Arrest made in fatal bat beating of Centereach man

Police arrested a man who allegedly killed the boyfriend of his estranged wife outside a Centereach apartment Wednesday. Cops found Keith Amato, 30, Thursday morning in his car in Ronkonkoma. He allegedly

News 12 Staff

Oct 30, 2008, 10:21 PM

Updated 5,887 days ago

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Police arrested a man who allegedly killed the boyfriend of his estranged wife outside a Centereach apartment Wednesday.
Cops found Keith Amato, 30, Thursday morning in his car in Ronkonkoma. He allegedly broke into the apartment shared by his wife and her boyfriend. A fight between Amato and Christopher Lulenski then spilled outside the apartment, according to police.
Amato allegedly then beat Lulenski to death with a baseball bat and drove off. Lulenski?s body was found in his neighbor?s driveway.
Amato was taken to the hospital because police say he had suffered a drug overdose.