GUILTY NY - Amie Leland, 16, brutally murdered in her Cortland home, 8 May 2015

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Police said a 16-year-old girl was found murdered at 66 Lincoln Ave. Friday in the city of Cortland.

CORTLAND, N.Y. -- A man accused of murdering a 16-year-old girl Friday was later arrested at his home, Cortland police said.

Michael S. Hammond II, 23, of 2191 Curtis Road, Virgil, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree burglary and five counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Police said that around 3:30 p.m. Friday officers responded to a house at 66 Lincoln Ave. for a medical emergency. A person who lives at the house returned home and called 911.

When officers arrived they found a 16-year-old girl inside the house with severe injuries, including blunt force trauma and stab wounds, police said. Medical responders arrived a short time later.

http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index...unt_force_trauma_stab_wounds_man_charged.html

 

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16-year-old Cortland murder victim identified; suspect jailed without bail
Amie Leland

Michael Hammond
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index...m_identified_suspect_jailed_without_bail.html

 

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http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Virgil-man-in-custody-303139161.html

Apparently, the two had a prior relationship and a list of his charges is at the end of the article.

 

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Man gets 20 to life in teen girl's 'brutal' murder

Michael Hammond was sentenced Thursday to near-maximum state prison time for the murder of his teenage girlfriend, Amie Leland, in Cortland County.

In a plea agreement, Hammond, 24, admitted to a felony count of second-degree murder in exchange for 20 years to life in prison.