POLICE: MAN, 25, CONFESSED Suspect Held In New Year’s Death ONEONTA – A 25-year-old Oneonta man called police and confessed to killing his friend in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, Oneonta Police report. At 3:30 a.m. today, officers met Joshua P. Underwood at the Mirabito on Southside after Underwood called 911 and said, “I think I killed my friend,” the OPD reports. Underwood was taken to the station. Officers were sent to 229 Main St. where they…
AFTER 16 YEARS, MURDER CHARGED D.A. Says Former Goodyear Lake Man Killed Wife In Pennsylvania COOPERSTOWN – After 16 years, Casey James Callahan, 50, has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Elizabeth. Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl annouced a few minutes ago he believes that Callahan, a Unadilla native, originated the plan to kill his wife while they were living in Goodyear Lake. On Jan. 19, 2000, according to a press release, Callahan ran over Elizabeth…
Expert On Last Woman Hanged Speaks In Richfield Springs At 7 RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The Richfield Springs Historic Association will present a program on the The Druse Murder by Howard Greiner, author of “The Last Woman Hanged,” at 7 p.m. this evening at the museum on West Main Street. All are welcome. Greiner will recount the murder of William Druse of the Town of Warren by his wife Roxalana in a most unusual manner. Three years later she was the last…