Police: Troy City Official Stabbed To Death

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published December 18, 2015 at 3:17 PM EST

Authorities are investigating the slaying of an upstate New York official who was stabbed while walking his dog.

Police in the Rensselaer County town of North Greenbush say 56-year-old William D. Chamberlain was attacked between 10 and 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Officials say his body was found on a front lawn near his home in a suburban neighborhood along Route 150, a few miles northeast of Albany.

Local police and state troopers cordoned off the area where the killing occurred as they searched for evidence.

Police held a news conference Friday afternoon during which they asked anyone who was in the area around the time of the stabbing to call the North Greenbush Police Department.

Chamberlain was the director of operations for the neighboring city of Troy.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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