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    A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to murder just before his trial was to begin. He had been accused of strangling his 35-year-old neighbor during an argument in his home 13 months prior. In his statement to police, the man said he used an axe to partially decapitate the corpse and wrapped the body in a blanket before putting it in his bedroom closet, where his mother and brother later found it. The victim's family, who knew both men for over 20 years, was present for the plea and relieved they would not have to endure details of the killing in a trial. The man will be sentenced on February 26 to 15 years to life in prison.

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    Suffolk County DA News Advisory (Jan. 28, 2014)

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    A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to murder just before his trial was to begin. He had been accused of strangling his 35-year-old neighbor during an argument in his home 13 months prior. In his statement to police, the man said he used an axe to partially decapitate the corpse and wrapped the body in a blanket before putting it in his bedroom closet, where his mother and brother later found it. The victim's family, who knew both men for over 20 years, was present for the plea and relieved they would not have to endure details of the killing in a trial. The man will be sentenced on February 26 to 15 years to life in prison.

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    A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty to murder just before his trial was to begin. He had been accused of strangling his 35-year-old neighbor during an argument in his home 13 months prior. In his statement to police, the man said he used an axe to partially decapitate the corpse and wrapped the body in a blanket before putting it in his bedroom closet, where his mother and brother later found it. The victim's family, who knew both men for over 20 years, was present for the plea and relieved they would not have to endure details of the killing in a trial. The man will be sentenced on February 26 to 15 years to life in prison.

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    January 28, 2014

    Guilty plea before homicide trial begins


    A 34 year old Central Islip homicide suspect accused of strangling his neighbor to death and hiding the body in his bedroom closet pleaded guilty to the murder this morning just before his trial was to begin in Suffolk criminal court. Aston Barth admitted killing Jason Campbell, 35, during an argument in Barths Ferndale Boulevard home 13 months ago. In his statement to police detectives, Barth said he used an axe to partially decapitate the corpse, and that he wrapped the body in a blanket and trash bag before putting it in his closet. His mother and brother found the body there on December 24, 2012. A week later, the defendants mother and brother found Campbells body. The victims family, who described the defendant and the victim as close friends for over 20 years, was present for Barths plea and expressed relief they would not be forced to endure the retelling of their loved ones fate during a trial. Barth will be sentenced on February 26 to 15 years to life in state prison.

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