Press release
On Thursday December 1, 2016, Kira Kastenhuber, 38, of Hope Street, Perry, was sentenced by the Honorable Micheal M. Mohun to an indeterminate period of incarceration with a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of life in NYS prison.
“This was a planned, premeditated and calculated murder,” says Vincent Hemming, First Assistant DA.
“We will strongly recommend to the parole board that Kastenhuber spend the rest of her life in prison.”
“Our hearts go out to the family of Desiree Withey. Out community lost a daughter, a sister, a mother and a friend.”