NY high schooler about to graduate stabbed to death less than an hour after final call with estranged dad
A high school senior in New York was fatally stabbed shortly after a phone call with her estranged father. Breanne Keane, 19, was set to graduate soon and had plans for further education in canine training. The suspect, Damian Stewart, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
- ▪Breanne Keane was found dead in her apartment in Cayuga Heights, New York.
- ▪She had a brief phone call with her father just before the incident.
- ▪Damian Stewart, 20, was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree murder.
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Metro NY high schooler about to graduate stabbed to death less than an hour after final call with estranged dad By Caitlin McCormack Published May 26, 2026, 7:03 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A high school senior found dead inside her upstate New York apartment wrapped up a quick phone call with her estranged father moments before a friend allegedly brutalized her. Breanne Keane, a 19-year-old a senior at the Lehman Alternative Community School who was set to graduate in June, was stabbed to death inside her Cayuga Heights apartment on Saturday. 3 Breanne Keane, 19, was stabbed to death inside her apartment in Cayuga Heights, New York on Saturday.
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