New York Man Convicted of Murdering Woman Who Wound Up in His Backcountry Driveway After Wrong Turn

Defendant Kevin Monahan listens to summations in his murder trial before County Judge Adam Michelini, at the Washington County Courthouse in Fort Edward, New York on Jan. 23, 2024. Will Waldron/Pool/The Albany Times Union via AP

FORT EDWARD, N.Y.—A man was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a young woman when the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove into his rural driveway in upstate New York.

After deliberating for less than an hour, a jury found Kevin Monahan, 66, guilty for shooting 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis on a Saturday night last April after she and her friends pulled into his long, curving driveway near the Vermont border while they were trying to find another house. Mr. Monahan was also convicted of reckless endangerment and tampering with physical evidence.