NEW SUSPECT AT LARGE Suspect Free, 2nd At Large In Fatal Fire By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA Surveillance video taken the night of the Dec. 29 fire that killed former Oneonta firefighter John Heller shows another person, not Terrence Truitt, at the scene of the fatal fire. And so, District Attorney John Muehl directed that Truitt, 32, who was arrested Jan. 2 and charged with the fatal arson, be released Monday, Feb. 11, from Otsego County Jail. “We have the suspect…
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Walling Avenue fatal fire
IN MEMORIAM John D. Heller, 38, Died Saving Fiancé, 4 Nephews ONEONTA – John D. Heller, 38, of Oneonta, gave his life saving the love of his life and fiancé, Amber Roe and his four precious nephews on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. He was born Sept. 22, 1980, in Oneonta, the son of John R. and Gayle (Eggler) Heller. John graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 2000. He attended Herkimer Community College. John was a Life Skills supervisor at…