RIVERSIDE, NY — A former Albany man has been sentenced to 25 years to life for stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death outside her home in Coram in 2021, Suffolk prosecutors said.
Kason Parker, 30, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in April after three witnesses testified on the day his trial started. The witnesses included a 911 operator, as well as a police sergeant and a surgeon who tried to save her life.
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On the afternoon of Oct. 23, 2021, 27-year-old Meghan Kiefer planned to shop with her friend, who had her 1-year-old twins in tow, but first stopped by her home to pick up her credit card from Parker, her ex-boyfriend. When she did, the two argued before he followed her back to her friend’s vehicle and stabbed her, prosecutors said.
District Attorney Ray Tierney said, “Any justice obtained in this case does not allow Ms. Kiefer to see her family again, nor allow her or her family to say goodbye or how much they care about her.”
“Justice does, however, allow us to keep a violent individual like this defendant from harming others for a long time,” he said. “Today, we hope that this sentence brings some form of closure to Ms. Kiefer’s family and loved ones.”
Kiefer, who worked at Tailgaters Sports Bar in Holbrook, was described by friends as a loving and caring person.
“She will always be loved, and a part of our hearts, and be one of the team,” read a post on Facebook after her slaying.
Once Kiefer’s friend saw her covered in blood and lying motionless on the ground next to the vehicle, she got out and tried to help but was forced to retreat to the street “out of fear” when he came after her, according to prosecutors.
Parker’s vehicle hit the friend’s car, when he backed out of the driveway, and then he fled down the street, prosecutors said.
Kiefer’s friend immediately called 911, and identified the assailant as Kiefer’s boyfriend, and described the red four-door sedan he was in, according to prosecutors.
Kiefer was stabbed 54 times in her face, neck, head, and torso, and was found with defensive wounds on her hands, prosecutors said.
While being taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital, she went into cardiac arrest and died within minutes of arriving.
Suffolk police immediately began searching for Parker and a day later, Crime Stoppers received a tip he intended to flee to North Carolina by a Port Authority bus from New York City, where he was later apprehended, prosecutors said.
Parker stated his name was “Steven” and he was found to have a bandage on his right hand and had a bag of medical supplies with him, according to prosecutors.
Parker later received medical treatment at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, due to “a massive laceration” to the inside of his right palm, prosecutors said.
The next day, Parker’s red Acura was found abandoned at Schmitt’s Family Farm in Dix Hills with the interior of the vehicle covered in what appeared to be blood and a search found “a tremendous amount of physical evidence,” including a folding knife recovered from the driver’s side door which would later test presumptively positive for blood, according to prosecutors.
Further examination would reveal a mixture of DNA samples attributable to both Kiefer and Parker, and Parker’s clothing, which was also found within the vehicle, tested positive for her blood, prosecutors said.
Video surveillance recovered from a dashboard camera found in the vehicle captured Parker’s flight from the scene of Kiefer’s murder, as well as him making multiple admissions to taking her life, according to prosecutors.
Patch has reached out to his attorney, Joseph Hansche of Sayville, for comment.