Crime & Safety
CT Resident Person Of Interest In NY Cold-Case Homicide: Report
A Connecticut resident is among a list of possible suspects in a cold case dating back to 1959.
CONNECTICUT — Police said a person of interest in a cold-case homicide in New York state is a Connecticut resident who previously lived in Albany, according to WTNH News-8. The person was among a long list of people who could not be ruled out as being involved in the killing.
The case dates back to December 1959, when police identified 18-year-old Ruth Whitman's body, which was found along Sand Creek Road in Colonie, NY. Whitman, of Albany, died of asphyxiation and had drowned in a nearby ditch after being beaten and struck in the back of the head.
Read the full story at WTNH News-8.
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