Melvin Clay, left, and Helaina Amrine arrested for the murder of Marine Corps Sergeant Ryan Lekosky in the French Quarter.
Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office
The girlfriend of a Houston man accused of stabbing to death a Marine Corps combat veteranin his dress blues in the French Quarter is rolling over. Helaina Amrine, 23, appeared in court Friday to plead guilty to obstruction of justice and accessory after-the-fact charges.
She agreed to a maximum five-year prison sentence that is contingent on her testimony against her ex-boyfriend, Melvin Clay.
Clay, 39, is charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice in the Oct. 31, 2010 death of Sgt. Ryan Lekosky, a 23-year-old Texan who was assigned to the Naval Air Station-Join Reserve Base in Belle Chase.
Lekosky and his wife, Kristen, who lived in Metairie, were among a big contingent who attended the Marine Corps Ball at the Marriott Hotel on Canal Street. The couple was walking at Dauphine and Iberville streets about 3:30 a.m. when a passing motorist yelled out comments at Lekosky’s wife.
She confronted the man and the two began fighting. Lekosky was stabbed several times when he tried to break up the struggle, police said.
The suspect fled the scene in his vehicle towards Canal Street.
Police officers from the Eighth District found Lekosky lying in the street bleeding from several wounds. He was taken to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Lekosky, and his wife, Kristen Lekosky
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