BAY SHORE, N.Y. — A Bay Shore man was convicted Thursday of murdering his ex-fiancée, Amelia Laguerre, in a New Hyde Park parking garage in March 2022, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced.
Quay Sean Hines, 33, was found guilty of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon after a jury deliberated for less than two hours. The trial, presided over by Judge Robert Bogle, began on September 9, 2024. Hines is scheduled for sentencing on October 29, and faces up to 40 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors said Hines ambushed Laguerre, 33, in the underground parking garage of her workplace at a medical facility on Marcus Avenue. He shot her nine times, fatally wounding her. “This senseless, horrific act cost a young woman her life and denied her eight-year-old son the chance to grow up with his mother’s love and care,” Donnelly said in a statement…