murder

Susannah Sheffer, Project Director at Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights at SUNY Albany

Joe Donahue — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:12:00 +0000

Susannah Sheffer, Project Director at Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, will be speaking tonight at SUNY Albany’s School of Criminal Justice about her new book: Fighting for Their Lives: Inside the Experience of Capital Defense Attorneys.

The book tackles such questions as: How do attorneys who represent clients facing the death penalty cope with the stress and trauma of their work? Through conversations with twenty of the most experienced and dedicated post-conviction capital defenders in the United States.

What it is like for these capital defenders in their last visits or phone calls with clients who are about to be taken to the execution chamber? Or the next mornings, in their lives with their families, in their dreams and flashbacks and moments alone in the car?

Today’s event is at 5:30 at Husted Hall Amphitheatre.

Final Vision: The Last Word on Jeffrey MacDonald by Joe McGinness

Joe Donahue — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:35:00 +0000

The Jeffrey MacDonald case is one of the most horrifying—and controversial—murder cases of its time, with chilling echoes of the Manson Family’s “Helter Skelter” killings: a handsome, Ivy League–educated Green Beret Army doctor accused of brutally stabbing and clubbing to death his pregnant wife and two young daughters in the middle of the night. MacDonald was eventually convicted and is serving three consecutive life sentences.

Perhaps no one is better qualified to address these questions than Joe McGinniss, who was first drawn into the story in 1979, when he began work on what became the definitive account of the case, Fatal Vision.

David Talbot - "Season of the Witch"

Joe Donahue — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:12:00 +0000

We welcome David Talbot and speak with him about his book, Season of the Witch: Enchantment, Terror and Deliverance in the City of Love, which tells the story of San Francisco between 1967 and 1982.

Historic Cherry Hill

Joe Donahue — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:45:00 +0000

On May 7th 1827 a notorious murder occurred at Cherry Hill in Albany, NY that resulted in two sensational trials and Albany’s last public hanging. Historic Cherry Hill will explore this event through a lecture, collection highlights and a dramatic tour Funded by the New York Council for the Humanities.

Education Director, Becky Watrous and Curator, Deborah Emmons-Andarawis join us to tell us more.

Police Collect Letters Written Between Prues

Pat Bradley — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Police say the Vermont couple charged with killing a St. Johnsbury teacher and dumping her naked body in the Connecticut River have written letters to each other in jail discussing the crime.

The couple are accused of killing 33-year-old Melissa Jenkins, after luring her out of her house with a ruse about a broken down car in March.

Authorities Say Missing Vermont Couple Were Murdered

Pat Bradley — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:30:00 +0000

Authorities say a Vermont couple missing for more than a year were abducted from their home and murdered and a suspect is in custody in another state.

Bill and Lorraine Currier of Essex were last seen when they left their Burlington jobs on June 8, 2011.
Authorities said Friday that they believe the Curriers were murdered and the crime was a random act. They did not release the suspect's name and no one has been charged.
Authorities had been searching a Coventry landfill for their remains but did not find them.

Man Arrested in Disappearance of NYC Boy Etan Patz

Tristan O'Neill — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:12:24 +0000

Authorities in New York City say they've cracked a 33-year-old case that helped focus national attention on missing children — the disappearance of Etan Patz. WAMC’s Tristan O’Neill reports…

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced Thursday that 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez has been arrested on a murder charge. He’s awaiting arraignment. It was the first arrest ever in the 1979 case.

Kelly says Hernandez confessed to choking the boy and putting his body in the trash.

Divers Search River in VT Teacher Killing Case

Pat Bradley — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:50:27 +0000

State Police divers continue to search the Connecticut River for evidence in the murder of Melissa Jenkins, a popular Vermont prep school teacher whose body was found in the river in Barnet. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley reports…

A Waterford couple has been charged with killing Jenkins and dumping her body in the river on March 25 after luring her from St. Johnsbury home with a ruse about a broken down car.

Zimmerman Charged with Second-Degree Murder

Tristan O'Neill — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:21:26 +0000

The Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen is set to appear before a judge on second-degree murder charges in a case that galvanized the nation.

Woman in VT Teacher's Death is Little-Known

Tristan O'Neill — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:55:34 +0000

Vermont townspeople say they don't know much about a woman who married an area resident and is now charged in a teacher's bizarre killing. WAMC's Tristan O'Neill reports...

Patricia Prue and husband Allen are accused of luring Melissa Jenkins with a ruse about a broken-down car, killing her and throwing her body in a river.

Waterford Town Clerk Joanne Jurentkuff says Allen Prue's family has had hard times but they weren't "bad news."

Patricia Prue married Allen last year.