homicide
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 - 3:39 pm
Above: Aerial imagery of a property at 294 John Lockwood Road where two bodies were found Tuesday (highlighted in blue on the map). Source: Delaware County Community Online Mapping Tool.
On Tuesday afternoon, police conducting a criminal investigation at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 1:40 pm
A 49-year-old Kingston man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Kingston resident Anita Jacobs-Royer, who was found strangled to death in her Third Avenue home on Sunday, February 3.
Audelis Cruz was arrested on Sunday,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 - 8:19 pm
New York State Police in Catskill announced today that they are investigating the death of a Greenville resident, 40-year-old Scott Myer, as a homicide.
On Tuesday, police were called to check on Myer's welfare at his home at 262 West Road. Responding... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 - 12:52 pm
Above: A new billboard near Exit 22 off I-88, advertising a renewed search for information on the unsolved 1974 killing of SUNY Cobleskill student Kathleen Kolodziej. Source: New York State Police.
It has been nearly 40 years since the chilly day in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 22, 2012 - 11:55 am
New Paltz police have released the name of a two-year-old girl whose death on Wednesday was ruled a homicide by blunt force trauma.
The Freeman reports that the victim was Asia Perez-Medina, and that she was staying with her aunt and uncle in New Paltz:
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By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 21, 2012 - 1:53 pm
The death of a 2-year-old girl on Wednesday is being investigated by New York police as a homicide, according to several news reports.
The New Paltz Police Department told The Daily Freeman that an autopsy by Dr. Michael Sikirica determined that the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 3, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The verdict is in: Lejuan Wainwright, who has been on trial since last Wednesday for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Walton resident Tyler Warner, was found guilty today of second-degree manslaughter.
It's a lesser charge than the one the prosecution... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2012 - 2:56 pm
The wife of a man on trial for murder in Kalamazoo, Michigan has testified in court that her husband confessed to her that he committed the unsolved 1996 slaying of Demetrius Carter in a North Branch boarding house.
Besham Brian Sugrim, a former Sullivan... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 19, 2011 - 12:12 pm
Andrew Hafele. Photo by New York State Police.
New York State police report that on Saturday, September 17, 20-year-old Deposit resident Michael J. Mills, Jr. was killed in a fight in a shed near a home on Airport Road.
38-year-old Andrew L. Hafele, also... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - 10:02 am
Photo by Lillian Browne.
The Delaware County Grand Jury handed down an indictment on Friday, August 26th, charging LeJuan Wainwright with Manslaughter in the First Degree. Delaware County District Attorney Richard Northrup Jr., stated that the case was... Read more