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Funeral Home Stabbing: Man Attacked Owner Of Long Island Mortuary During Robbery, Jury Finds
More than a year after a Long Island funeral home owner was brutally stabbed during a robbery outside his business, the man responsible has been convicted.
Jason Funderburke, 38, of Hempstead, was found guilty of robbery and related offenses in Suffolk County Court Wednesday, March 12, in connection with the August 2023 attack.
Funderburke and an unnamed accomplice approached Joseph Slinger outside his Slinger-Hasgill Funeral Home, located in Amityville on Sunrise Highway, at around 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2023, according to prosecutors.
The pair displayed a photo of Slinger’s family and de…