On January 10, 1971. 25-year-old Richard Risenburg finds the bodies of his wife, Diane (age 24), and their 17 month old son, Andrew, in their Queens apartment. On January 16, Richard is arrested and charged with their murders.
He is found not guilty by reason of insanity- according to his story, he became overwhelmed and stressed. Which, obviously, is why he stabbed his wife 60 times and strangled their baby. He is sentenced to a year in a high security mental health center and then transferred to Creedmore Psychiatric Center.
On April 6, 1977, Richard Riesenburg walks out of Creedmore, taking with him 19 year old Judith Anne Brown, who was receiving outpatient treatment at nearby Hillside Medical Center.
Neither Richard nor Judith was ever seen again.