Man Sentenced to 25+ Years Jail for Killing New York Violinist

Jonathan M Conklin has today been sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment for the murder of New York violinist, Mary Whitaker in August 2014

Jonathan M Conklin, 45 has today been sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment, in a Chautauqua County Court, for the second-degree murder of New York violinist, Mary Whitaker in August 2014.

The 61 year old Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and the Westchester Philharmonic violinist was shot and stabbed during a burglary at her summer home in Sherman, Upstate New York.

Conklin and another man were arrested and charged two days after the murder – after allegedly attempting to use the victim’s credit card to purchase a flat-screen television from a Wal-Mart store, in Pennsylvania.

The second man will be sentenced tomorrow.

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