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BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 A Brooklyn man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a man in 2022 and cutting off his head, arms, and legs, which were found in a refrigerator freezer<\/a> years later, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Nicholas McGee<\/a>, 48, of Flatbush, was sentenced Wednesday to life without parole after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse last month, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis was a deeply disturbing act of violence by a defendant who not only stole a man\u2019s life but then desecrated his body. The cruelty and disregard for human life shown in the case are almost beyond comprehension,\u201d Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n

McGee stabbed Kawsheen Gelzer, 39, in the back while he slept on a sofa in the defendant\u2019s Nostrand Avenue apartment in March 2022. The victim suffered more than 60 cuts to his head, chest, and extremities, prosecutors said. McGee also beat Gelzer with a hammer during the attack.<\/p>\n

The defendant dragged the body to a bathroom and put it in the bathtub for several days before using a saw and hammer to dismember the victim, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Gelzer\u2019s head, torso, arms, and legs were found wrapped in plastic bags inside a refrigerator freezer in the defendant\u2019s apartment after cops got an anonymous tip in January 2024, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

McGee confessed to the grisly murder to NYPD detectives while he was in custody for an unrelated matter in Virginia, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The defendant\u2019s wife, Heather Stine, 48, pleaded guilty last year to concealment of a human corpse and third-degree bail jumping, prosecutors said. She will be sentenced at a later date.<\/p>\n

Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She has been with PIX11 News for two years. See more of her work here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

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