Nassau Man Sentenced For Beating Wife to Death with a Dumbbell

An East Meadow man was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison on Wednesday for bludgeoning his wife to death with a dumbbell in April 2015.

Hector Bejarano, 55, pleaded guilty before Judge Jerald Carter on Oct. 28, 2016 to second-degree murder.

“This defendant savagely murdered his wife and was on the run for two weeks while relatives desperately searched for answers,” said District Attorney Madeline Singas. “Mirian Bejerano’s life was tragically cut short by her husband’s heinous actions and I hope today’s sentence helps bring some closure to this grieving family.”

On April 28, 2015 at approximately 4 p.m., police responded to a 911 call made from a home on Prospect Avenue in East Meadow shared by Bejarano and his wife. Upon their arrival, police found Bejarano’s wife of nearly 30 years, Mirian, 52, lying on the floor. She had been beaten to death with a dumbbell.

Bejarano fled the scene after committing the murder and was on the run for two weeks. He was arrested by members of the Nassau County Police Department at his East Meadow home after he returned to eat and do laundry on May 14. He also left a confession note in a bedroom of the home for his daughter.

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