Gregory Jesmer is accused of brutally stabbing his 101-year-old neighbor
ROCHESTER, New York — A 101-year woman with “a lot of life left in her,” was brutally killed when her knife-wielding wacko upstairs neighbor stabbed her repeatedly in her own apartment.
Cops were called to Marcia Morrison’s home Tuesday morning when a senior transportation company came to pick her up, but she did not answer the door.
Inside, they found a gruesome scene, with the centenarian lying in a pool of blood after being stabbed repeatedly in the neck, throat and upper torso, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported.
“This is one of the most egregious crimes that we as a community have ever seen,” said prosecutor Monica O’Brien, head of the Monroe County District Attorney’s elder abuse bureau.
A short time later, cops arrested 54-year-old Gregory Jesmer, who lived above Morrison, after he got off a bus and began following a 13-year-old girl and offered her money to come home with him. A passing motorist intervened.
Investigators say that as they questioned Jesmer, certain evidence emerged that pinned him to the slaying of Morrison.
Jesmer has had previous arrests for grand larceny and driving while intoxicated.
Marcia Morrison
Morrison did not have children and her husband had died decades ago, but she was very active in the community. Neighbors said Morrison was a stalwart in the building where she lived and was a powerhouse despite her age.
“She had a lot of get-up-and-go in her,” neighbor Sandra Fields said. “She was like our grandmother.”
“She had a lot of life left in her, more than some young people,” Fields said.
She said she knew Jesmer and that he drank a lot, but that he didn’t seem violent or threatening. Fields said Jesmer sometimes asked neighbors for money and she thought Morrison had sometimes helped him out.
He has been charged with second-degree murder.
