Sentence in Brutal Nanuet Stabbing

NANUET, NY — A man who served time in prison for a fatal stabbing in 1990 goes back to prison for a fatal stabbing in Nanuet in 2016. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced that Frank Keogh of Yonkers has been sentenced to 19 years to life in state prison on his guilty plea in the killing of Eric Leopold.

Keogh, 49, had pleaded guilty to one count of Murder in the Second Degree, a class “A-1” Felony,

“The defendant wielded a knife in a brutal and vicious attack at night on a man who was repeatedly stabbed and slashed," Zugibe said in the announcement. "He more than deserves the sentence of 19 years in prison that he received.”

The Nanuet killing took place at 9 p.m. July 16, 2016. The DA said Keogh confronted Leopold in the driveway of Leopold's home, at 97 Tennyson Drive. He stabbed Leopold about 14 times in the torso, head and extremities with a large knife. Then he drove away.

Leopold lost consciousness at the scene and was rushed to Nyack Hospital, where he later died from his stab wounds.

Keogh was apprehended at 3:20 a.m. on July 17, 2016 by members of the New York State Police in Orange County.

The Clarkstown Police Department conducted an investigation and recovered a knife and blood evidence
in Keogh’s vehicle. The vehicle also contained part of a gold necklace that the victim had been wearing
at the time of the stabbing, Zugibe said.

On Aug. 15, Keogh pleaded guilty to Murder in the Second Degree in Rockland County Court.

He previously served time in state prison after being sentenced to eight to 24 years for a fatal stabbing in
the Bronx in 1990, the DA said.