Jeremy Allen Faces Life Without Parole for Torturing and Killing Longtime Friend
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. — A Suffolk County jury has found Jeremy Allen, 44, of East Quogue, guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Tampering with Physical Evidence for the prolonged torture and killing of his longtime friend, Christopher Hahn, 43, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced.
According to prosecutors, Allen and Hahn, friends since high school, spent the evening of September 27, 2024, at a bar before returning to Allen’s East Quogue home. Shortly after midnight, Allen began a brutal assault that lasted approximately 18 minutes, portions of which were captured on Allen’s exterior surveillance cameras.
Video evidence showed Allen dragging the badly beaten and semi-conscious victim onto the rear deck, where Hahn was left severely injured and unable to stand. Prosecutors said Allen later returned and repeatedly struck Hahn with a baseball bat. While aware the victim was still alive and in distress, Allen placed a plastic bag over Hahn’s head, secured it with a loose knot, and sat nearby watching him struggle to breathe for approximately eight minutes.
Authorities said Allen then retrieved a large knife and stabbed Hahn in the neck 10 times, standing over him until he died — approximately six hours after the torture began.
Following the killing, Allen attempted to clean blood from inside the home and the rear deck and contacted his handyman for assistance. When the handyman arrived, he observed blood throughout the residence and saw Hahn’s body covered with a blanket on the back deck. After convincing Allen to allow him to leave, the handyman fled and contacted police. Allen was taken into custody at his home shortly thereafter.
On January 21, 2026, following a jury trial before Supreme Court Justice Timothy P. Mazzei, Allen was convicted of Murder in the First Degree, a Class A felony, and Tampering with Physical Evidence, a Class E felony. He is scheduled to return to court on February 26, 2026, and faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Allen is represented by defense attorney Colin Astarita, Esq. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Elena Tomaro of the Homicide Bureau and Stuart Levy of the Major Crimes Bureau. The investigation was conducted by Detectives Michael Ronca and Matt Sagistano of the Suffolk County Police Department’s Homicide Squad.
A criminal conviction is the result of a jury verdict following trial.
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