Melvin Kelly, of NYC, gets prison in 1994 strangling of pregnant woman, DA says
Melvin Kelly, seen here in 2012, was wanted for the rape and murder of a pregnant woman for nearly 20 years until DNA testing linked him to the crime. Credit: New York Daily News / Jefferson Siegel
A New York City man will spend 25 years to life in prison for the 1994 murder of a pregnant woman.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. says Melvin Kelly was sentenced Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in October.
Isabelle Joye was raped and strangled on the rooftop of a Harlem apartment building. She was 5 months pregnant.
A child found her body.
Vance says advances in forensic testing helped investigators solve the cold case.
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