Rochester, NY: Man admits killing woman with garden shears

Associated Press - December 4, 2009 3:15 AM ET

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A 32-year-old Rochester man admits that he fatally stabbed a 22-year-old woman with garden shears in her apartment.

Tyrone Manor pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the death of Desiree Curry. Monroe County Court Judge John Connell agreed to consider a prison term ranging from 15 years to life to 20 years to life when he sentences Manor on Jan. 15.

Curry was killed in her apartment in October 2008. Manor was arrested four months later at his wife's home.

Manor had an on & off relationship with Curry. He said he threw garden shears at her during an argument, hitting her in the back. The shears pierced her aorta.