Valley Stream girl's killer Robert Golub denied parole for 2nd time
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision on Nov. 17, 2015 denied Robert Golub's second parole appeal, saying if released at this time there is "reasonable probability" that he would again violate the law, and that his release "would be incompatible with the welfare of society."
A former Valley Stream man who has admitted to the 1989 murder of his 13-year-old neighbor Kelly Ann Tinyes will spend at least another two years in prison after being denied parole for the second time.
The state parole board found a "reasonable probability" that Fishkill prison inmate Robert Golub, 48, would break the law if set free, according to records released Tuesday.
Golub "suffocated, strangled and mutilated" the victim, and allowing him to leave prison would "deprecate the serious nature of the crime," the board also determined.
The teen's body "was so badly damaged it was a closed casket funeral," the board noted in a decision that followed appeals by Tinyes' family to keep Golub locked up.
Richard Tinyes, the victim's father, said Thursday the family was pleased by the parole decision after their lobbying efforts last month during a meeting with state officials.
"Kelly will never be brought back, no matter what happens," he said. "This guy's an animal, and he should stay in jail for the rest of his life."
Golub is serving a sentence of 25 years to life after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in the March 1989 slaying in Valley Stream.
The ruling means Golub, who has been in prison since 1990, will be eligible again for parole in November 2017.
The Tinyes family intends to call on supporters to help them fight Golub's release the next time he comes up for parole.
"We need everybody to help keep him in jail in another two years," Richard Tinyes said.
In reaching its decision, the board said it considered a number of factors, including significant opposition to Golub's release, the inmate's clean disciplinary record and rehabilitative efforts, and also his "lack of insight."
"Your impassioned, detailed, continuous, and in-depth pleas of innocence have now been replaced with a new questionable and mitigating explanation of the death" of Tinyes, the board said in its decision.
After years of denials, Golub first admitted to murdering Kelly when he came up for parole for in 2013.
Police had found the girl's remains in a sleeping bag in a closet in Golub's home a day after she was seen leaving her Horton Road residence and going into his family's nearby house.
In 2013, Golub told state officials he didn't mean to kill Tinyes but went into a rage at a time when he was using a "ridiculous" amount of steroids.
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