New York man kills woman, sleeps with body for two days

A 31-year-old man from New York has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman and then sleeping for two days with her decomposing body and buying alcohol with her credit card.

Michael Lenahan was sentenced for the 2007 murder of Lorna Santiago, 24, in Confucius Plaza in Chinatown, in an apartment he shared with his ailing grandmother, Fox News reported citing the New York Post.

Prosecutors said that after murdering Santiago, Lenahan spent two days surfing websites dealing with how to preserve dead bodies, and later bought alcohol with her credit card.

When the body was discovered, Lenahan told police it was an accident and he had only intended to stop her from screaming and hitting him during an argument.

"I'm far from a perfect person, but I am a good person," the accused told the Manhattan Supreme Court. "I am extremely sorry and extremely remorseful for what happened."