial trauma, breached ribs, a liver laceration, and abdominal bleeding, prosecutors said.

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Sammarco and Fawcett were arrested connected June 15; Sheppard was arrested connected June 20. All 3 defendants are being held without bail.

Sammarco and Fawcett are owed backmost successful tribunal connected Aug. 6, and Sheppard's adjacent tribunal day is Aug. 10.