19-Year-Old High School Senior Stabbed to Death in Upstate New York Apartment
Breanne Keane, 19, was found stabbed inside her Cayuga Heights apartment on Saturday. Police arrested 20-year-old Damian Stewart at the scene and charged him with second-degree murder.
New York PostBreanne Keane, a 19-year-old senior at Lehman Alternative Community School, was stabbed to death inside her Cayuga Heights apartment on Saturday. m. that day. The call lasted 41 seconds.
Heights police arrested Damian Stewart, 20, at the apartment. He faces a second-degree murder charge and is held in Tompkins County Jail. Matthew Keane told WSYR that his daughter said she was “doing okay” and “hanging out with a friend” during the call.
Keane lived alone in housing arranged by the Learning Web, an Ithaca charity that assists at-risk youth. She planned to attend a canine-training program at SUNY Cobleskill after graduation in June. Matthew Keane said his daughter was still alive when police first contacted him but died while he was en route to the hospital.
Key Facts
Story Timeline
3 events- Saturday 1:20 p.m.
Breanne Keane spoke by phone with her father for 41 seconds.
1 sourceNew York Post - Saturday afternoon
Cayuga Heights police received first report of a stabbing at the apartment.
1 sourceNew York Post - Saturday evening
Damian Stewart was arrested at the scene on a second-degree murder charge.
1 sourceNew York Post
Potential Impact
- 01
Breanne Keane’s planned enrollment at SUNY Cobleskill will not occur.
- 02
Police investigation into the homicide continues in Tompkins County.
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