Bellport man charged in fatal stabbing at Yaphank gas station
Bellport resident Michael McHenry was charged after Juliann Bachmann was found injured in a car at a Yaphank Speedway and later died at the hospital.
Bellport resident Michael McHenry, 40, was arrested at 8:13 p.m. on May 16 and charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Juliann Bachmann, 30, after Suffolk County police said she was found injured and unresponsive in a vehicle at a Yaphank gas station.
Police said officers were called at about 7:25 a.m. on May 16 to the Speedway at 80A Horseblock Road, where Bachmann was discovered inside a car. She was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk in Patchogue, where she was pronounced dead. Investigators with the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad later determined the death was criminal in nature, turning the case from a suspicious injury call into a homicide investigation.
McHenry, of 1743 Wisteria Circle in Bellport, was held overnight at the Third Precinct and was scheduled to be arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip on May 17, police said. A second-degree murder charge is an accusation, and McHenry is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The killing has shaken Bellport, where Bachmann was described in community response efforts as a mother of three children, ages 10, 3 and 1. A fundraiser for the children had raised nearly $7,000 as neighbors responded to the loss and tried to help the family absorb the sudden blow.
A Branch Funeral Home obituary lists her as Juliann Mary Bachmann, born Aug. 24, 1995. The obituary also lists visitation for Tuesday, May 26, 2026, and a Mass for Thursday, May 28, 2026, marking the rapid shift from a police investigation in Yaphank to funeral arrangements for a young mother from Bellport.
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