A man has been sentenced to prison for his role in the beating and stabbing death of a party guest at a luxury Manhattan apartment.
District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. says Lawrence Dilione of Jersey City, New Jersey got a 23-year sentence on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter in January.
Joseph Comunale of Stamford, Connecticut died in November 2016 at an Upper East Side apartment.
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Authorities say partygoers were drinking and using cocaine.
Comunale’s body was shoved out of a window and stuffed in a car trunk. It was taken to Oceanport, New Jersey, where it was torched and buried in a makeshift grave.
Another defendant, James Rackover, was sentenced previously to 29 years to life in prison.
