CATSKILL – Two Greene County men were sentenced each to 19 years to life for killing the father of one of the men.
Rodney Pitt and Drew White were each charged with murder, conspiracy, tampering with physical evidence and concealment of a human corpse.
District Attorney Stanzione called the murder “a horrific crime” in which the men conspired to lure the victim, Rodney’s father Roger, to Rodney’s home where they slit his throat, killing him.
The two killers then alleged that the victim had driven his Mercedes away and hadn’t been seen since when in fact, they drove the car to a scrap yard themselves and had it destroyed to conceal the evidence.
They also destroyed the victim’s ID cards, Social Security card, license and other cards.
White took the Mercedes license plates as a souvenir and hid them in a hole in a wall.
They also dug a shallow hole and buried Roger Pitt’s body, placing a boat trailer on top of it.
The Da said the men took police on a wild goose chase looking for Roger Pitt as they alleged that he went missing and needed to be found.
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