GUILTY NY - Cathleen Krauseneck, 29, axed to death, Brighton, 19 Feb 1982 *husband arrested in 2019*

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40 years for justice for Cathleen.

Special and healing thoughts today for the only daughter of the defendant and the victim.

 

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James Krauseneck taken away after jury found him guilty of his then wife's 1982 murder.

James Krauseneck found guilty in Brighton ax murder trial

 

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Gary Craig
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November 7 will be sentencing date .


7:59 AM · Sep 26, 2022·

 

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Gary Craig
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ADA Pat Gallagher on guilty verdict



8:13 AM · Sep 26, 2022·

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[TootsieFootsie]

How could you live with yourself doing that to your wife, the mother of your child.

I hope he never had a peaceful moment during all the life he got to live while depriving his wife of the life she could have lived.

 

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Man Found Guilty of 1982 Ax Murder of His Wife After the Case Went Unsolved for Nearly 40 Years

After the verdict was read, the sister of victim Cathy Krauseneck exclaimed, 'We did it! Justice for Cathy!'

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'There was no reasonable doubt': Juror in ax murder trial speaks on guilty verdict

The jury came to it's decision Monday morning after what one juror describes as an 'emotional' process.Many may have been shocked by the guilty verdict but for

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[MeadowMuffin]

Sentencing tomorrow! Finally some justice for Cathleen and her daughter.

 

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Krauseneck sentenced to 25 years to life for 1982 ax murder of wife​

Krauseneck was found guilty on September 26 for killing Cathleen “Cathy” Krauseneck on February 19, 1982 on Del Rio Drive in Brighton. Investigators found the 29-year-old in her bedroom, with an ax in the back of her skull.

 

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Krauseneck sentenced to 25 years to life for 1982 ax murder of wife

Since the September 26 verdict, Krauseneck has been held without bail.

www.rochesterfirst.com

 

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Christian Garzone
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Krauseneck gets 25 years to life, Brighton ax murder
12:28 PM · Nov 7, 2022·

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Krauseneck sentenced to 25 years to life for 1982 ax murder of wife
Since the September 26 verdict, Krauseneck has been held without bail.

5:41 PM · Nov 7, 2022·

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[Nina Michigan]

Krauseneck sentenced to 25 years to life for 1982 ax murder of wife

Since the September 26 verdict, Krauseneck has been held without bail.

www.rochesterfirst.com

Good.

 

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Krauseneck sentenced to 25 years to life for 1982 ax murder of wife

Since the September 26 verdict, Krauseneck has been held without bail.

www.rochesterfirst.com

Cathy Krauseneck’s father, Robert Schlosser, addressed James in the courtroom.

“And Jim, I hope you live to be 100 years old, and enjoy your new home (jail),” said Schlosser.

James Krauseneck pleaded with the judge before sentencing. “I did not murder Cathy. I loved Cathy with all my heart,” he said.

Judge Charles Schiano said he’s lost no sleep over the verdict. “The jurors worked very hard, they were conscientious,” he said.

 

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Dateline special on Brighton ax murder airs Friday night

BRIGHTON, N.Y. — Dateline is airing its special on Friday night about the Brighton ax murder case. The special comes after James Krauseneck was found guilty of killing his wife Cathy with an ax as she slept in 1982. Krauseneck was sentenced to 25 years to life in November for the murder in their...

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The ax found at the door, and the one in Cathy's head, both belonged to the Krausenecks. In the dining room, there were valuable items scattered.

Det. Steve Hunt: And on the floor was Cathy's purse, with the contents … strewn about.

There was a tea set on the floor, too.

Det. Steve Hunt: Everything was standing straight up like it was set there neatly.

And a black garbage bag next to it. Inside, was a faint shoe print as if someone had stepped in it to hold it open. But despite many apparent signs of a burglary, Liberatore and Hunt say the most important one was missing.

Det. Steve Hunt: Nothing was taken.

Det. Mark Liberatore: There's an officer involved in this case from the 1980's … who hits the nail on the head: We in Brighton do not handle a lot of homicides. We do handle a lot of burglaries … And this was not a burglary.

Investigators suspected the burglary was simply staged to cover up the real crime — Cathy's murder — and they began to focus on her husband.

Gary Craig: Let's face it, I mean, more often than not … it's the husband, it's domestic … so police are going to go there.

But could Jim Krauseneck have committed such a brutal murder and left his baby daughter alone in that house? "48 Hours" spoke to friends and family who said the couple had seemed happy.

Cathy and Jim had grown up in the same small town in Michigan, but on opposite sides of the tracks. Cathy's father was a trucker; Jim's owned a successful carpet store. They met in high school, began dating in college, and married after graduation.

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Husband of woman murdered with an ax convicted 40 years after her death

In 1982, Cathy Krauseneck, a young mother, was killed in her bed – an ax lodged in her head. Investigators believe the crime scene was staged to look like a burglary to cover up the real crime – the intentional murder of Cathy by her husband.

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News 8 interviews Erin Moriarty of ’48 Hours’ on Brighton ax murder case

Erin Moriarty of “48 Hours” sat down with News 8’s Brennan Somers to discuss the James Krauseneck case.

www.rochesterfirst.com

2/24/23

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The documentary series “48 Hours” will be airing an episode revolving around the man convicted of murdering his wife with an ax in Brighton in 1982.

Krauseneck was found guilty of second-degree murder decades after the death of his wife Cathleen “Cathy” Krauseneck on February 19, 1983. He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

 

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48 Hours to air special: The Brighton Ax Murder

Editor’s Note: An early version of this story included an incorrect name. We regret the error. ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Brighton man convicted of murdering his wife with an ax in 1982 is …

www.rochesterfirst.com

 

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1982 ax murder in Brighton NY: What to know about the crime, people and trial

The murder of Cathy Krauseneck is the focus of an episode of Dateline. Here is what you need to know about the crime, people and trial:

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1/20/23

What happened in the 'Brighton ax murder'?​

On Feb. 19, 1982, Cathleen "Cathy" Krauseneck was found in the bed of her Brighton home, murdered by a single ax blow to her head.

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Who is James Krauseneck Jr.?​

At the time of the murder, James Krauseneck worked as an economist at Eastman Kodak Co. He had previously taught at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Krauseneck’s father, who died in 2019 at 94, and uncle ran a carpet store in Mount Clemens, Michigan. James Jr. and Cathy married in Mount Clemens in 1974.

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Who was Cathy Krauseneck?​

Cathy Schlosser — Cathy Krauseneck's maiden name — was the second oldest child of six from a Detroit-region family of four girls and two boys. Their father, Robert was a truck driver, first working for a company that transported concrete and later with his own gravel business, Schlosser Trucking.

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Cathy Behe, a childhood friend of Cathy Krauseneck, told the Democrat and Chronicle, "She was everybody's friend." The two had remained close through high school and into adulthood.

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What was the evidence against James Krauseneck?​

Oddly, this was not a case so much of a "smoking gun" as it was a case of a lack of significant proof against anyone else. Prosecutors and police say advanced forensics testing, resumed in 2015 when a new look was taken at the murder, did not lead to any new suspects.

They coupled that with James Krauseneck's statements about the murder scene and what was found and contended that his story was implausible — a contention with which the jury agreed. In what was first presented as a burglary-robbery, police maintained that the evidence of a burglary made no sense: for instance, a tea set left behind was almost too neatly arranged on the first floor, and there was money and other items in the open and ignored in the second-floor bedroom where Cathy was killed.

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Both "Dateline" and "48 Hours" followed the case. As well, there is a novel loosely based on the murder; the 2016 literary thriller from Elizabeth Brundage is entitled "All Things Cease to Appear," and that became the foundation for a Netflix film, "Things Heard & Seen."

 

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People v Krauseneck

People v Krauseneck - 2021 NY Slip Op 51137 (U)

law.justia.com

The defense is using the same argument for JK's appeal on conviction, and I trust the argument will again be denied by the high court.:

A motion to determine whether the People have unduly delayed prosecuting a case for a tactical advantage in violation of defendant's rights to due process is commonly referred to as a "Singer" motion after the defendant in the Court of Appeals decision in People v Singer, 44 NY2d 241 (1975). The Court of Appeals in Singer held that "unreasonable delay in prosecuting a defendant constitutes a denial of due process of law" but that "a determination made in good faith to defer commencement of prosecution for further investigation or for other sufficient reason, will not deprive the defendant of due process of law even though the delay may cause some prejudice to the defendant" (Singer, 44 NY2d at 253-254).

 

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The faded headline above appeared with a story published in 1992. All these years later, it's still true.

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