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Jonathan Blake

Case from Mount-vernon, NY dated Mar 13, 2020

Victim Details

Jonathan Blake

Male

White / Caucasian

Mount-vernon

NY

2020-03-13

55

Jonathan

Blake

07/12/2026

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In a case of deadly jealousy, 55-year-old Jonathan Blake of Mount Vernon, New York, was murdered on March 13, 2020. His life was cut short by a man who had been stalking him for months due to a romantic rivalry. The man responsible for his death, Derek Whitaker, 58, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, ambushed Blake in the early morning hours in Yonkers, fatally shooting him in the head.

Following the murder, Whitaker transported Blake's body to the basement of a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment ...
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  • Bedford Stuyvesant Man Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison For Killing Mount Vernon Man and Setting Body on Fire – The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office
  • Legacy.com: Jonathan Blake - Obituary
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