Posted at: 06/20/2013 12:34 PM
By: Subrina Dhammi
Jason Guynup pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing Nikki Hart in December 2012.
It is a turning point for one Rensselaer County family. They can begin to heal after hearing one may say four very important words.
Jason Guynup said in court Thursday “I killed Nikki Hart.”“He came in with a mission and succeeded in that mission he wanted,” said Ashley Hart, Nikki's sister.
Ashley is a big reason why Jason Guynup admitted that he's a murderer. She was there that early December morning when Guynup stormed into the Schodack home and killed Nikki Hart.
“There was a little bit of a confrontation for a while some fighting and struggling. That's when he had pulled out the knife. At the same time, my daughter woke up, and started coming towards the room. my sister told me I had to go take care of her. I said I'm not leaving you. She said ‘you have to’. I ran out, grabbed the phone, called 911, put my daughter back in the living room, told her to stay there don't say a word, be quiet, everything is going to be ok. When I turned back around to go back into the bedroom, he was running out the front door. I went back in and she was on the ground bleeding to death,” said Hart.
Guynup’s two young children were also in the home when their mother was killed.
Rensselaer County District Attorney Rich McNally praises Ashley Hart for bravery that night, and throughout this whole process.
“The resiliency of the human spirit is something you sometimes see in these circumstances,” said McNally.
Nikki Hart was a well known business woman in the East Greenbush area. She had her own real estate business. Her father, Bill, remembers her as a career oriented, determined and loving woman.
“She was a tough girl. She was a professional woman. She liked you or she didn’t. She would let you know that,” he said.
Jason Guynup faces 20 years to life when he's sentenced on July 30.
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