West Babylon Man Admits Killing Wife

By Timothy Bolger Posted on February 18, 2017

Kerwyn Jaggernauth

A West Babylon man admitted Friday to killing his 32-year-old wife last year.

Kerwyn Jaggernauth pleaded guilty to second-degree murder at Suffolk County court.

Police have said the 32-year-old man killed Sonja Williams in the couple’s Sheffield Avenue home, where he was found suffering from self-inflicted wounds on Feb. 20, 2016.

He faces up to 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced March 29 by Judge Richard Ambro.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.