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Darren Mansfield, who pleaded guilty in March to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree strangulation, declined to address the court as he was sentenced in the November 2020 death.

Darren Mansfield is expected to get a 30-year sentence for the "strangulation murder" of a woman while he was out on bail after nearly strangling another woman to death, prosecutors said.

Read / Add Comments Frania Espinal, age 22, of Dix Hills, was reported missing on Monday, April 12. Following an investigation by the Suffolk County PD Homicide Squad and Second Squad detectives, Espinal was found dead inside a home in Bay Shore, on Heckscher Avenue,  at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, according to police. On Friday, April 16, Suffolk PD detectives arrested Darren Mansfield, age 22, of Bay Shore, and charged him with second-degree murder.  He will be held ...

Read / Add Comments An investigation is underway after a missing woman was found dead in a Long Island home, authorities announced. Frania Espinal, age 22, of Dix Hills, was reported missing on Monday, April 12. Following an investigation by Suffolk County PD Homicide Squad and Second Squad detectives, Espinal was found dead inside a home in Bay Shore, on Heckscher Avenue,  at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, according to police. An autopsy will be conducted to determine Espi...

Reply BREAKING. (Kristin Borden/Patch) BAY SHORE, NY — A 22-year-old Dix Hills woman was found dead in a Bay Shore home early Wednesday, less than two days after being reported missing, according to Suffolk Police Frania Espinal was reported missing on Monday, police said. After an investigation, she was found dead inside the Heckscher Avenue home at about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said. An autopsy will be conducted to determine Espinals cause of death. No further information was immediatel...