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Cold Case: Niskayuna Man Confesses To Grisly 1994 Murder, Police Say
A 51-year-old man from the region has been arrested in a Virginia homicide, cracking a 29-year cold case, authorities announced.
Schenectady County resident Stephen Smerk, of Niskayuna, is facing second-degree manslaughter in the Nov. 20, 1994 death of 37-year-old Robin Lawrence, who was found dead in a Springfield, Virginia home, Fairfax County police said.
Smerk is believed to have stabbed Lawrence inside of her home, when he was 22 years old, authorities said.
In 1994, a DNA profile was developed; however, at the time there was no match in any system for the recovered DNA.
In the …
Double Homicide: Suspect Sought In Killings Of Husband, Wife In Rotterdam
Police are asking for the public's help after a married couple was found dead inside their home in the region.
In Schenectady County, the bodies of Robert Guillaume, age 73, and Cathy Guillaume, age 65, were found Friday, July 7, inside a Rotterdam home on Fern Avenue, one block east of the Rotterdam Industrial Park.
Both deaths were classified as homicides following autopsies, according to Rotterdam Police. Investigators did not reveal their cause of death.
No suspects had been arrested as of Thursday, July 13, a police spokesperson told Daily Voice, adding that there is no threat t…
Caught: Suspect Nabbed For Schenectady Death Of Ex-Wife, Second Homicide In Brooklyn
A man wanted by police in connection with the homicide deaths of his ex-wife and girlfriend in New York was captured on the run in Pennsylvania.
Timothy Taylor, age 35, was arrested in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood on Friday morning, June 2, following a joint investigation by Philadelphia Police and the U.S. Marshals Service.
The arrest capped weeks of searching for Taylor, who was wanted in connection with the homicide deaths of his girlfriend, 37-year-old Theresa Gregg, of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and his ex-wife, 44-year-old Tishawn Folkes-Taylor, of Schenectady.
Earlier Repor…
New Video Shows Gabby Petito, Brian Laundrie Hours Before Murder
A new surveillance video from a Whole Foods store shows Gabby Petito hours before she was killed by her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie.
The video, obtained by Fox News Digital, shows the couple driving up to the store in Petito's signature white van on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, just a short time after the two had a fight at a Jackson Hole, Wyoming restaurant called the Merry Piglets.
That was the last day Petito, age 22, of Blue Point, in Suffolk County on Long Island, was seen alive in public.
In the video, the couple sat in the van for a few minutes, before Laundrie, wearing sunglasses, gets ou…
