Callahan admits to killing wife as part of plea to forgo new trial By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Casey Callahan pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the second degree Monday, May 3, in Otsego County Court, ending, for the second time, the criminal proceeding concerning the 2000 death of Callahan’s wife Elizabeth Welsh Callahan. Callahan, 54, admitted Monday that he backed over his wife with his truck in Sayre, Pennsylvania in 2000, killing her. He told Judge John Lambert,…
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State Appellate Court Overturns Callahan Murder Conviction By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – District Attorney John Muehl doesn’t see how overturning Casey Callahan’s guilty verdict is in the interest of justice. “This ruling was made ‘in the interest of justice,’” he said. “But their interest of justice is for a murderer, not a victim, who was a loving mother and a member of a close-knit family.” The Appellate Division, Third Department, overturned Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder…
Court Overturns Murder Verdict v. Casey Callahan Husband Had Been Found Guilty 17 Years After Wife Was Run Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder in the second degree in the 2000 killing of his wife, Elizabeth Callahan, has been overturned by the Appellate Division, Third Department, according to a decision announced Friday. “Because the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was not overwhelming, there must be a new trial,” the decision…
CALLAHAN GETS 25 YEARS TO LIFE Man Found Guilty Of Killing Wife By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan, 52, who was found guilty of the January 2000 murder of his wife Elizabeth Welsh in the county’s first murder trial in decades, was sentenced to 25-to-life by Judge John F. Lambert during his hearing yesterday on Otsego County Court. “It’s the maximum sentence, and I’m satisfied,” said District Attorney John Muehl. “This was a cold, calculated, pre-meditated…
BULLETIN 17 YEARS LATER, CALLAHAN GUILTY COOPERSTOWN – A jury this morning found Casey Callahan guilty of murder in the second degree for the Jan.19, 2000 death of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan. The verdict came in around 11:30 a.m. District Attorney John Muehl prosecuted the case throughout the week, calling 21 witnesses. In the final hours of the trial yesterday morning, Callahan himself was called to the stand by his attorney, William Schebaum. ANATOMY OF A MURDER TRIAL DAY ONE:…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day FOUR Jury Deliberations Begin in Murder Trial By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With a total 22 witnesses called, including suspect Casey Callahan, the prosecution and defense gave their closing arguments in the murder trial against Callahan, who was charged with killing his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, at a truck stop on January 19, 2000. “Four tires ran directly down the center of her body,” said District Attorney John Muehl in his closing statement.…
Callahan: ‘I Wasn’t The Best Husband’ With Suspect Taking Stand In Own Defense, Testimony At End By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Accused of running over his wife with his rig 17 years ago, Casey Callahan took the stand in his own defense as three days of testimony came to an end. “I wasn’t the best husband,” Callahan told his lawyer, Public Defender Bruce Maxson. “I could say mean things at times, but I loved her.” When…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day THREE Victim’s Words Before Death, Investigator Says: ‘I Love You’ COOPERSTOWN – Investigator Sean Ralph testified that Casey Callahan, currently on trial for the 2000 murder of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, told him that her final words to her husband were “‘I love you, I’ll see you on the other side’,” allegedly referring to the opposite side of the Dandy Mart truck stop where Callahan was to pick her up.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day TWO Allegations of Physical Abuse Emerge in Niece’s Testimony By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Elizabeth Welsh Callahan allegedly told her niece, Amanda Travis, that her husband Casey Callahan had kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant with their son, Connor. “I didn’t like the way he treated Lizzy,” Travis said during her testimony as part of this afternoon’s proceedings in the case against Callahan, who is charged with Elizabeth’s murder.…
CASEY CALLAHAN TRIAL: Day TWO Doctor Alleges Elizabeth In ‘Severe Emotional Distress’ By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The day before she died, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan was under “severe emotional distress” stemming from her marriage to Casey Callahan, her physician, Dr. Joan Bachorik, testified this morning in her husband’s murder trial resulting from her death at a truck stop in Pennsylvania in January 2000. “I remember her because she was probably the most pathetic person I had ever…