Karen Lapointe-Martin stands by her ex-husband. She was called to testify yesterday. “Do you recall the day your grandmother died?” Casteleiro asked. “Yes, I do, it was a Sunday,” she responded. She recounted her family’s Sunday routine — go to church, visit with her 88-year-old grandmother, Bernice Martin, then go home for Sunday dinner. That […]
Lapointe hearing May 5, 2010
The hearing before Judge John J. Nazzaro is focusing on evidence that Lapointe’s lawyers argue was previously overlooked, including the length of time that Martin’s apartment was burning until the first firefighter came through the front door, a pair of gloves found at the crime scene that contained the DNA of someone other than Richard, […]
Lapointe hearing May 4, 2010
Richard Lapointe could not have killed Bernice Martin. “None of the confessions fit the crime,” Andy Lefebvre, a retired Bloomfield police officer, told Rick Green. He has been following the case and doing his own detective work for years, after his parish priest asked him to look into it. “He should have been examined prior to […]
Lapointe hearing May 3, 2010
Superior Court Judge John J. Nazzaro began hearing evidence on Monday. The first witness was Michael Ludlow, a retired Manchester police detective who led the investigation into the killing of Bernice Martin. Martin, the grandmother of Lapointe’s wife, was raped and strangled in her apartment on North Main Street in Manchester the evening of March […]
Rest in peace, Alex Spence
Last Friday, Alex Spence was laid to rest. The funeral was a true tribute to Alex with all his family and friends gathering to pay their last respects to this father of two very young children, Alexander, 4, and Sam, 20 months. His funeral took place at the Church Of Our Lady Of Lourdes and St […]
Retired Cop thinks Lapointe is innocent!
Donald Connery, another long time supporter of Richard Lapointe, wrote an article for the Hartford Courant. It is worth reading especially this part: “… the forthrightness of retired Manchester police captain Joseph Brooks. His detectives lured Lapointe to headquarters on false pretenses on July 4, 1989, and got him to agree that he must be guilty. […]
A new trial for Richard Lapointe
Rick Green had an interview today with Richard Lapointe. On Monday, a Superior Court judge in Rockville — in response to a ruling in his favor from the state Appellate Court — will take yet another look at this endlessly appealed saga of what is either a wrongful conviction or a very crafty mentally disabled […]
McHenry Biggers
McHenry Biggers suffered a fatal heart attack during a home invasion on October 26, 1986. Allegedly, two men invaded the home he shared with his wife Bessie Mae Biggers in Champaign, Illinois. Mrs. Biggers called 911 at 1:09 am according to the dispatch log. Despite that police and emergency personnel arrived within minutes, Mr. Biggers […]
Update Trial Darrel Kastel
A pre-trial hearing has been set for next week for Darrell Kastel, the second defendant in the 1979 slaying of supermarket supervisor Julius Schnoll. Darrel Kastel was scheduled to go to trial this Monday, but the prosecution gave additional discovery evidence to the defense attorney and the trial was adjourned. At a hearing today, Kastel was given […]
Would you have allowed this man to bleed to death?
Would you have allowed this homeless man to bleed to death? Look at what the BBC posted about what happened in New York City to Mr. Tale-Yax, a homeless man, 31 years old, from Guatemala. He was stabbed after coming to a woman’s aid. Then, this homeless man was left to die while passers-by ignored him, as […]