A PORT ALLEGANY MAN STANDS CONVICTED OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF A PORT ALLEGANY WOMAN LAST YEAR. BRIAN KUCHINKA PLED GUILTY BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO CAUSING THE DEATH OF K-LEIGH HILL-NELSON IN FEBRUARY OF 2025 AND TO ABUSE OF A CORPSE. THE JUDGE IN THE CASE RULED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT THE 1ST DEGREE MUDER CONVICTION WAS WARRANTED. KUCHINKA HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED HE DID NOT INTENTIONALLY KILL HER.
