Daniel Sikkema Sentenced to Life for Murder of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema
The 56-year-old man is accountable for a "cold, calculated murder-for-hire plot," said US Attorney Jamie McDonald.
Daniel Sikkema, 56, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder-for-hire of his estranged husband, art dealer Brent Sikkema, 75, who was found dead in his Rio de Janeiro residence in January 2024 with 18 stab wounds. Brent Sikkema, co-founder of the Manhattan gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Company, was stabbed to death in a cold, calculated plot driven by greed, according to US Attorney Jamie McDonald.
Daniel Sikkema was found guilty of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder for hire, and conspiracy to murder a person in a foreign country after a two-week trial in May. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.
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