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Gary McGurk was arrested for the gruesome murder of his ex-girlfriend Michelle Lee. Lee was found tied to her bed with her throat slashed on April 27, 2009, in her Sunnside, Queens, New York apartment by her roommate.
McGurk, originally from Ireland, was arrested on May 21, 2009. Police say McGurk, age 23, conned Lee, who worked as a civilian criminologist in an NYPD laboratory, into giving him thousands of dollars. Lee wrote in her diary that McGurk claimed he had cancer and was uninsured. McGurk was a soccer player and criminal justice student at John Jay College.NY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
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Fast Facts
- Age: 23 years old at time of arrest
- Student at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Played soccer for the school
- Arrested on the evening of May 21, 2009NY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
- Taken into custody at his mother's home in Woodside, QueensNY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
- Faces 25 years to life for the killing of Lee
- Accused of killing ex-girlfriend Michelle Lee
- Lee was found dead on April 27, 2009NY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
- Lee was found tied to a bed with the cord from a cell phone chargerNY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
- Lee's body had been burned with an ironNY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
- Lee wrote about McGurk in her diaryNY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
- McGurk apparently conned Lee into believing he had cancer and could not get insurance; she loaned him moneyNY Daily News: Former Beau Gary McGurk Busted in Grisly Slay of Nypd Csi Michele Lee (May 22, 2009)
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