Tinyes girl’s killer denied parole

Robert Golub’s second appeal fails

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State parole officials on Tuesday denied the second appeal by Robert Golub, the man convicted of killing Valley Stream teen Kelly Ann Tinyes in 1989.

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision cited its reasoning that Golub’s release “would be incompatible with the welfare of society.” Golub was sentenced to 25 years to life for the brutal murder of the 13-year-old Tinyes, who lived on the same street. Golub, 48, was 21 at the time.

He maintained his innocence until his first parole hearing two years ago, when he admitted to killing Tinyes while in a “rage” due to his use of a “ridiculous” amount of anabolic steroids. He claimed that he never intended to kill her, but prosecutors at his trial said that she was strangled and sexually mutilated.

Having reached the 25-year mark in 2013, Golub will be eligible for parole every two years — a prospect that Tinyes’ father, Richard, said is forcing his family to relive the experience.

“Where does it end?” he told the Herald in August. “How long do we have to be victimized?”

Tinyes and his wife Victoria met with parole officials in a closed-door meeting in Hempstead last month. The family led an online petition effort to keep Golub in prison prior to both hearings. Each garnered thousands of names in support.