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US NewsNY dad killed his pregnant wife and stabbed his 2 young daughters because he wanted a sonBy Anthony BlairPublishedMay 21, 2025, 12:06 p.m. ET

An upstate New York dad fatally stabbed his pregnant wife and then tried to kill his two young daughters — just because he was angry he wasn’t going to have a son, according to the slain

woman’s father.

Drew Garnier, 33, admitted to repeatedly stabbing his five-months-pregnant wife, Samantha Garnier, 29, and their children, Izzie, 6, and Adelina, 9, in the bloodbath at the family’s home in

Masonville on Sept. 4 last year, according to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office.

His wife and their unborn child both died in the attack, which was just weeks before the mom was to turn 30. The young girls are recovering from “significant injuries,” the DA said.

Garnier, 33, killed his wife and attacked his two daughters because he wanted a son. Delaware County District Attorney's Office

Garnier killed in anger that his wife was again pregnant with a girl, Samantha’s grieving father, Gregory Vernagallo, said in a victim impact statement at sentencing.

“He wanted a boy,” Vernagallo told the court.

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Garnier pleaded guilty last month to first-degree manslaughter and two counts of first-degree assault — both class B violent felonies.

He was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison — with 15 years of post-release supervision — as part of the plea deal aimed at protecting the surviving daughters from the trauma of a

trial.

Facebook / Sammi Garnier

“We were able to secure this conviction without forcing two young children to testify about the horrific things they witnessed,” District Attorney Shawn Smith said of the sentence being

lighter than he wanted.

The killer dad has also been forbidden from seeing his daughters until 2056 — the maximum allowed — which only the girls can overrule if they eventually want contact.

“You took a life and injured your children. They had a right to expect protection from you,” Judge John Hubbard told the dad of the decades-long no-contact order.

have since been adopted by Samantha’s father. GoFundMe

Samantha Garnier was due to give birth in February.

Her daughters are still recovering from their injuries — and have been adopted by their maternal grandfather.

“I am their father now,” Vernagallo said at sentencing. “I will protect them.”

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