A New York dad f@tally st@bbed his pregnant wife and then tried to k!ll his two young daughters because he was angry he wasn’t going to have...
A New York dad f@tally st@bbed his pregnant wife and then tried to k!ll his two young daughters because he was angry he wasn’t going to have a son, according to the slain woman’s father.
Drew Garnier, 33, admitted to repeatedly st@bbing his five-months-pregnant wife, Samantha Garnier, 29, and their children, Izzie, 6, and Adelina, 9, in the bloodbath at the family’s home in Masonville on Sept. 4 last year, according to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office.
His wife and their unborn child both d!ed in the attack, which was just weeks before the mom was to turn 30. The young girls are recovering from “significant injuries,” the DA said.
“He wanted a boy,” Vernagallo told the court.
Garnier pleaded guilty last month to first-degree m@nslaughter and two counts of first-degree assault — both class B violent felonies.
He was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison — with 15 years of post-release supervision — as part of the plea deal aimed at protecting the surviving daughters from the trauma of a trial.
“We were able to secure this conviction without forcing two young children to testify about the horrific things they witnessed,” District Attorney Shawn Smith said of the sentence being lighter than he wanted.
The k!ller dad has also been forbidden from seeing his daughters until 2056 — the maximum allowed — which only the girls can overrule if they eventually want contact.
Samantha Garnier was due to give birth in February.
Her daughters are still recovering from their injuries — and have been adopted by their maternal grandfather.
“I am their father now,” Vernagallo said at sentencing. “I will protect them.”
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