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00:00an unresponsive female you find a deceased female naked on a bed under a
00:04pile of clothes with a belt wrapped around her throat it's a very harrowing situation
00:11does she come into the bedroom yeah and that's when she sees you she didn't even see me when
00:15she came through that's when i grabbed her to know like your mother and your grandmother
00:21was murdered by their own belt it's heartbreaking absolutely heartbreaking
00:26is it weathered a little older like well what time i got done with it yeah
00:35the murder was such a shock to that community that i know of at least one family that that actually
00:41moved as a result of the incident it really weighs on you to make sure that you try to locate that
00:46suspect as soon as possible the possession of children's underwear in the vehicle is really
00:52really concerning he knows he's a monster he was just a scary looking individual who just had no
01:03emotion and really could care less of the heinous crimes that he just committed she's gone and gone
01:09violently and brutally and painfully the place i hold ill will is for those responsible for not
01:14heeding his warning
01:28after receiving reports of a deceased female discovered in a room on the premises
01:58We learn that from one of the caretakers, she's noticed some real aberrations.
02:02You know, lights were on that typically weren't on.
02:04There were candles burning.
02:05There were doors open, things like that.
02:06And as she's bending down, she puts her hand on the bed,
02:09and unfortunately at that point, feels a cold leg.
02:13We're arriving on scene.
02:15It was somewhat eerie because you're pulling into a property
02:18that's a little bit out of the way as far as the city goes.
02:22A hotel sits back on some land,
02:24so it could be a little bit eerie when you pull up.
02:28This is potentially somebody's mother, somebody's daughter,
02:33somebody's aunt, somebody's relative, friend.
02:37You know that you're walking into that,
02:39and then you know the recourse that that has on all those people.
02:45Police entered the crime scene, located in the main office of the motel.
02:51The room was in disarray.
02:54There were lights on.
02:55There were candles still burning.
02:56There were doors open.
02:57There were things thrown everywhere.
02:58Obviously, we didn't know, you know, the circumstances of it.
03:01It would appear that a struggle had ensued.
03:05Unfortunately, the victim was naked, on a bed, under a pile of clothes.
03:09She had a belt wrapped around her neck a couple of times,
03:11and her hands appeared to be tied behind her back.
03:13So certainly there appeared to be some sort of robbery
03:16and likely sexual motivation to be involved in this crime.
03:19The scene itself definitely showed that there was evidence that the victim had fought for her life.
03:28We were able to identify the victim in this case relatively quickly.
03:32She was confirmed as Linda Turner.
03:39Linda Turner was 68 years old, and she owned Davis Motel,
03:44but she also lived there.
03:46That was her residence as well.
03:49Linda Turner was a staple in the Utica community.
03:51She ran the Davis Motel flawlessly.
03:53She really had the desire to keep it as a family-run place,
03:56somewhere that people felt safe to come,
03:58somewhere people felt longing to come to Utica and really enjoy their stay,
04:01and we really appreciated her for that.
04:03The individuals that she had renting those rooms were very peaceful,
04:07very respectful.
04:08Everybody we ever spoke to had nothing but the most glowing things to say about her.
04:14This was very big news, especially because she was well-known.
04:18So the community was shocked,
04:19and they were even more shocked in the manner of death, how she died.
04:24It was very tragic.
04:26It could be your mother.
04:26It could be your loved one.
04:28They're in the safety of their home,
04:29and a stranger comes in and commits such a horrendous crime.
04:31It really strikes a chord, and everyone feels it.
04:34The murder was such a shock to that community in North Utica
04:37that I know of at least one family that actually moved as a result of the incident.
04:44Nobody ever wants to think of anyone dying that way.
04:49It was just brutal.
04:54The hardest day was going to the crime scene.
04:57To this day, I mean, I feel like I've really tried to grieve and process it well,
05:03but seeing her fingernails on the floor from fighting,
05:08seeing the dinner that she was trying to enjoy still sitting on the tray
05:11or knocked onto the floor.
05:13It's one thing to grieve the loss of a loved one,
05:20and it's never easy, even when unexpected.
05:24But when it is something so violent and so brutal
05:30and out of nowhere,
05:34it is a different level of processing grief.
05:37Sensing the terror that she went through,
05:42the last few minutes of her life was sheer terror,
05:45you know, and fighting for her life
05:46and the struggle and the, you know,
05:49there's no goodbyes.
05:52There's no, you know, prayers.
05:55There's no blessings.
05:55There's no priests.
05:56There's no, you know, last hug, last kiss.
05:59It's just she's gone
06:01and gone violently and brutally and painfully.
06:14Utica Police launch a full-scale murder investigation
06:17into the death of Linda Turner.
06:19For us, it's important that our crime scene unit,
06:23outside of the responding officers,
06:25are the first people to kind of enter the crime scene,
06:29secure the crime scene,
06:30kind of observe the crime scene,
06:32and then be able to escort the investigators
06:35into the crime scene
06:36so that we don't disturb any type of evidence.
06:39For our evidence technicians
06:41to be able to collect the evidence needed,
06:44especially when you're talking about DNA
06:46and physical evidence of that nature.
06:51We don't know what happened.
06:53You find a, unfortunately, deceased Linda Turner,
06:55naked on a bed under a pile of clothes
06:57with a belt wrapped around her throat.
06:59It's a very harrowing situation,
07:01and at that time,
07:02we have no idea who the suspect is.
07:04So at the time, 2011,
07:06the Davis Mortality had no surveillance, unfortunately.
07:08It's a very small place.
07:10You kind of know everybody
07:11or you have a really good familiarity
07:12of the people that stay there.
07:14A lot of the people are repeat tenants,
07:15so there really probably wasn't felt
07:17that surveillance video was needed at that location.
07:21There was some guests that were at the hotel.
07:23It's important,
07:24maybe not necessarily to call everybody a suspect,
07:26but everybody needs to be spoken with.
07:29Everyone needs to be vetted,
07:30and everyone needs to be cleared.
07:33There were three consecutive rooms
07:34that were being rented,
07:35number 10, number 11, and number 12.
07:37These individuals were from out of town.
07:38They were doing some work in the city,
07:39but they were not home
07:40at the time of the location of the body.
07:42The registered guests that we encountered
07:44were all spoken to,
07:46were all vetted,
07:47and were all ultimately cleared
07:49of any wrongdoing or being involved
07:51in this case by anything.
07:54There wasn't a whole lot of information
07:55to really kind of build upon at that time.
07:57There were no witnesses that ever came forward
07:59to say that they had heard any screaming,
08:01anything amiss.
08:02We really didn't know
08:03what had transpired up until that point.
08:06Ultimately, what really led to the break in this case
08:08was that her car was taken.
08:13Really early on in the investigation,
08:14we realized that the car was missing
08:16from the location, you know,
08:18and that's obviously from talking to people.
08:21It was obvious that the most probable reason
08:23was that the vehicle was stolen.
08:26With the motel not having surveillance
08:28on the property,
08:30kind of put us behind the eight ball a little bit,
08:31but we did have a witness
08:32saying that they saw the vehicle
08:34leaving the property.
08:35Individuals who often waved to Linda
08:38and beeped at her
08:39noticed the car pulling out
08:40in a very strange fashion.
08:41It was slow, it was meandering,
08:43the individual never acknowledged their presence,
08:45so that kind of felt an odd to them
08:46when we spoke to them later.
08:48So we put a file one
08:49in the New York State criminal justice system.
08:51A file one is a stolen vehicle report,
08:53so we put as much information as possible
08:55about that vehicle into it.
08:57So anybody that flags that car,
08:58runs that plate, pulls it over,
09:01will automatically know
09:02that that car was stolen
09:04and it's wanted in reference
09:06to a homicide investigation.
09:11What we did also is do safety checks
09:13of all the rooms on the property
09:15to see if there was any evidence
09:17in any of those rooms.
09:19While doing those checks,
09:21we did come across a room
09:22that had a key broken off
09:23into the door lock.
09:26When we went into the location,
09:28we found that some strange things,
09:29like the TV was on without volume.
09:31It appears that somebody's been living
09:35in one of these rooms
09:35and it doesn't appear
09:36that that person is a registered guest.
09:41We did locate a wallet,
09:43an ID in it,
09:44underneath the bed.
09:48Once we looked at the ID,
09:49a lot of red flags started to show.
09:51We had a pretty good indication
09:55that he would be
09:56our primary suspect in this case.
10:12Utica's a town of about 70,000 people.
10:15It's very diverse.
10:16We average between six and ten homicides
10:18of a variety of capacity,
10:19usually kind of street-level
10:21shooting-related homicides,
10:22but some stabbings,
10:23things like that,
10:23some domestics.
10:24A homicide of this nature
10:25is certainly an aberration.
10:27We don't often get
10:28stranger-on-stranger homicides
10:30in a situation
10:31where we locate the body later
10:32and the suspect is not on scene.
10:36So kind of the difficult part
10:37of the Davis Motel
10:38is that it's on Herkimer Road.
10:40Herkimer Road is a two-lane thoroughfare
10:42that's primarily commercial traffic
10:44traversing from one side of the city
10:46to Herkimer County
10:46and it's often very backed up with traffic.
10:49So in an emergency response,
10:51it takes quite a bit of time
10:52just due to the nature of the traffic
10:53and the fact that
10:54we can't really get around too easily.
10:57Every murder is horrendous
10:59in its own nature, right?
11:00But a lot of the murders we see
11:01are kind of street-level killings
11:03over various disputes
11:04and things of that nature.
11:05When you have a case such as this,
11:06it really resonates.
11:08It resonates with the investigators.
11:09It resonates with the forensic individuals
11:11who spend a lot of time
11:12at the crime scene.
11:13And most importantly,
11:14it certainly resonates with the family.
11:15We had a very close relationship.
11:27You know, she was always willing
11:29to have me with her
11:29no matter what we were doing.
11:31She was great about teaching me responsibility
11:33and, you know,
11:34letting me run her cash drawer
11:36and check people in at the motel.
11:38To this day,
11:39I can't make a bed without sharp corners
11:41and, you know,
11:42fold my laundry to a T.
11:44But she also was the first one
11:45to, you know,
11:46teach me how to hustle a game of pool
11:47and throw darts.
11:49So, yes, she was my grandmother,
11:50but she was my friend.
11:58Her nickname was Hats.
11:59She had a variety of hats
12:00and she wore them all the time
12:01from what we understand
12:02from ball caps to fedoras
12:03to cowboy hats.
12:04It was really kind of her thing
12:05to wear a hat wherever she went.
12:06She loved adventuring the outdoors.
12:11She loved gardening
12:12and planting her flowers.
12:13She loved her motel.
12:15I mean, it was a one-woman show.
12:18She cleaned the rooms by hand,
12:20made all the beds.
12:21She did all the laundry by hand.
12:22It was all wine dried.
12:23She took very great pride
12:25in how she ran the place,
12:27the cleanliness,
12:28the decorations,
12:29down to every lamp
12:31and painting in the place
12:32was her.
12:36She had the motel
12:37before I was born.
12:38It was part of the family
12:39and my dad had spent time
12:40down there.
12:41She had help from her sister,
12:42Barbara,
12:43and her mother would come down
12:44and she was there
12:45for about 30,
12:48almost 35 years.
12:50The whole property,
12:51it was a beautiful wooded,
12:53I mean,
12:53something you would imagine
12:55that in the 50s
12:56you'd see people out lounging
12:57and under the pine trees
12:58and there was, you know,
12:59swing sets for the kids
13:00and little barbecue areas.
13:03It was a place where,
13:04you know,
13:04it was our family's place.
13:06It wasn't just the motel,
13:07you know,
13:07the dogs of the family.
13:08We had the cemetery
13:09for the dogs in the back
13:11and it's a place
13:12that I loved enough.
13:13I mean,
13:13I have the motel sign
13:16tattooed on my arm
13:16because it's such a big part
13:18of my life.
13:26We spoke to numerous people
13:28that either stayed at the hotel
13:29or are currently staying
13:30at the time
13:30and at no point
13:31did Linda really ever
13:32have any concerns
13:34for her safety.
13:34She kind of just ran
13:35the place on her own,
13:36took care of everything
13:37on her own
13:37and really felt at home there.
13:38So it's really tragic
13:39that this happened to her
13:40in the place
13:41that she felt most safe.
13:45The name on the ID
13:46found in room 17
13:48at Linda's motel
13:49is Robert Blaney,
13:51a dangerous individual
13:52with a violent past.
13:53He was a registered sex offender.
13:57He was on New York state parole
14:00for crimes that he had
14:01previously committed
14:02and was also actively wanted
14:04with a parole warrant
14:06for violating the parole
14:08and his conditions
14:09that he was on release for.
14:11Robert Blaney had actually
14:13only been out of prison
14:15for two years
14:17after serving 20 years
14:19for two accounts of rape
14:21on some older women
14:22and also attempted rape
14:24on an eight-year-old girl.
14:27Certainly in a parole status,
14:28you have regular check-ins
14:29with your parole officer.
14:31However,
14:31when you are on
14:32a sex offender status,
14:33we also internally
14:34at the Utica Police Department
14:35have a sex offender unit,
14:36especially what level you are.
14:38You have to make
14:38regular check-ins
14:39with respect to your location,
14:41your new address,
14:42any updated photos,
14:43anything of that nature
14:43that really we do
14:45in an effort
14:45to keep the community safe.
14:47But Blaney was having difficulty
14:49reintegrating into society.
14:52So we know that he was
14:53a caretaker
14:54at a local cemetery
14:55called St. Joseph's Cemetery.
14:56He wasn't really
14:57doing a great job there.
14:58We know he had some problems
14:59with his bosses
15:00and certainly as a result
15:01was having some problems
15:02in the community
15:03and thus went
15:04on an absconding
15:04role on parole.
15:07With the locating
15:08of the ID
15:10of Mr. Blaney
15:11with his history,
15:13with his active warrant,
15:14it gave us
15:16a solid prime suspect
15:17in this case.
15:19The victim's vehicle
15:22is gone
15:22and he's gone.
15:23So we had to rely
15:24on police officers
15:25and community members
15:26to help us locate
15:28the vehicle
15:28and hopefully locate
15:30the vehicle
15:30with the suspect
15:31with it.
15:33So we put up
15:34what's called a BOLO,
15:35a be on the lookout
15:35for Robert Blaney.
15:37So initially,
15:38a photograph was circulated
15:39with respect to
15:39his wanted status
15:40for being a parole abscounter.
15:42This photograph showed him
15:43to be a relatively
15:44clean-cut individual.
15:45Obviously,
15:45that was put out nationwide
15:46as we did not know
15:47where he could be.
15:48He was in a vehicle
15:49that was not his.
15:50We knew he was trying
15:51to flee.
15:51So as far of a net
15:52as we could cast,
15:53we tried to locate him.
15:55It really weighs on you
15:56to make sure
15:57that you try to locate
15:58that suspect
15:58as soon as possible,
15:59particularly in this case
16:01where the horrific nature
16:02of the crimes
16:02that were committed
16:03was definitely somebody
16:04that could re-offend
16:05really quickly
16:07to satisfy an urge.
16:08He was a very dangerous
16:10individual,
16:11an individual that at no point
16:12do we want running
16:13the streets,
16:13especially on absconding
16:15on a parole status.
16:17As far as movements
16:18for Mr. Blaney,
16:19we really didn't have
16:20anything solid to go on.
16:21There was not an easy pass
16:22for the vehicle.
16:25We did not have any
16:26plate reader hits
16:26or anything
16:27to kind of help us
16:28kind of track
16:29where this vehicle
16:29may have gone,
16:30believing that Mr. Blaney
16:31was driving it.
16:32I think it's probably
16:34fair to say
16:34that you had a
16:35Nationwide manhunt
16:35happening because
16:36we didn't know
16:38where he was
16:38and ultimately
16:39was located
16:39outside the state.
16:41In the neighboring
16:42state of Pennsylvania,
16:43a state trooper
16:44is preparing
16:45to conduct
16:46a traffic stop.
16:47I was a patrol trooper
16:50assigned in
16:51Lycoming County
16:52that night
16:53and I was just
16:53running routine patrol.
16:55Saw a vehicle
16:56in front of me
16:57and did not use
16:59his turn signal.
17:00So I started
17:00following him.
17:01The vehicle
17:02started crossing
17:03over the fog line,
17:04the center median line
17:06and I ran the tag
17:08presumably thinking
17:10it potentially
17:10could have been
17:11a DUI
17:12driving under
17:12the influence arrest.
17:14So when the tag
17:15came back,
17:16it came back
17:17and it said
17:17that the vehicle
17:18had been stolen
17:19and in the notes
17:21of that hit
17:22that came back
17:23from New York State,
17:24it said that the vehicle
17:25was wanted
17:25in conjunction
17:26with a possible homicide.
17:28So at that point
17:30I got on the radio
17:31and ascertained
17:34where the next available
17:34or nearest unit
17:35to me would be
17:36so we could conduct
17:37a felony stop
17:37on the vehicle.
17:40The search
17:41wouldn't just reveal
17:42more incriminating evidence,
17:44it would expose
17:44a dangerous predator.
17:46The Pennsylvania State Police
17:54called and said,
17:55hey, we have this vehicle,
17:57we have eyes on it,
17:58there's an individual in it,
17:59would you like him?
18:00At that point,
18:01obviously we gave
18:02an affirmative
18:02that we would like
18:03to talk to him.
18:03They approached the vehicle
18:04and located Mr. Blaney
18:06occupying the vehicle
18:07of Linda Turner.
18:09Trooper Matt McDermott
18:11and myself went up
18:12to the driver's side
18:13of the vehicle
18:13and then Trooper
18:14Paul McGee
18:15went up to the passenger
18:16side of the vehicle
18:17and ordered Mr. Blaney
18:18out of the vehicle,
18:20making sure that we could
18:21see his hands
18:21the entire time
18:22we were doing the stop.
18:24We ended up taking him
18:25back to the back
18:26of the vehicle,
18:27we did a pat-down
18:28search on him.
18:30When doing a search,
18:31he had women's underwear
18:32in his sweatpants,
18:34pant leg.
18:35So we collected those
18:37and then ultimately
18:38put him into handcuffs.
18:40Then he was placed
18:41in the back of my car
18:42to be transported back
18:43to the PSP Montoursville
18:45barracks.
18:48From where the traffic
18:49stop occurred
18:50to the barracks
18:50was only a five-minute drive.
18:53So we had a very short
18:54conversation
18:55in the back
18:56of my patrol car,
18:57which at that point
18:58he said,
18:59you know,
18:59my time's up,
19:01Utica's going to be
19:01looking for me.
19:03I committed a rape,
19:05he said,
19:05about a week ago
19:06up in New York State.
19:11That was his attitude
19:12from the get-go.
19:12I think he realized
19:14that he had reached
19:15the pinnacle
19:15of horrible behavior
19:17and knew that
19:18his life,
19:20his free life
19:21was no longer
19:22going to be his.
19:24I mean,
19:24he wasn't hostile,
19:25aggressive,
19:26or anything like that.
19:27I'd say,
19:27if anything,
19:28he was just sort of
19:29emotionless, I guess.
19:30He really didn't have
19:31any emotions.
19:33He wasn't,
19:33you know,
19:34worked up
19:35that he was
19:35being arrested
19:36or angry.
19:38He wasn't trying
19:39to fight
19:39or anything
19:40of that nature.
19:42Once the suspect
19:43was located
19:44and we were able
19:45to obtain
19:45a photograph
19:46of him,
19:47it was obvious
19:48that his appearance
19:49had changed
19:50from what we
19:52were looking at
19:53as a parole photo
19:55to where his hair
19:56was grown out,
19:57he had facial hair,
19:58a little bit more
19:59disheveled.
20:00The pictures were
20:00very off
20:02of his appearance
20:03and could be deceiving
20:04as far as
20:05an attempting
20:06to locate him.
20:08We'd actually
20:09sent tattoo photos
20:10to his parole agent
20:11and they positively
20:12identified him
20:13through a tattoo
20:13as well.
20:15So it posed
20:15a little bit
20:16of a challenge
20:16but we were able
20:17to make a positive
20:18confirm that this
20:19was Robert Blaney.
20:22He was arrested
20:23here for arrest
20:24prior to requisition
20:25charge,
20:26which is basically
20:26a fugitive from
20:27justice charge
20:28that we use.
20:29And it was on the
20:29parole,
20:30the fact that he
20:30was wanted for parole.
20:31So he wasn't charged
20:32with any crime
20:33associated with
20:34the homicide
20:35or the sexual assault
20:36in Pennsylvania
20:36or in New York
20:37at that point.
20:39While Blaney is held
20:41at the Pennsylvania
20:41State Police Barracks,
20:43a more thorough search
20:44of Linda Turner's vehicle
20:46is conducted.
20:48While we were looking
20:49through the vehicle
20:50inside the driver's
20:52side door console,
20:53there was additional
20:54women's underwear
20:55located in that door.
20:57And then also
20:58in the glove box,
20:58there was also
20:59women's underwear
21:00in there.
21:01On top of the
21:05women's underwear,
21:06he had some
21:06children's underwear
21:07in the vehicle.
21:08We don't know
21:08where that came from,
21:09but to have the
21:10possession of
21:11children's underwear
21:12in the vehicle
21:12is really,
21:13really concerning.
21:14For someone who
21:15is willing to
21:16perpetrate the crime
21:16we're speaking about,
21:17as well as perpetrate
21:18the crimes that we
21:19know he had committed,
21:20which placed them
21:20on parole in the
21:21first place,
21:21you have to wonder
21:22whether there's
21:22other victims.
21:23We did what we
21:26could to put out
21:27information to the
21:28law enforcement
21:28communities,
21:29and we never got
21:30any returns or
21:32any information
21:32from any other
21:33departments that may
21:35have had a similar
21:36case.
21:37I think it's a great
21:38possibility that there
21:39are other victims out
21:40there that haven't been
21:41identified or are
21:42scared to come forward
21:43with information that
21:45are associated with
21:46crimes committed
21:47against them.
21:47We sent two
21:56investigators,
21:57at that time
21:58Investigator Edward
21:58Smith and
21:59Investigator Stanley
22:00Fernald to
22:01Pennsylvania to
22:02interview Mr.
22:02Blaney.
22:10Hi, Robert.
22:12Hi, Robert.
22:13Investigator Smith here.
22:14That's Investigator
22:15Fernald.
22:16I know, Rob.
22:16We're from the
22:19Utica police?
22:21Yeah.
22:21I guess you were
22:22expecting us at one
22:23point?
22:25Yeah.
22:27So we come down
22:27here to talk to you
22:29about the incident
22:31and take you from
22:33there.
22:34Yeah, whatever.
22:35I'll do whatever
22:35you gotta do.
22:37I don't care no more.
22:38Just do what you
22:38gotta do.
22:40Rob, what do you
22:40prefer to be called?
22:41Robert, Rob?
22:43It doesn't matter.
22:44I just see your
22:45come back.
22:47I really don't care.
22:48All right, well,
22:48just be aware
22:49the conversation
22:51is recorded.
22:53Yeah.
22:53Audio and video.
22:54You're okay with that?
22:55Yeah.
22:55Okay.
22:57Can you
22:58give us a little
22:59information on what
23:00happened over at the
23:01Davis Motel?
23:01Yeah.
23:03Great woman.
23:05Just like that?
23:06Just like that.
23:11Yeah,
23:12that's all.
23:15I'm going to be miserable.
23:19Somebody else is going to be
23:20miserable with me.
23:31Is there any way you can
23:40back us up a little bit
23:41and tell us how you
23:41started this with her?
23:43It's a straight rape.
23:54That's it.
23:54Whatever else you want to put
23:55in there, go ahead.
23:56It's just, that's just the way it is.
23:58We're just hoping to get some
23:59details in love to her.
24:05Ultimately, what we see here
24:06in this person is the evil and the
24:08coldness in him basically doesn't care.
24:10that makes it even harder
24:13for a victim's family to deal
24:15with knowing that this type of
24:17person exists and that the last
24:19person their loved one was
24:20encountered with was this person.
24:23Robert was just very matter of
24:26fact.
24:27He seemed to have given up on
24:29himself.
24:30And I think this might stem from
24:32his childhood.
24:33Since he did have a hard
24:34childhood, he was the victim of
24:36physical and emotional abuse.
24:39He even said in his own
24:40words, he felt like a throwaway.
24:43He felt like his parents didn't
24:44want him.
24:45So he had a very rough start in
24:48his childhood.
24:49And it's not an excuse because a
24:52lot of people have a bad
24:53childhood.
24:53It doesn't mean you can go out and
24:55rape and, you know, do whatever
24:56it is that you want.
24:58That doesn't give you the right.
24:59But when people feel like they're
25:01throwaways, it's hard to make them
25:05want to be a better person.
25:07And I don't know if he ever wanted to
25:10be a better person.
25:11I think he knew who he was and he
25:14stuck with that.
25:17Let me ask you this.
25:19Why did you run for parole in the
25:20first place?
25:21What started all this?
25:22Because my, well, my ex-friend Randy
25:26has got everything going on for
25:28himself right now.
25:32I'm thinking, oh, that's never going to
25:33happen for me.
25:34You know, he's got a nice apartment,
25:36nice vehicle, he's got a girlfriend
25:37now and he's got his odd jobs that he
25:38does.
25:39He's got a good life.
25:42And you talk to him, he'll tell you,
25:44yeah, a couple of months ago I told him
25:46my life sucks.
25:47Actually, two or three months ago I told
25:48him, I think.
25:49He said, what do you mean by that?
25:51I said, listen, you got a vehicle,
25:54you got a girlfriend, you got a nice
25:56apartment, what the hell more could
26:00you want, you know, and you got all
26:01these odd jobs lined up, you're doing
26:02good.
26:04He says, well, give a time, it'll
26:05happen to you.
26:06I said, Randy, it's not going to happen
26:07for me, trust me.
26:08He said, no, it'll happen.
26:09I said, it's not going to happen for
26:11me.
26:12Oh, well.
26:14And it didn't, so.
26:15Because he was so jealous of another
26:20parolee, he abandoned the life that he
26:24tried so hard to create, recreate for
26:27those two years, and went on the run.
26:32He was actually living in an abandoned
26:34house in the basement, but in the
26:37community, the kids would hang out
26:39there and they kept daring each other to
26:41go downstairs.
26:42So he knew it was only a matter of time
26:45before somebody brought a flashlight and
26:47they found him.
26:48So everything that he had on him, his
26:50sweatpants, his boots, everything, and
26:54all the other clothes was all from that
26:56abandoned house.
26:57And that's what he had with him.
27:00He had heard police sirens, whether it
27:03was an emergency from an ambulance or
27:05maybe a police siren, but he actually
27:07tried to commit suicide.
27:08He wrapped the rope around his neck and
27:10the tree actually, the branch had broke.
27:13So he wasn't able to successfully commit
27:14suicide.
27:15But that kind of gives you a mindset of
27:17how he lived.
27:19I guess he was always looking over his
27:20shoulder, worried about what was coming
27:22up next as he was absconding from
27:24parole.
27:25He knew there was a good likelihood that
27:26he was going back to prison for a very
27:27long time if he was ever found.
27:29That was Halloween night, actually.
27:33And when that failed, that is when he went
27:36to the Davis Motel and started pulling on
27:39doors and found one that was open.
27:45He was trying to find a place to stay.
27:48He said, you know, during the day he would
27:50allow himself to watch TV at night.
27:53Everything was off in the room.
27:55He kept all of his belongings under the bed
27:57in case anyone ever came in.
27:59He was always ready to dive under the bed
28:01because he would hear voices going up
28:04and down the hall.
28:08He just felt like his time was running
28:10out and he was looking for money.
28:13So he figured the office probably has
28:17money.
28:17Did you knock or was the door open?
28:22I think she thinks she locked it all the way.
28:25When she pulled it, it didn't latch.
28:30I just pushed on it.
28:32I just pushed on it and it opened up.
28:34I was actually surprised that it opened up.
28:39So what happens at this point?
28:41Well, at this point, I'm making haste.
28:44I'm going in there.
28:46I said, I got to get money.
28:46I got to get money.
28:47I got to get money.
28:47I went in there looking for them little
28:49freaking green things with the zipper on them.
28:52Little money bags.
28:53Yeah.
28:54When you pushed the door open,
28:56where is she?
28:58She was out showing somebody a room.
29:01Oh, so she wasn't even in there.
29:03No, she wasn't in there.
29:04That's why the door was unlocked.
29:07Yeah, she came in the house and scared the
29:08out of me, so I had nowhere else to go.
29:12I couldn't go back towards the door because
29:13I said, me, she opens that door,
29:15she'll, I'm going to be right there.
29:17So I went to the darkest place in the house.
29:19Okay, and where was that?
29:21Right around the corner.
29:23I raped her in the bedroom or whatever.
29:28He had hidden behind a, what I would call
29:30like a room divider.
29:31It was like an accordion, plastic type door.
29:34And Linda Turner actually had a phone call.
29:36And that's when he took the opportunity
29:38to surprise her and come out
29:40from behind the partition
29:42that he was hiding behind.
29:44Does she come into the bedroom?
29:45Yeah, that's what.
29:46And that's when she sees you?
29:47She didn't even see me.
29:48When she came through,
29:49that's when I grabbed her.
29:59Now, when you grabbed her,
30:01how did you grab her?
30:02Around the throat.
30:03Did you grab her with your hands?
30:04No, I had a piece of rope.
30:06It was maybe...
30:07What, two foot long, three foot long?
30:11Actually, it might have been a little longer than that.
30:14What color was it?
30:15White.
30:16White.
30:16Well, it was kind of dirty at the time.
30:18I was going to say,
30:19was it a little bit gray?
30:21Yeah, that's more the color it was.
30:24Check it, you'll probably find
30:25some of my skin in there, too.
30:26Was it weathered?
30:27A little older, like?
30:30Well, by the time I got done with it, yeah.
30:31But the tree episode, probably, it, yeah.
30:37So getting back, when you grabbed her,
30:39did you put it around her chest?
30:40Did you get it right around the neck right away?
30:42Well, it was kind of like more around,
30:44I was trying for the neck right away, yes.
30:47But I got, like, here.
30:49Scuffle probably lasted 10,
30:515, 10 minutes, maybe.
30:545 or 10 minutes?
30:56Really?
30:56That long?
30:57Yeah, it was a good look out
30:59that didn't have full force on the rope.
31:02It was just enough to...
31:04All right.
31:06To, uh, take the fight out of her, so to speak.
31:10Is that all that was around her neck?
31:13No.
31:13Because you never mentioned anything else.
31:16Yeah, I was waiting for you to tell us.
31:19You think I'm an idiot?
31:20No, no, no.
31:20Well, I mean, it doesn't matter.
31:21I mean, I don't care what you think of me.
31:22I really don't.
31:23Yeah, I actually had to take the felt out of it,
31:28move some of the pants.
31:29Okay, that's where that came from.
31:30Yeah.
31:30All right.
31:31Yeah.
31:33So, when did you know that you were going to rape her?
31:40That was the split-second decision.
31:42That was nothing that was planned.
31:44I'm asking you.
31:45No, I know, I know, I know.
31:47Like I said, when she was in there,
31:48I'm looking for an out.
31:50I don't...
31:51Can't get the money.
31:51I'm looking for an out.
31:52He was just asking.
31:54Yeah, I know, I did.
31:55I know, I know.
31:55I had no chance of doing that, man.
31:57Fighting with us.
31:59Yeah, come on.
31:59I just...
32:00I said, well, well...
32:04I'm already going back anyway, so...
32:06I'm screwed.
32:07What the hell?
32:08Let's point blank cut and drive it.
32:11Mm-hmm.
32:11Mr. Blaney admitted with very flat effect,
32:24with no emotion,
32:25with not a care in the world,
32:26that he, in fact, had committed the crime.
32:28Didn't care that we had him in custody.
32:30Just a really, really bad and cold individual.
32:33It actually came out that after assaulting two women
32:41and trying to assault an eight-year-old girl,
32:44he didn't even serve his full sentence.
32:47They let him out early for good behavior.
32:49During his parole hearing,
32:51he told them that he was going to hurt somebody
32:55and that he should stay there
32:57because he's broken
32:59and he doesn't want to hurt anybody,
33:00but he's going to do it.
33:01He said himself,
33:02society is safer with me in prison.
33:05And if that isn't enough to keep him in there,
33:07I'm not sure what else could be done.
33:11I say, how can I put this?
33:15It's like reverse.
33:17It's like in prison,
33:19I did 20 years,
33:21two misbehavior reports in 20 years.
33:24Okay?
33:25It's like I can live in there
33:26a lot better than I can out here.
33:27Out here, I got two counseling sessions a week
33:32or a month that I have to go to.
33:34I have to report to detectives.
33:37I don't know once every three months or two months
33:40or whatever it is for the registry purposes.
33:42I had a bunch of s**t that Monday through Friday,
33:47I was always busy.
33:47I was always going somewhere,
33:48always doing something.
33:50So now I get to go back
33:51and I got all the time in the world for myself.
33:53I ain't got to worry about nothing.
33:55I mean, I tried living.
33:56I can't live out here.
33:57This is living proof.
34:01There's no way I can make it out here.
34:02No way.
34:06Perpetrators like this,
34:07they don't change their patterns.
34:11And it happens time and time again.
34:13We've seen this in so many other cases.
34:16They get out,
34:17they re-offend.
34:19And even in this case,
34:20and a lot of other ones,
34:22then they escalate.
34:23He had never murdered anyone before.
34:26Now it's escalated to murder.
34:27What did you throw them?
34:31Who was that?
34:33Mostly to get them up off the floor
34:34so I wouldn't shipwole them again,
34:35of course.
34:36And then, like I said,
34:37the only reason was
34:38in case she got cold.
34:40I'm not going to put her clothes back on.
34:42So,
34:42I'm trying to get the hell out of her.
34:43Listen,
34:44you make me understand this.
34:46You just
34:47broke into the girl's house.
34:50You robbed her.
34:51You raped her.
34:52You tell me you're worried
34:53if she's going to get cold or not.
34:54Yeah, pretty much.
35:04Rob,
35:04I think you know that
35:06she was lifeless when you left.
35:08And I think that's why
35:09you put the clothes on her.
35:12No.
35:16Huh?
35:18Stomach was going up and down.
35:20What do you mean?
35:22Could be your last arrest.
35:24There was enough room
35:26you could put your pinky.
35:27I could put my pinky up in between there.
35:29So, there was enough room.
35:30But still being rough like that.
35:32Because it looked rough.
35:34I'm giving it to you straight.
35:35Well, yeah, I know.
35:35You want it straight?
35:36I'm giving it to you straight.
35:37And that belt was wrapped around her
35:39and it was wrapped around her tight
35:41and it was wrapped around her hair.
35:44And that's...
35:44that's good enough for me.
35:47Okay, that's what you say.
35:48I mean...
35:49I'm just saying.
35:49I know, I know, I know.
35:50You were straight with me
35:51and I want to be straight with you.
35:52You were as in you, that's why.
35:53Yeah.
35:54I don't have a problem with that.
35:55Okay.
35:56That's good enough to leave it at that.
35:59It's not one of those situations
36:00where, you know,
36:01somebody made a poor decision
36:02to drive drunk and killed somebody
36:04and they regret this decision
36:05for the rest of their life.
36:06This is somebody who
36:07knew what they were doing,
36:09who calculated what they were doing,
36:10did what they did,
36:12know they did it,
36:12and just don't care.
36:13or if they do,
36:15they don't know how to offer
36:16any condolences
36:18or sympathies
36:19or remorse.
36:22I can't...
36:23I don't know...
36:24I don't know what else to say.
36:25All right, hang loose
36:26to these troopers
36:27that come in again here
36:28and they're going to take you out.
36:30You're welcome.
36:32It's hard for me
36:33to even say thank you.
36:34Believe me.
36:34I don't know.
37:04Robert Blaney's confession
37:05to the murder of Linda Turner
37:07in the Davis Motel.
37:09Preparations are made
37:10for Robert Blaney
37:11to be extradited back
37:13to Oneida County
37:13to face the consequences
37:15for his heinous actions.
37:18In order for him
37:19to be charged in county court,
37:21it had to go by way
37:22of a grand jury indictment.
37:24So we had to bring forth evidence
37:25to the grand jury
37:26to prove the case.
37:29And so when you're getting
37:30a case prepared for grand jury,
37:32you're looking for
37:33what evidence do we have?
37:35Certainly the confession helped,
37:38but we could go beyond that.
37:41So there are some
37:41really crucial pieces of evidence
37:43that we located
37:44within the crime scene.
37:45Certainly the belt
37:46that we tested for DNA,
37:47you know, the ropes,
37:48things of that nature,
37:49things he may have touched,
37:50fingerprints of that nature.
37:51However, one really crucial
37:53piece of evidence
37:53was the sex assault kit
37:54that was performed
37:55on the deceased individual
37:56that had the DNA
37:58of Mr. Blaney on it.
37:59We believed it was going to be
38:01a very strong case
38:02regardless of the confession.
38:04So in this instance,
38:06if there's other charges
38:07that follow the indictment,
38:09unless they plead
38:10to the entire indictment,
38:12we recommend what we feel
38:13the sentence should be
38:14and what would be appropriate.
38:16In this case,
38:17murder in the first degree
38:19carried with it
38:19a sentence of life
38:20without the possibility
38:21of parole.
38:22And so that was
38:24our position was
38:24if he wants to admit to that,
38:26fine, we'll let him do that.
38:28But otherwise,
38:29we will prove the case
38:30because we believe
38:31the sentence should be
38:32life without parole.
38:33And the judge agreed with us.
38:36I told you what
38:37the sentence is going to be.
38:39I'm glad you're not getting out.
38:40Do you understand that?
38:41Let's do it.
38:41All right.
38:42Anybody else promise you
38:43anything to get you
38:44to plead guilty?
38:45Anyone threaten you
38:46to get you to plead guilty?
38:46No.
38:47So you're ending this plea
38:48here this morning
38:49voluntarily?
38:49Yes, sir.
38:50He knew he was
38:52such a danger
38:53that even facing
38:54life without parole,
38:55his response is
38:57bring it on.
38:58He was more comfortable
39:00in the system
39:03and being incarcerated
39:04where he was
39:06not only not a danger
39:07to others,
39:07but to himself.
39:14Mr. Blaney,
39:15when this happened,
39:16you were on a parole,
39:17correct?
39:18Yep.
39:18That was for another rape,
39:19right?
39:20Yep.
39:20You've had how many
39:21rapes in the past?
39:22Eh, too many.
39:24I'm sorry?
39:25Too many.
39:26Too many.
39:27Sort of can't help
39:28yourself,
39:29is that right?
39:31Did in fact,
39:32the last time you were
39:33released,
39:33did you tell
39:34parole or someone
39:36that they shouldn't
39:37let you out?
39:39Yep.
39:41All right.
39:42You're satisfied?
39:43Yeah.
39:44All right.
39:44How do you plead then,
39:45Mr. Blaney,
39:46to the first count murder
39:47in the first degree
39:47guilty or not guilty?
39:49No.
39:49Mr. McNamore,
39:50that's free to satisfy
39:51all counsel.
39:52The indictment
39:52would be satisfied
39:53with the understanding
39:55he would be sentenced
39:56to life imprisonment
39:57without parole.
39:57Yes, you're right.
40:00A young kid,
40:02another woman,
40:04and now Linda Turner
40:04were brutally violated
40:06at the hands
40:06of Robert Blaney.
40:07No amount of time
40:08in prison is enough
40:08for him.
40:10There's a chill
40:11in the air here,
40:11Mr. Blaney.
40:12You're the coldest
40:12person I've ever seen
40:13in this courtroom.
40:14Thank you, boy.
40:15A compliment.
40:16A compliment?
40:17You think that's
40:17a compliment?
40:18That didn't mean
40:19it to be a compliment.
40:20Dr. Edward.
40:20Okay, we'll see you
40:21on the 16th floor.
40:22Thank you, Rob.
40:23Robert Blaney was convicted
40:42of murder in the first degree
40:44for the murder
40:44of Linda Turner
40:46and was sentenced
40:47to life imprisonment
40:49without the possibility
40:50of parole.
40:51This sentence
40:52was the max,
40:53the maximum sentence
40:54that's allowed
40:55in New York State.
40:56So we couldn't
40:57have gotten more time
40:58even if we had a trial.
41:04I grew up in that area.
41:05I know that area
41:07very well.
41:08And I do recall
41:09seeing a picture
41:11of Mr. Blaney
41:12as a parole absconder.
41:15And again,
41:15the picture that they had
41:17was not up to date.
41:19And so that sticks with me.
41:21And I think that's
41:22something that I think
41:24this community
41:25and parole learned
41:26from this
41:27is to ensure
41:28that they are quick
41:29with alerting
41:30the community
41:32if they do lose sight
41:34or they do have
41:35an absconder on parole
41:36and they get that out
41:38to the community
41:38and that they have
41:39an updated picture
41:40so that we can try
41:41to bring that person
41:43to justice.
41:43It took me
41:48quite some time
41:49and I've
41:49come to terms
41:51with pretty much
41:52everything
41:53to the point where
41:53I really don't
41:55hold any animosity
41:56or anger
41:58or hatred
41:58or ill will
41:59towards Blaney.
42:01It's a name
42:01that is etched
42:02in my mind.
42:04I almost feel
42:05sympathy for him.
42:06Somebody who
42:07recognized their danger,
42:10who alerted
42:11the people
42:11that needed
42:11to be alerted
42:12that he was a danger
42:13and was put
42:16in a position
42:17to take a life
42:18and now has
42:20to live with that
42:21when he knew
42:22he didn't want to,
42:23when he knew
42:24it was a real threat
42:25and it's unfortunate
42:27and the place
42:29I hold ill will
42:30is for those
42:31responsible
42:31for not heeding
42:32his warning.
42:42is for those
42:43that he was a danger
42:47and the place
42:47was to live with that
42:49and have to be
42:49standing.
42:50I'm going to
42:50to go to the
42:51house
42:52and to make
42:52a life
42:52and I'll
42:53be at it.
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