New York’s Staten Island. According to state records, a former West Brighton man who was given a life sentence for killing his fiancée in 2006 has had his first parole application turned down.
In 2007, the state Supreme Court in St. George sentenced Kevin Howard, now 66, to 18 and a half years to life in prison for the fatal stabbing that occurred inside his home, according to the prosecution.
Jude Carabba of Silver Lake, the victim, was an actress and mother from a big family.
According to the Advance/SILive.com at the time, Justice Leonard P. Rienzi used Howard’s history of mental health issues and heartfelt and affecting letters from Carabba’s family while imposing the punishment.
Howard was rejected after his plea for early release was reviewed and he was interviewed by commissioners of the New York State Board of Parole on November 19.
May 2026 is when he is expected to make his next appearance.
The Staten Island Advance’s August 31, 2006, edition featured coverage of the murder.Archives
Victim s father had concerns: Report
When Carabba passed away, she was 47 years old.
In her victim impact statement during sentencing, victim mom Mary Carabba used the word “happy” to describe our daughter.
At the time of her death, her family told Advance/SILive.com that her daughter had made brief appearances on Law & Order, The Sopranos, and the 1995 movie Casino.
She resembled a celebrity. According to her mother, she twinkled.
Otto, Carabba’s father, passed away in 2012. He was a well-known physician and veteran of the armed forces. He had advised his daughter to avoid the construction worker, according to a Daily News story.
Following a pursuit that ended when the suspect’s vehicle collided with a pole near the intersection of Richmond Terrace and Broadway in West Brighton, police took the man into custody. (Jan Somma-Hammel/Staten Island Advance)Employee photo
A strange call, police response
On the evening of August 29, 2006, Jude Carabba was inside Howard’s Hart Boulevard residence.
According to Advance/SILive.com records, the visit continued into the early hours of the morning, when violence broke out.
According to authorities, someone from the company alerted the police when Howard made an odd call to his place of employment that morning.
When police arrived at the house, they discovered Carabba’s body in a corridor. Just before 11 a.m., Howard smashed his Geo Prizm into a telephone pole on Richmond Terrace in West Brighton, sparking a brief police pursuit through North Shore communities before he was taken into custody.
Considering an inmate s release
When deciding whether to give parole to an offender, the Board of Parole looks for a number of figurative boxes.
They are interested in the specifics of how the inmate came to believe that they should live a life free from criminal behavior, as well as the practicalities of how they want to start over despite having a criminal record and few finances.
A spotless disciplinary record while incarcerated, participation in rehabilitation programs, and a declaration of responsibility for the offenses for which they were found guilty are all taken into account.
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