NY - Rita Tangredi, 31, and Colleen McNamee, 20, murdered, 1993-94, John Biltroff *GUILTY* - #2
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Can you elaborate? Why is the media mum on a serial killer case?
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I cannot understand this either!
No local news papers or stations are covering this at all.. i havent found a courtroom reporter either. Very strange.. maybe a contact to long island press could get them to cover it.. im surprised kolker or bolger hasnt followed it.
I wanted to know if the trial or jury selection began?
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I don't have a newsday subscription (*cries*)
But this opening paragraph from the first day of the trial lays out the defense:
"The attorney for the Manorville carpenter on trial for killing two women more than 20 years ago suggested to a jury Wednesday that two police officers may have been the real killers.
Perhaps that explains why Suffolk police over the years have destroyed all the physical evidence collected from the crime scenes and the officers, William Keahon said in his opening statement."
Hmm. At the least we may have a few more SCPD rocks turned over when all of this is said and done.
edited to add link: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/...e-man-accused-of-killing-two-women-1.13562114
But this opening paragraph from the first day of the trial lays out the defense:
"The attorney for the Manorville carpenter on trial for killing two women more than 20 years ago suggested to a jury Wednesday that two police officers may have been the real killers.
Perhaps that explains why Suffolk police over the years have destroyed all the physical evidence collected from the crime scenes and the officers, William Keahon said in his opening statement."
Hmm. At the least we may have a few more SCPD rocks turned over when all of this is said and done.
edited to add link: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/...e-man-accused-of-killing-two-women-1.13562114
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I am at an impasse in regards to john bittrolfs guilt. I don't understand how and why law enforcement can single him out when there were other DNA contributions found on the murder victims. Anyone else?
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His DNA is on both...I would imagine that none of the other contributors were
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I want to know why Murphy was a suspect (sounds like we aren't going to find out) and if he was Burke's partner.
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Well then that speaks for itself.
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Other media outlets finally starting to cover this. Some more details about the two deaths here: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/05/03/john-bittrolff-prostitute-murders/ but nothing about the poi cops.
Some short video coverage here: http://longisland.news12.com/news/t...e-man-accused-of-murdering-2-women-1.13558329 -also no reference to the defense claims of a police coverup.
Also did Spota get popped on the nose recently?
Some short video coverage here: http://longisland.news12.com/news/t...e-man-accused-of-murdering-2-women-1.13558329 -also no reference to the defense claims of a police coverup.
Also did Spota get popped on the nose recently?
The latest article from newsday that came up in a google search was visible to me without needing to log-in.
A couple of things- the victims were posed on their backs with their legs spread, and one arm over their heads.
Bittrolff's dna was found in semen on both bodies
Any of the wood chips that we've heard about the victims being covered in were not visible at all in any of the crime photos, so that part is a little odd. They may have had traces of wood chips on their bodies, but it appears they weren't scattered with them in large amounts.
edited to add: or the woodchips were removed for some reason before photos were taken, which may be where the defense is going with this.
here's some info about one of the police officers the defense is referencing:
"In the years since the killings, the Suffolk Police Department destroyed the wood chips collected from both crime scenes, without ever photographing them. The department also destroyed wood shavings collected from the police car used by then-Sgt. Michael Murphy — since promoted to lieutenant — who was a suspect in the killings in 1998.
Keahon suggested in his opening statement that police did that to protect Murphy, who was the son of Thomas Murphy, the department’s chief of detectives at the time."
article link: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/...about-finding-woman-s-body-in-1994-1.13567716
A couple of things- the victims were posed on their backs with their legs spread, and one arm over their heads.
Bittrolff's dna was found in semen on both bodies
Any of the wood chips that we've heard about the victims being covered in were not visible at all in any of the crime photos, so that part is a little odd. They may have had traces of wood chips on their bodies, but it appears they weren't scattered with them in large amounts.
edited to add: or the woodchips were removed for some reason before photos were taken, which may be where the defense is going with this.
here's some info about one of the police officers the defense is referencing:
"In the years since the killings, the Suffolk Police Department destroyed the wood chips collected from both crime scenes, without ever photographing them. The department also destroyed wood shavings collected from the police car used by then-Sgt. Michael Murphy — since promoted to lieutenant — who was a suspect in the killings in 1998.
Keahon suggested in his opening statement that police did that to protect Murphy, who was the son of Thomas Murphy, the department’s chief of detectives at the time."
article link: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/...about-finding-woman-s-body-in-1994-1.13567716
Digging around a little, and WOW was there some terrible stuff going on with Long Island officers assaulting women in the later 90s, early 2000s. Maybe there was talk of one of the POI officers being involved with possible coercion and/or assault of prostitutes at some point?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/27/n...police-officer-is-charged-in-sex-assault.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/27/n...police-officer-is-charged-in-sex-assault.html
here's the twitter feed of the newsday reporter covering the trial, fwiw. https://twitter.com/ziptron