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Cold Case: Capital Region 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 Capital Region
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…
