Long Island man indicted in brutal torture and murder of longtime friend

A Long Island antheral has been indicted successful the brutal torture and execution of his longtime friend precocious past month, officials said Thursday.

Jeremy Allen, 43, of East Quogue, is accused of beating Christopher Hahn, besides 43, implicit the people of respective hours, hitting him with a shot bat, putting a integrative container implicit his head, past “sitting connected a tract seat a fewer feet from the unfortunate watching him conflict to respire for astir 8 minutes,” the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said successful a quality release.

Allen allegedly past stabbed the unfortunate to decease with a weapon from his home.

The 2 men, who had been friends since precocious school, arrived astatine Allen’s residence precocious connected Sept. 27 aft spending the evening astatine a section bar. That’s erstwhile the nighttime of fearfulness began, prosecutors said.

According to investigators, sounds captured by a information camera bespeak that Allen brutally bushed Hahn for astir 18 minutes.

A fewer minutes aft the alleged beating, information footage shows Allen “dragging the severely bruised and semi-conscious Hahn onto his rear deck” and leaving him determination struggling to move.

Allen is aboriginal seen connected camera returning with a shot bat and beating his person successful the caput and body.

When Allen realized the unfortunate was inactive alive, helium near the platform again and returned with a integrative bag, according prosecutors. After placing it connected Hahn’s head, helium secured it with a escaped knot and sat down to ticker his person gasping for breath.

That’s erstwhile helium utilized a ample weapon and “slowly stabbed Hahn successful the cervix 10 times,” officials said, adding that he stood implicit the unfortunate and watched him dice — six hours aft the alleged torture began.

Later that morning, Allen allegedly asked his handyman to cleanable the home. The handyman saw “blood passim the house” on with the victim’s body, which had been covered by a blanket. He past fled the country and called police.

According to prosecutors, the fishy was besides captured connected information camera footage begging his person to die.

“It’s not truthful hard. Just die,” Assistant District Attorney Elena Tomaro alleged helium said, reported Newsday.

Allen was arraigned connected Thursday earlier Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei connected charges of first-degree murder, second-degree execution and tampering with carnal evidence. He pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail. He’s owed backmost successful tribunal connected Nov. 14.

Allen faces beingness successful situation if convicted connected the apical charge.