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Decade-Old Mystery Unraveled: Police Identify Remains As Missing NY Woman Decade-Old Mystery Unraveled: Police Identify Remains As Missing NY Woman
Decade-Old Mystery Unraveled: Police Identify Remains As Missing NY Woman After nearly a decade, police in New York have identified human remains found in a wooded preserve as those of Amanda King, who vanished in November 2013.  King's remains were found in Rensselaer County in Troy on Sunday, Oct. 20, near Campbell Avenue in the. Burden Pond Preserve, said Troy Police Assistant Chief Steven Barker. She was age 27 when she disappeared. Troy Police were led to the police by a resident who discovered human remains. Identification was confirmed through dental records and DNA analysis, Barker said. King, reported missing over a decade ago, from Schenecta…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Seen Him? 23-Year-Old On Run After Murdering His Father At Suburban NY Home, Police Say Seen Him? 23-Year-Old On Run After Murdering His Father At Suburban NY Home, Police Say
Seen Him? 23-Year-Old On Run After Murdering His Father At Suburban NY Home, Police Say Police are seeking the public's help in locating a man accused of stabbing his father to death on Long Island. The incident happened in Rocky Point at 30 Quail Road on Saturday, Nov. 9, around 1:25 a.m.  Officers arrived to find Joseph Zoll, age 61, with stab wounds, according to Suffolk County Police.  Zoll was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 10, Suffolk County Police said its Homicide Squad detectives are looking to locate Matthew Zoll, who is wanted for the murder of his father. Matthew Zoll, 2…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Woman Shot, Killed In Hudson Valley, Suspect Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound After Chase: Police Woman Shot, Killed In Hudson Valley, Suspect Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound After Chase: Police
Woman Shot, Killed In Hudson Valley, Suspect Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound After Chase: Police A woman was found shot and killed outside a residence in the region and her suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police chase, according to authorities. The chain of events in Northern Westchester began just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 in Yorktown. Multiple 911 calls were received reporting shots fired in the hamlet of Jefferson Valley in the area of the Coach N Four Apartments on East Main Street, according to the Yorktown Police Department. Responding officers located Geraldine Krecmer, age 63, lying on the walkway in front of one of the units with a gun…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Stabbed To Death In Orange County, Suspect On Run Man Stabbed To Death In Orange County, Suspect On Run
Man Stabbed To Death In Orange County, Suspect On Run Police in the Hudson Valley are searching for a suspect after a man was stabbed and killed on a city street. The incident occurred in Orange County at 10:45 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 120 Parmenter St., in the city of Newburgh. According to Mike Neppl, chief of staff for the city, officers responding to a shot spotter notification found the man with injuries consistent with a stabbing. Officers requested emergency medical services and began life-saving measures. Neppl said the victim was transported to Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, where he died from his …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Sing Sing Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Sing Sing Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later
Man Kills Fellow Inmate At Sing Sing Prison, Convicted Nearly 30 Years Later Nearly 30 years after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate at a Northern Westchester prison because he wore a cross, a 54-year-old New York man learned he will spend decades in prison for the killing.  Albany resident Allah-Son-Allah was sentenced to 20 years in state prison for his killing of 32-year-old Michael Jones on Christmas Eve 1995 while they were both incarcerated at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Oct. 10.  According to the DA's Office, at around 8 p.m. on Dec. 24, 1995, Allah-Son-All…

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by Ben Crnic
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Police Searching For Answers After Family Of 4 Found Brutally Murdered At Suburban NY Home Police Searching For Answers After Family Of 4 Found Brutally Murdered At Suburban NY Home
Police Searching For Answers After Family Of 4 Found Brutally Murdered At Suburban NY Home New York State Police are asking the public's help in their investigation of a cold-case murder mystery of a family of four at their suburban upstate New York home. Tuesday, Oct. 8 marks the 10-year anniversary of the crime. On that Wednesday in 2014, troopers and multiple other law enforcement agencies responded to the Albany County home on Western Avenue in the town of Guilderland. Inside the home, police located 7-year-old Eddy Chen, 10-year-old Anthony Chen, and their parents, Hai Yan Li and Jin Feng Chen, brutally murdered. "The State Police Troop G Major Crimes Unit and SP New …

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by Joe Lombardi
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42-Year-Old Found Dead In Home In Region 42-Year-Old Found Dead In Home In Region
42-Year-Old Found Dead In Home In Region An investigation is underway after a person was found dead in the region. New York State Police say the homicide happened in Sullivan County on Saturday, Oct. 5 in the village of Monticello at a house on Lakewood Avenue. The victim has been identified as Jose Rodriguez, age 42, a resident of Monticello.  Anyone with information related to the homicide is urged to contact SP Liberty BCI at 845-292-0280.  The investigation is being conducted by state police, in conjunction with the Monticello Police Department and the Sullivan County District Attorney's Office,

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hudson Valley Man To Spend Up to 29 Years In Prison For Brutal Murder Hudson Valley Man To Spend Up to 29 Years In Prison For Brutal Murder
Hudson Valley Man To Spend Up to 29 Years In Prison For Brutal Murder A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing another man, plus an additional one to four years for tampering with evidence. Ulster County resident Joseph Karolys, age 39, of Saugerties, was sentenced to 25 years on Thursday, Oct. 3, for the Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, killing of David "Mickey" Myer, also of Saugerties, said Ulster County District Attorney Emmanuel C. Nneji. According to the district attorney's office, on the night of the murder, Joseph Karolys, David “Mickey” Myer, and Michael Cummins were driven home by Joseph Karolys, Jr., following a Hallowe…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Family Members ID'd As Victims In Vermont Triple Homicide Near NY Border Family Members ID'd As Victims In Vermont Triple Homicide Near NY Border
Family Members ID'd As Victims In Vermont Triple Homicide Near NY Border A man, his wife, and her 13-year-old son found shot to death at their Vermont home along the New York border have been identified by authorities. Related: Triple Homicide: Incident In Small Vermont Town Along Capital Region Border Under Investigation The three were discovered shot to death in the small Rutland County town of Pawlet on Sunday, Sept. 15. The Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday, Sept. 17, completed autopsies on the three victims and has ruled their deaths as homicides. The Vermont State Police confirmed their identities as Brian Crossman Sr., age 46; hi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Kills Parents Before Jumping To Death From Bridge In NY, Police Say Man Kills Parents Before Jumping To Death From Bridge In NY, Police Say
Man Kills Parents Before Jumping To Death From Bridge In NY, Police Say A man from the region murdered both of his parents before jumping to his death from a highway bridge in upstate New York, police said. Troopers in Albany were called about a man threatening to jump from the Patroon Island Bridge (I-90) at around 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. Before they could get there, the man jumped and was found dead below the bridge. New York State Police identified the man as 35-year-old Jordan Miklowitz, of Schenectady. The incident shut down the northbound lanes of I-787 for nearly three-and-a-half hours. Southbound traffic was also briefly halted. An investigation fou…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Teenage Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina Teenage Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina
Teenage Suspect In Murder Of Hudson Valley 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina Police have apprehended a teenage suspect in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in the Hudson Valley. In Rockland County, the Town of Haverstraw Police Department announced t on Saturday afternoon, July 27, the arrest of Yandi Martinez, age 18, for the homicide that took place on Monday, July 1. Martinez, a resident of Haverstraw, was taken into custody at 1:20 p.m. Saturday in Piedmont, South Carolina, in a collaborative effort by members of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Special Investigations Team (FASIT), the FBI-Westchester Safe Street…

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by Joe Lombardi
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$5K Reward Offered For 18-Year-Old Man Wanted For Homicide In Hudson Valley $5K Reward Offered For 18-Year-Old Man Wanted For Homicide In Hudson Valley
$5K Reward Offered For 18-Year-Old Man Wanted For Homicide In Hudson Valley Authorities are offering a several-thousand dollar reward in exchange for information leading to the arrest of an 18-year-old wanted for homicide in the Hudson Valley.  Click here for a new, updated story: Teenage Suspect In Haverstraw Murder Of 29-Year-Old Nabbed In South Carolina The Haverstraw Police Department in Rockland County is offering a $5,000 reward for help in finding 18-year-old Yandie Martinez of Haverstraw, who is wanted in connection to a homicide that happened on Monday, July 1 around 4 p.m., the department announced on Friday, July 19.  Martinez is descri…

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by Ben Crnic
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36 Years After Upstate NY Waitress Found Bludgeoned To Death, Her Killer Remains Free 36 Years After Upstate NY Waitress Found Bludgeoned To Death, Her Killer Remains Free
36 Years After Upstate NY Waitress Found Bludgeoned To Death, Her Killer Remains Free More than three decades after Pamela Ann Devizzio was found bludgeoned to death in a ditch in upstate New York, police are no closer to catching her killer. The 28-year-old Saratoga County resident's body was found in the town of Northumberland, on the side of Putnam Road just east of Jacob Drive, by a passing truck driver on the morning of July 6, 1988. It came hours after Devizzio’s father reported her missing to the Saratoga Springs Police Department after she failed to show up for her waitress job at Mangino’s Restaurant on State Route 9P in Malta. According to the Saratoga County Sher…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Accused Of Beating Victim To Death In Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Beating Victim To Death In Hudson Valley
Man Accused Of Beating Victim To Death In Hudson Valley A resident in the region faces 25 years in state prison after being found guilty by a jury for beating another man to death. Ulster County resident Joseph Karolys, age 39, of Saugerties, was convicted on Friday, June 14, of manslaughter, assault, and tampering with physical evidence following a two-week jury trial for the death of David "Mickey" Myer, age 66, also of Saugerties, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. According to Ulster County District Attorney Emmanuel C. Nneji, Myer, and Michael Cummins were driven home by Karolys following a Halloween party at a Greene County Bar.  Myer’…

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by Kathy Reakes
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1 Dead, Another Injured In Hudson Valley Shooting, Suspect On Run 1 Dead, Another Injured In Hudson Valley Shooting, Suspect On Run
1 Dead, Another Injured In Hudson Valley Shooting, Suspect On Run Police in the Hudson Valley are searching for a suspect after one person was killed and another was injured during a shooting. The incident occurred in Orange County a little after midnight on Sunday, June 9, in the city of Newburgh. According to Mike Neppl, spokesman for the Newburgh Police, responding officers located a victim who was dead of a gunshot wound in the area of 7 Monument St. A second victim was located at Montefiore St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh with a non-life-threatening injury, Neppl said. The identities of the victims are not being released pending notifications …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Person Found Dead In Hudson Valley Person Found Dead In Hudson Valley
Person Found Dead In Hudson Valley This story has been updated. Police are investigating after a person was found dead in the region. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For Woman Found Dead In Hudson Valley The incident occurred in Ulster County on Sunday, June 2, in the area of Meade Street in Kingston. According to the Kingston Police, officers responding to a report of shots fired found the unidentified victim dead on the street. The department said there was no threat to the public. The investigation is ongoing with help from the New York State Police and Ulster County Sheriff's Office. Police d…

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Released For Woman Shot, Killed Outside Apartment Complex In Region ID Released For Woman Shot, Killed Outside Apartment Complex In Region
ID Released For Woman Shot, Killed Outside Apartment Complex In Region New York State Police have released the identity of a woman found shot to death outside an apartment building in the region. Related: Woman Dead, Man Injured During Monticello Shooting Sullivan County resident Amy Redmond, age 48, of Smallwood, was found during the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 28, outside a building in the Sleepy Hollow Apartment Complex in Monticello, along with a man who had also been shot, said Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police. State Police are asking anyone with information to contact NYSP Liberty Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI ) i…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Dead, Man Injured During Shooting In Region Woman Dead, Man Injured During Shooting In Region
Woman Dead, Man Injured During Shooting In Region Police are investigating after a woman was found shot to death in a vehicle and a man badly injured in the region. The incident occurred in Sullivan County around 12:30 a.m., Monday, May 28, outside of Building 2 of the Sleepy Hollow Apartment Complex at Terri Lane in Monticello. According to Lt. Mark Johnstone of the Monticello Police, responding officers located two victims, an adult man and a woman, who were still inside a vehicle.  Both victims had sustained gunshot wounds after their vehicle had driven into a parking lot and was shot at, Johnston said. Johnstone said t…

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by Kathy Reakes