The “baby-faced” trans killer convicted of stabbing a New York antiques vendor to demise was sentenced Thursday to 22 years to life in jail, months after he was jailed for a separate, ugly killing in Oklahoma wherein he the sufferer beheaded.
Alex Ray Scott, 28, who started transitioning into a girl in jail, beforehand pleaded responsible to the January 2020 slaying of Kenneth Savinsky, 64, in his Higher East Aspect condo with an ornamental plate and a kitchen knife.
“Alex Ray Scott will serve a big jail sentence for the brutal and mindless homicide of Kenneth Savinsky — a beloved, pleasant man and revered churchgoer,” Manhattan District Legal professional Bragg mentioned. “Mr. Savinski’s loss not solely devastated his family and friends, but in addition shocked his close-knit neighborhood. Whereas we can not carry Mr. Savinski again, I hope that the decision of this case affords his family members a way of justice of their ongoing grief.”
Scott, who was additionally sentenced in Oklahoma to 45 years in jail for a separate homicide by dismembering a person with a chainsaw, pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide and a number of counts of prison possession in Savinski’s demise.
Scott and Savinski met on a courting app and spent a night collectively on January 27, 2020, once they went to Savinski’s condo, New York Post reported.
Savinski was discovered with wounds to his head and neck, together with a damaged hyoid bone, a lower throat and enormous, deep lacerations to his face and brow. He was discovered coated in blood and pronounced useless on the scene, prosecutors mentioned.
After the homicide, Scott stole bank cards from Savinski and mentioned he had no recollection of the assault, in keeping with an indictment, the Publish reported.
Scott later walked right into a New York police station and confessed to killing somebody in an unrelated case. He was discovered with bank cards belonging to Robin Skodopol, prompting investigators to test Skodopol’s house in Damaged Arrow, Oklahoma, when he couldn’t be positioned.
Authorities discovered his house empty with out all of his belongings and swimming pools of blood inside. Skocdopole’s stays had been ultimately present in Might 2020 on the financial institution of a creek in Damaged Arrow, federal prosecutors mentioned.
He was final seen in August 2019. Scott was renting a room from Skocdopole and instructed everybody that the owner had abruptly moved to Dallas for work in an try to clarify the disappearance.
The coroner’s report mentioned two totally different saws had been used throughout Skocdopole’s dismemberment. Upon his arrest, Scott agreed to guide the FBI to the placement of Skocdopole’s head, however no different stays had been discovered, the Justice Division mentioned.
