A man from Long Island confessed fatally stabbed his son-in-law in the driveway of their Islip Terrace home two years ago, authorities said Friday.
Eduardo Vega, 58, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 34-year-old Rosahne McLaren, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said in a news release.
The stabbing took place on September 27, 2022, at the home Vega shared with his wife, Tanya Denis. Her two adult daughters, their husbands and children also lived in the residence, court documents show.
In the early hours of that day, Vega got into an argument with McLaren, when he threw a lawn chair at him and threatened to hit him with a baseball bat.
When Denis’ daughters tried to intervene, Vega punched one of them – McLaren’s wife – in the face.
McLaren, who had not seen the woman being hit, eventually managed to calm the situation. But when he found out that Vega beat his wife, he confronted his father-in-law.
During the altercation, Vega stabbed McLaren twice in the chest – piercing his left lung, heart, diaphragm and stomach – and then fled the scene.
McLaren was brought to South Shore University Hospitalwhere he was later pronounced dead.
Shortly after the incident, Denis left the house in his car, located Vega, drove him to a train station and gave him some money, officials said.
Vega then fled to Brooklyn but surrendered to Suffolk County police five days later.
On Friday, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter before Acting County Judge Richard T. Dunne.
He is due back in court on Oct. 16, when he is expected to be sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.
His wife pleaded guilty last week to misconduct hindering prosecution.