George Stewart was seventeen years old from Michigan when he murdered his elderly neighbor. According to court documents George Stewart was attempting to rob the mans home when he was surprised by the victim. George Stewart would beat the victim before taking Paul Monchnik van to a gas station where he filled a gasoline container. This teen killer would set the elderly man on fire and Paul Monchnik had ingested the gasoline. George Stewart would be convicted of murder and sentenced to thirty to sixty years in prison.
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George Stewart is not in the Michigan Department Of Corrections. Either he has been transferred out of State or may still be in the juvenile department
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An 18-year-old Detroit man will spend 30 to 60 years in prison for the slaying of a 91-year-old neighbor.
George Stewart IV was sentenced Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Paul Monchnik was beaten Nov. 23, 2015 and his home was set on fire. A medical examiner testified during Stewart’s preliminary examination that an accelerant-type liquid was found in Monchnik’s stomach and that the elderly man may have been forced to drink it or it was forced into his throat.
After surveillance video showed a young man driving Monchnik’s van to a nearby gas station to purchase gasoline in cans, Stewart — who had been living next door to Monchnik — turned himself in to police.
At the time of his arrest, Stewart’s family members seemed shocked by the accusations; one relative telling WWJ, “…He’s supposed to be at Romulus High School playing basketball, going to class like all his siblings.” He pleaded guilty Sept. 16 to second-degree murder.
Scott Monchnik said in court Friday that his father’s “life was brutally taken … by a monster.”
According to family members, Monchnik was a widower and father of three who had lived in his home for 65 years. He worked for more than 50 years as a self-employed television repairman before retiring.
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George Stewart is currently incarcerated in the Michigan Juvenile System
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George Stewart is serving a 30 to 60 year sentence. He will not be eligible for release until 2047
