The Bronx man convicted of killing and dismembering Lisa Marie Velasquez in 2018 was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison on Friday.
Daquan Wheeler, 34, killed the 25-year-old Melrose woman when she came to the aid of her friend Ciara Martinez, who had been fighting with Wheeler at the Foxhurst apartment they shared, officials said.
A jury found Wheeler flew into a rage after learning Velasquez called 911 to report the domestic dispute, beating her with a hammer at least 14 times before enlisting Martinez to help him dismember her and conceal body parts across the Bronx.
“It was a horrifying series of acts against
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