纽约男子买凶杀害画廊主丈夫被判无期徒刑：Daniel Sikkema在巴西雇凶行刺18刀
位于美国纽约州的纽约联邦法院判处56岁的纽约男子Daniel Sikkema无期徒刑。美国纽约南区检察官Jamie McDonald与联邦调查局（FBI）助理主任James C. Barnacle, Jr.宣布，Sikkema因2024年1月14日在巴西Rio de Janeiro杀害其丈夫Brent Sikkema一案被判刑；地区法官Edgardo Ramos主持量刑。Sikkema于2026年5月22日经两周审判被裁定买凶杀人、共谋买凶杀人及共谋在外国谋杀三项罪名成立。
据起诉书、法庭文件与审判证据，Sikkema与Brent Sikkema当时正处于争议激烈的离婚诉讼中。Brent Sikkema是曼哈顿一家知名画廊的老板，常住在他位于Rio de Janeiro的一处住所。2023年起，Daniel Sikkema与Alejandro Prevez达成协议，由Prevez杀害Brent Sikkema；为掩饰款项来源，Sikkema借不知情的朋友、员工与家人的身份，向Prevez及其在古巴的伴侣共发送了11笔付款。Daniel Sikkema本人持美国与古巴双重国籍。
2024年1月14日，Prevez在Rio de Janeiro的住所内将Brent Sikkema刺了18刀杀害。行凶后数分钟内，Prevez用两人事先约定的秘密号码多次致电Sikkema。案发后不久，Sikkema秘密向Prevez支付5,000美元，并承诺后续再付款。2024年1月18日，Prevez被巴西执法部门逮捕，其刑事案件仍在巴西法院审理中。
检察官Jamie McDonald表示，这项无期判决让Daniel Sikkema为这起冷酷、处心积虑的买凶阴谋负责；数月间他操纵朋友、家人与员工去执行一场由贪婪驱使的杀戮。FBI助理主任James C. Barnacle, Jr.表示，执法伙伴将继续用尽一切手段，让犯下最残忍罪行的人无处可逃。
除无期徒刑外，Sikkema还被判处5年监管释放。此案由纽约南区检察官办公室普通犯罪组办理，FBI纽约外勤办公室主查，并得到FBI驻巴西法律专员办公室、司法部刑事司及巴西与西班牙执法机构协助。（来源：美国司法部）
New York Man Sentenced to Life for Murder-for-Hire of Art Gallerist Husband in Brazil: Daniel Sikkema Paid for the Stabbing
A federal court in New York has sentenced Daniel Sikkema, 56, of New York, New York, to life in prison for the January 14, 2024, murder of his husband, Brent Sikkema, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald for the Southern District of New York and FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr. announced. U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos imposed the sentence. Sikkema was convicted on May 22, 2026, following a two-week trial on charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country.
According to the superseding indictment, public court filings, and the evidence presented at trial, Sikkema and Brent Sikkema were then engaged in contentious divorce proceedings. Brent Sikkema, the owner of a well-known art gallery in Manhattan, regularly stayed at a residence he owned in Rio de Janeiro. Beginning in 2023, Daniel Sikkema, a U.S. and Cuban citizen, agreed to pay Alejandro Prevez to kill Brent Sikkema, and sent eleven payments to Prevez and Prevez's romantic interest in Cuba, concealing the source of each payment by using the identities of unwitting friends, employees, and family members.
On January 14, 2024, Prevez murdered Brent Sikkema at his Rio de Janeiro residence by stabbing him 18 times. Minutes after the murder, Prevez called Sikkema multiple times on a secret phone number the two had arranged for the plot. Shortly afterward, Sikkema secretly sent Prevez a $5,000 payment for the murder, with the promise of additional payments to come. On January 18, 2024, Prevez was arrested by Brazilian law enforcement; his criminal case remains pending in Brazilian courts.
U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said the life sentence holds Daniel Sikkema accountable for a cold, calculated murder-for-hire plot driven by greed, in which he manipulated friends, family, and employees for months. FBI Assistant Director in Charge James C. Barnacle, Jr. said the FBI and its partners will continue to use every tool available so that those who perpetrate the cruelest crimes have no way out.
In addition to the life prison term, Sikkema was sentenced to five years of supervised release. The case was handled by the Southern District of New York's General Crimes Unit and investigated by the FBI New York Field Office, with assistance from the FBI Legal Attache Office in Brazil, Department of Justice Criminal Division components, and law enforcement in Brazil and Spain. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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