"It took more than 33 years and 8 months for justice to be meted out against a Virginia man in the cold-case murder of a teenage girl in Far Rockaway that shook the borough. In the end, it took a jury in Queens Supreme Court less than three hours of deliberation on Friday, Jan. 23 before convicting 61-year-old Jerry Lewis at trial of murder in the second degree for strangling 15-year-old Nadine Slade to death in May 1992."
"The victim was found dead inside the bathroom her family shared with an adjacent unit at a multi-family building on Birdsall Avenue near Beach Channel Drive. Lewis was arrested in May 2023 after preserved DNA evidence was re-tested at the request of the Queens District Attorney's Cold Case Unit and the NYPD Cold Case Unit. Lewis now faces 25 years to life in prison."
A 61-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder for the 1992 strangling death of 15-year-old Nadine Slade. Her body was found May 7, 1992 in a shared bathroom of a multi-family building in Far Rockaway. A bra was tied tightly around her neck and a can opener was found in the sink used to tighten the ligature. Investigators determined the defendant had been in the adjacent apartment the prior night and had no known affiliation with the family. An autopsy listed asphyxia due to ligature strangulation as the cause of death. Preserved DNA evidence was re-tested, leading to an arrest in May 2023 and a conviction after under three hours; the defendant faces 25 years to life.
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