SALEM — A 61-year old Peabody man was convicted Friday of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of his 55-year-old girlfriend.
Brandon Hoar faced first-degree murder charges after Peabody police responded to his home at 1 Gates Road in June 2015 for a well-being check.
Police found Hoar sitting on the front steps and Cheryl Young, his girlfriend of 25 years, in the living room with a knife protruding from her chest.
The victim’s 5-year-old granddaughter, who was the subject of a custody hearing that day in Salem Probate Court, was asleep in the master bedroom. Hoar told police that he had stabbed her the day before.
Hoar is expected to be sentenced in Salem Superior Court later this month.
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