YOUNGSTOWN — The cousin of Michael Abinghanem, who was murdered in 2012 at a home on Youngstown’s West Side, is speaking out regarding the resentencing hearing that will be held soon for her cousin’s killer.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last month that Judge John Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court must resentence Kyle Patrick, now 26, who was convicted of aggravated murder and other offenses in Abinghanem’s murder.

Abinghanem’s cousin, Danielle Davanzo of Youngstown, is concerned with the possibility that the judge could order a lesser sentence, even though she understands that Patrick has the right to seek a lesser sentence.

Ohio’s top court said Durkin failed to show that he had considered Patrick’s age of 17 at the time of the offense when ordering a sentence of 30 years to life. No resentencing date has yet been set. At the resentencing, the judge could order the same sentence as before or a different one.

“With him saying he was a minor — to me, at 17 years old, he knew exactly what he did,” Davanzo said of Patrick. “He was running the streets like an adult.”

Read more in Sunday’s Vindicator.