NY man who was so drunk he doesn’t keep in mind beating his buddy to demise discovered responsible of homicide: ‘Cruel’

A Westchester County man who was too blackout drunk to recollect beating his buddy to demise on a White Plains sidewalk was stone chilly sober Monday when a jury discovered him responsible within the slaying.

Jare Diaz, 26, was discovered responsible of second-degree homicide and now faces a most jail sentence of 25 years to life behind bars when he’s sentenced on March 27, prosecutors mentioned.

“I’m grateful for the jury’s verdict and for the diligent work of our prosecutorial group, which caused this simply end result,” Westchester County District Lawyer Susan Cacace mentioned in a press release.

“The cruel beating of Mr. Guzman-Desdicho left him mangled and unrecognizable on a chilly November night time. This sort of violence can by no means develop into a standard a part of each day life in Westchester.”

Cacace known as the deadly assault “unprovoked.”

Diaz testified final week that he doesn’t keep in mind punching and kicking his pal Otoniel Guzman Desdicho greater than 30 occasions after working into him following a consuming binge on Nov. 26, 2022 — regardless of repeatedly watching surveillance video footage of the deadly assault.

“For the reason that first day I used to be in jail till now I’ve tried to recollect however I’ve been unable,” he instructed his lawyer, Angelo MacDonald, after testifying in a White Plains courtroom.

Diaz was distraught on the night time of the assault after his spouse left him and took their younger son over his heavy consuming and marijuana use — and determined to go on a bender, lohud.com reported.

He mentioned he drank beer and Bacardi rum earlier than struggling with the sufferer round 11:30 p.m.

Two cameras captured the confrontation, together with from an East Put up Street laundromat, which confirmed the 2 getting right into a drunken shoving match earlier than Diaz allegedly attacked his pal, the outlet mentioned.

At one level the video exhibits Diaz dragging Desdicho on the bottom.

The sufferer was placed on life assist on the Westchester Medical Middle the place he died three days later.

Diaz has been held on the Westchester County Jail with out bail since Nov. 28, 2022.