Binghamton Killer Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison

A Binghamton man has been sentenced to at least forty years in prison in a vicious attack that left a First Ward man dead and his pregnant girlfriend critically injured.

22-year-old Julian Talamantez III had pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder counts in the November 2013 incident at 32 Mygatt Street.

Talamantez was sentenced this morning by Broome County Court Judge Martin Smith.

Smith sentenced Talamantez to 25 years to life for a first-degree murder charge and 15 years to life for an attempted murder count. The sentences are to be served consecutively.

Under a plea deal, Talamantez in August admitted he stabbed 23-year-old Jordan Dordell and the 19-year-old woman during an early-morning robbery.

Talamantez acknowledged attacking the man and woman before the house was set on fire.

Despite her injuries, the woman used a broomstick to smash a window to get out of the burning building. Dordell's body was discovered in the basement after the blaze was extinguished.

A second defendant in the attack, Nigel Saunders of Binghamton, has yet to go on trial.