A state Supreme Court jury on Monday convicted a Rochester man of stabbing his girlfriend to death last year in the couple's shared apartment.

Robert T. Norry, 33, was found guilty of second-degree murder for the death of his girlfriend Kelly O'May, 31. He had been accused of stabbing O'May multiple times inside an apartment at 224 Caroline Street around 9:45 p.m. on June 13.

According to court papers, Norry stabbed O'May in the neck, arms, legs and torso during an argument, causing her death.

O'May was found dead inside the apartment just after midnight on June 15, 2018, after Rochester police officers were called to the residence to check on O'May's welfare. Family members reported that they had not heard from her in at least a day.

Norry had fled Rochester and was taken into custody in Spokane, Washington, three days after the murder.

“This case is a tragic example of the devastation caused by domestic violence in our community,” District Attorney Sandra Doorley said in a printed news release. “Robert will now be spending years in the New York State Department of Corrections for taking the life of someone he was supposed to love."

Anyone struggling with domestic violence should to reach out to law enforcement or the Willow Domestic Violence Center, she said.

Assistant District Attorneys Meredith Vacca and Kevin Sunderland prosecuted the case.

Norry will face between 15 and 25 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced by state Supreme Court Justice Victoria Argento on May 30.

VFREILE@Gannett.com



