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Man who bludgeoned 4 to death in NYC Chinatown sentenced

The 2019 killings exposed how gaps in the city’s mental health and social services can have fatal consequences for the most vulnerable.

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Jun 01, 2026
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A Manhattan judge sentenced the man convicted of fatally beating four unhoused men with a metal bar in Chinatown to 40 years to life in state prison last Thursday.

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Randy Santos, 31, was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder in February for the Oct. 5, 2019 attacks, in which he beat Chuen Kok,…

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