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00:00The Utica Police Department arrived to the Davis Motel regarding an unresponsive female.
00:07You find a deceased female naked on a bed under a pile of clothes with a belt wrapped around her
00:11throat. It's a very harrowing situation. Does she come into the bedroom? Yeah. And that's when she
00:18sees you? She didn't even see me. When she came through, that's when I grabbed her. To know like
00:23your mother and your grandmother was murdered by their own belt. It's heartbreaking. Absolutely
00:31heartbreaking. Was it weathered? A little older like? Well, what time I got done with it? Yeah.
00:40The murder was such a shock to that community that I know of at least one family that that actually
00:46moved as a result of the incident. It really weighs on you to make sure that you try to locate that
00:51suspect as soon as possible. The possession of children's underwear in the vehicle is really,
00:57really concerning. He knows he's a monster. He was just a scary looking individual who just had no
01:08emotion and really could care less of the heinous crimes that he just committed. She's gone and gone
01:14violently and brutally and painfully. The place I hold ill will is for those responsible for not
01:19heeding his warning.
01:22On November 3rd, 2011, police respond to a
01:52motel in Utica, New York after receiving reports of a deceased female discovered in a room on the
01:58premises.
02:03We learned that from one of the caretakers, she noticed some real aberrations. You know,
02:07lights were on that typically weren't on. There were candles burning. There were doors open,
02:10things like that. And as she's bending down, she puts her hand on the bed and unfortunately at that
02:14point feels a cold leg. We're arriving on scene. It was somewhat eerie because you're pulling into
02:22a property that's a little bit out of the way as far as the city goes. A hotel sits back on some land,
02:29so it could be a little bit eerie when you pull up. This is potentially somebody's mother, somebody's
02:38daughter, somebody's aunt, somebody's relative, friend. You know that you're walking into that and
02:44then you know the recourse that that has on all those people.
02:50Police entered the crime scene, located in the main office of the motel.
02:55The room was in disarray. There were lights on. There were candles still burning. There were doors
03:02open. There were things thrown everywhere. Obviously, we didn't know, you know, the circumstances
03:05of it. It would appear that a struggle had ensued. Unfortunately, the victim was naked on a bed under a
03:13pie of clothes. She had a belt wrapped around her neck a couple of times and her hands appeared to be
03:17tied behind her back. So certainly there appeared to be some sort of robbery and likely sexual motivation
03:22to be involved in this crime. The scene itself definitely showed that there was evidence that
03:29the victim had fought for her life. We were able to identify the victim in this case relatively quickly.
03:37She was confirmed as Linda Turner. Linda Turner was 68 years old and she owned Davis Motel,
03:49but she also lived there. That was her residence as well.
03:54Linda Turner was a staple in the Utica community. She ran the Davis Motel flawlessly. She really had
03:59the desire to keep it as a family-run place, somewhere that people felt safe to come,
04:03somewhere people felt longing to come to Utica and really enjoy their stay. And we really appreciated her
04:07for that. The individuals that she had renting those rooms were very peaceful, very respectful.
04:13Everybody we ever spoke to had nothing but the most glowing things to say about her.
04:17This was very big news, especially because she was well-known. So the community was shocked and
04:25they were even more shocked in the manner of death, how she died. It was very tragic.
04:31It could be your mother. It could be your loved one. They're in the safety of their home and a
04:34stranger comes in and commits such a horrendous crime. It really strikes the court and everyone
04:38feels it.
04:38The murder was such a shock to that community in North Utica that I know of at least one family
04:45that actually moved as a result of the incident.
04:49Nobody ever wants to think of anyone dying that way. It was just brutal.
04:56The hardest day was going to the crime scene. To this day, I mean, I feel like I've really
05:07tried to grieve and process it well, but seeing her fingernails on the floor from fighting,
05:13seeing the dinner that she was trying to enjoy still sitting on the tray or knocked onto the
05:17floor. It's one thing to grieve the loss of a loved one, and it's never easy, even when
05:28unexpected. But when it is something so violent and so brutal and out of nowhere, it is a different
05:40level of processing grief. Sensing the terror that she went through the last few minutes of her life
05:48was sheer terror, you know, and fighting for her life and the struggle and, you know, there's no
05:56goodbyes. There's no, you know, prayers. There's no blessings. There's no priests. There's no, you
06:03know, last hug, last kiss. It's just she's gone and gone violently and brutally and painfully.
06:10Utica police launch a full-scale murder investigation into the death of Linda Turner.
06:26For us, it's important that our crime scene unit outside of the responding officers are the first
06:31people to kind of enter the crime scene, secure the crime scene, kind of observe the crime scene,
06:36and then be able to escort the investigators into the crime scene so that we don't disturb any type
06:43of evidence for our evidence technicians to be able to collect the evidence needed, especially when
06:50you're talking about DNA and physical evidence of that nature.
06:57We don't know what happened. You find a unfortunately deceased Linda Turner naked on a bed under a pile of clothes with a belt wrapped around her throat.
07:03It's a very harrowing situation. And at that time, we have no idea who the suspect is.
07:09So at the time, 2011, the Davis Motel had no surveillance, unfortunately. It's a very small place.
07:15You kind of know everybody or you have a really good familiarity of the people that stay there.
07:18A lot of the people are repeat tenants. So there really probably wasn't felt that surveillance video was needed at that location.
07:26There was some guests that were at the hotel. It's important, maybe not necessarily to call everybody a suspect,
07:31but everybody needs to be spoken with. Everyone needs to be vetted and everyone needs to be cleared.
07:36There were three consecutive rooms that were being rented, number 10, number 11, and number 12.
07:42These individuals were from out of town. They were doing some work in the city, but they were not home at the time of the location of the body.
07:48The registered guests that we encountered were all spoken to, were all vetted, and were all ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing or being involved in this case by anything.
07:59There wasn't a whole lot of information to really kind of build upon at that time.
08:02There were no witnesses that ever came forward to say that they had heard any screaming, anything amiss.
08:07We really didn't know what had transpired up until that point.
08:11Ultimately, what really led to the break in this case was that her car was taken.
08:18Really early on in the investigation, we realized that the car was missing from the location, you know, and that's obviously from talking to people.
08:25It was obvious that the most probable reason was that the vehicle was stolen.
08:31With the motel not having surveillance on the property kind of put us behind the eight ball a little bit, but we did have a witness saying that they saw the vehicle leaving the property.
08:41Individuals who often waved to Linda and beeped at her noticed the car pulling out in a very strange fashion.
08:46It was slow. It was meandering. The individual never acknowledged their presence.
08:50So that kind of felt an odd to them when we spoke to them later.
08:53So we put a file one in the New York State criminal justice system.
08:56File one is a stolen vehicle report.
08:58So we put as much information as possible about that vehicle into it.
09:02So anybody that flags that car, runs that plate, pulls it over, will automatically know that that car was stolen and it's wanted in reference to a homicide investigation.
09:12What we did also is do safety checks of all the rooms on the property to see if there was any evidence in any of those rooms.
09:24While doing those checks, we did come across a room that had a key broken off into the door lock.
09:29When we went into the location, we found that some strange things, like the TV was on without volume.
09:38It appears that somebody's been living in one of these rooms and it doesn't appear that that person is a registered guest.
09:46We did locate a wallet, an ID in it, underneath the bed.
09:53Once we looked at the ID, a lot of red flags started to show.
09:56We had a pretty good indication that he would be our primary suspect in this case.
10:17Utica's a town of about 70,000 people.
10:20It's very diverse.
10:21We average between six and ten homicides in a variety of capacity,
10:24usually kind of street-level shooting-related homicides,
10:27but some stabbings, things like that, some domestics.
10:29A homicide of this nature is certainly an aberration.
10:32We don't often get stranger-on-stranger homicides
10:35in a situation where we locate the body later and the suspect is not on scene.
10:41It's kind of the difficult part of the Davis Motel is that it's on Herkimer Road.
10:45Herkimer Road is a two-lane thoroughfare that's primarily commercial traffic
10:49traversing from one side of the city to Herkimer County,
10:51and it's often very backed up with traffic.
10:54So in an emergency response, it takes quite a bit of time
10:57just due to the nature of the traffic
10:58and the fact that we can't really get around too easily.
11:02Every murder is horrendous in its own nature, right?
11:05But a lot of the murders we see are kind of street-level killings
11:08over various disputes and things of that nature.
11:10When you have a case such as this, it really resonates.
11:13It resonates with the investigators.
11:14It resonates with the forensic individuals
11:16who spend a lot of time at the crime scene.
11:18And most importantly, it certainly resonates with the family.
11:30We had a very close relationship.
11:32You know, she was always willing to have me with her
11:34no matter what we were doing.
11:36She was great about teaching me responsibility
11:38and, you know, letting me run her cash drawer
11:41and check people in at the motel.
11:43To this day, I can't make a bed without sharp corners
11:46and, you know, fold my laundry to a T.
11:49But she also was the first one to, you know,
11:51teach me how to hustle a game of pool and throw darts.
11:54So, yes, she was my grandmother, but she was my friend.
12:03Her nickname was Hats.
12:04She had a variety of hats, and she wore them all the time.
12:07From what we understand, from ball caps to fedoras
12:08to cowboy hats, it was really kind of her thing
12:10to wear a hat wherever she went.
12:13She loved adventuring the outdoors.
12:16She loved gardening and planting her flowers.
12:18She loved her motel.
12:20I mean, it was a one-woman show.
12:23She cleaned the rooms by hand, made all the beds.
12:26She did all the laundry by hand.
12:27It was all wine-dried.
12:28She took very great pride in how she ran the place,
12:32the cleanliness, the decorations.
12:34Down to every lamp and painting in the place was her.
12:38She had the motel before I was born.
12:43It was part of the family, and my dad had spent time down there.
12:46She had help from her sister, Barbara,
12:48and her mother would come down.
12:49And she was there for about 30, almost 35 years.
12:55The whole property, it was a beautiful wooded,
12:58I mean, something you would imagine that in the 50s
13:01you'd see people out lounging and under the pine trees,
13:04and there was, you know, swing sets for the kids
13:06and little barbecue areas.
13:07It was a place where, you know, it was our family's place.
13:11It wasn't just the motel.
13:12You know, the dogs of the family,
13:13we had the cemetery for the dogs in the back,
13:16and it's a place that I loved enough.
13:18I mean, I have the motel sign tattooed on my arm
13:22because it's such a big part of my life.
13:23We spoke to numerous people that either stayed at the hotel
13:34or are currently staying at the hotel at the time,
13:36and at no point did Linda really ever have any concerns for her safety.
13:39She kind of just ran the place on her own,
13:41took care of everything on her own,
13:42and really felt at home there.
13:44So it's really tragic that this happened to her
13:45in the place that she felt most safe.
13:47The name on the ID found in room 17 at Linda's Motel
13:54is Robert Blaney,
13:56a dangerous individual with a violent past.
13:58He was a registered sex offender.
14:03He was on New York State parole
14:05for crimes that he had previously committed,
14:07and was also actively wanted with a parole warrant
14:11for violating the parole and his conditions
14:14that he was on release for.
14:17Robert Blaney had actually only been out of prison for two years
14:22after serving 20 years for two accounts of rape
14:26on some older women and also attempted rape
14:29on an eight-year-old girl.
14:32Certainly in a parole status,
14:33you have regular check-ins with your parole officer.
14:36However, when you are on a sex offender status,
14:38we also internally at the Utica Police Department
14:40have a sex offender unit, especially what level you are.
14:43You have to make regular check-ins
14:44with respect to your location, your new address,
14:47any updated photos, anything of that nature
14:49that really we do in an effort to keep the community safe.
14:53But Blaney was having difficulty
14:54reintegrating into society.
14:57So we know that he was a caretaker
14:59at a local cemetery called St. Joseph's Cemetery.
15:01He wasn't really doing a great job there.
15:03We know he had some problems with his bosses,
15:05and certainly as a result,
15:06was having some problems in the community,
15:08and thus went on an absconding role on parole.
15:12With the locating of the ID of Mr. Blaney,
15:17with his history, with his active warrant,
15:19gave us a solid prime suspect in this case.
15:26The victim's vehicle is gone, and he's gone.
15:28So we had to rely on police officers and community members
15:31to help us locate the vehicle
15:33and hopefully locate the vehicle with the suspect with it.
15:37So we put up what's called a bolo,
15:40a be on the lookout for Robert Blaney.
15:42So initially, a photograph was circulated
15:44with respect to his wanted status
15:46for being a parole-up scotter.
15:47This photograph showed him
15:48to be a relatively clean-cut individual.
15:50Obviously, that was put out nationwide
15:51as we did not know where he could be.
15:53He was in a vehicle that was not his.
15:55We knew he was trying to flee.
15:56So as far of a net as we could cast,
15:58we tried to locate him.
15:59It really weighs on you to make sure
16:02that you try to locate that suspect
16:03as soon as possible,
16:05particularly in this case
16:06where the horrific nature of the crimes
16:07that were committed
16:08was definitely somebody that could re-offend
16:10really quickly to satisfy an urge.
16:14He was a very dangerous individual,
16:16an individual that at no point
16:17do we want running the streets,
16:19especially on absconding on a parole status.
16:22As far as movements for Mr. Blaney,
16:24we really didn't have anything solid to go on.
16:26There was not an easy pass for the vehicle.
16:30We did not have any plate reader hits
16:31or anything to kind of help us
16:33kind of track where this vehicle may have gone,
16:35believing that Mr. Blaney was driving it.
16:38I think it's probably fair to say
16:39that you had a Nationline manhunt happening
16:41because we didn't know where he was
16:43and ultimately was located outside the state.
16:46In the neighboring state of Pennsylvania,
16:48a state trooper is preparing
16:50to conduct a traffic stop.
16:52I was a patrol trooper assigned
16:55in Lycoming County that night
16:58and I was just running routine patrol.
17:00Saw a vehicle in front of me
17:02and did not use his turn signal.
17:05So I started following him.
17:06The vehicle started crossing over the fog line,
17:09the center median line.
17:12And I ran the tag,
17:14presumably thinking it potentially could have been
17:16a DUI driving under the influence arrest.
17:19So when the tag came back,
17:21it came back and it said
17:22that the vehicle had been stolen.
17:25And in the notes of that hit
17:27that came back from New York State,
17:29it said that the vehicle was wanted
17:30in conjunction with a possible homicide.
17:33So at that point,
17:35I got on the radio
17:36and ascertained where the next available
17:39or nearest unit to me would be
17:41so we could conduct a felony stop on the vehicle.
17:45The search wouldn't just reveal
17:47more incriminating evidence.
17:49It would expose a dangerous predator.
17:51The Pennsylvania State Police called and said,
18:00hey, we have this vehicle.
18:02We have eyes on it.
18:03There's an individual in it.
18:04Would you like him?
18:05At that point,
18:06obviously we gave an affirmative
18:07that we would like to talk to him.
18:08They approached the vehicle
18:09and located Mr. Blaney
18:11occupying the vehicle of Linda Turner.
18:14Trooper Matt McDermott and myself
18:16went up to the driver's side of the vehicle
18:18and then Trooper Paul McGee
18:20went up to the passenger side of the vehicle
18:22and ordered Mr. Blaney out of the vehicle,
18:25making sure that we could see his hands
18:26the entire time we were doing the stop.
18:29We ended up taking him back
18:30to the back of the vehicle.
18:32We did a pat-down search on him.
18:35When doing a search,
18:36he had women's underwear
18:37in his sweatpants pant leg.
18:40So we collected those
18:42and then ultimately put him into handcuffs.
18:45Then he was placed in the back of my car
18:47to be transported back
18:48to the PSP Montoursville barracks.
18:53From where the traffic stop occurred
18:55to the barracks was only a five-minute drive.
18:58So we had a very short conversation
19:00in the back of my patrol car,
19:02which at that point he said,
19:04you know, my time's up.
19:06Utica's going to be looking for me.
19:08I committed a rape, he said,
19:10about a week ago up in New York State.
19:16That was his attitude from the get-go.
19:18I think he realized that he had
19:19reached the pinnacle of horrible behavior
19:22and knew that his life,
19:25his free life was no longer going to be his.
19:29I mean, he wasn't hostile, aggressive
19:30or anything like that.
19:32I'd say if anything,
19:33he was just sort of emotionless, I guess.
19:35He really didn't have any emotions.
19:38He wasn't, you know,
19:39worked up that he was being arrested or angry.
19:43He wasn't trying to fight
19:44or anything of that nature.
19:47Once the suspect was located
19:49and we were able to obtain a photograph of him,
19:52it was obvious that his appearance
19:54had changed from what we were looking at
19:58as a parole photo
20:00to where his hair was grown out,
20:02he had facial hair,
20:03a little bit more disheveled.
20:05The pictures were very off of his appearance
20:08and could be deceiving
20:09as far as an attempting to locate him.
20:13We'd actually sent tattoo photos
20:15to his parole agent
20:17and they positively identified him
20:18through a tattoo as well.
20:20So it posed a little bit of a challenge,
20:22but we were able to make a positive,
20:23confirm that this was Robert Blaney.
20:25He was arrested here for arrest
20:29prior to requisition charge,
20:31which is basically a fugitive from justice charge
20:33that we use.
20:34And it was on the parole,
20:35the fact that he was wanted for parole.
20:37So he wasn't charged with any crime
20:38associated with the homicide
20:40or the sexual assault in Pennsylvania
20:41or in New York at that point.
20:44While Blaney is held
20:46at the Pennsylvania State Police barracks,
20:48a more thorough search
20:49of Linda Turner's vehicle is conducted.
20:52While we were looking through the vehicle
20:55inside the driver's side door console,
20:58there was additional women's underwear
21:00located in that door.
21:02And then also in the glove box,
21:04there was also women's underwear in there.
21:09On top of the women's underwear,
21:11he had some children's underwear in the vehicle.
21:13We don't know where that came from,
21:14but to have the possession
21:15of children's underwear in the vehicle
21:17is really, really concerning.
21:19For someone who is willing
21:20to perpetrate the crime we're speaking about
21:22as well as perpetrate the crimes
21:23that we know he had committed,
21:25which placed him on parole in the first place,
21:26you have to wonder
21:27whether there's other victims.
21:30We did what we could
21:31to put out information
21:32to the law enforcement communities,
21:34and we never got any returns
21:36or any information
21:37from any other departments
21:38that may have had a similar case.
21:42I think it's a great possibility
21:43that there are other victims out there
21:46that haven't been identified
21:47or are scared to come forward
21:48with information that are associated
21:51with crimes committed against them.
22:01We sent two investigators.
22:02At that time,
22:03Investigator Edward Smith
22:04and Investigator Stanley Fernald
22:05to Pennsylvania
22:06to interview Mr. Blaney.
22:07Hi, Robert.
22:18Investigator Smith here.
22:19That's Investigator Fernald.
22:21How you doing, Rob?
22:22No.
22:23We're from the Utica Police?
22:26Yeah.
22:26I guess you were expecting us
22:28at one point?
22:30Yeah.
22:31So we come down here
22:33to talk to you
22:35about the incident
22:36and take it from there.
22:39Yeah, whatever.
22:40I'll do whatever you gotta do.
22:42I don't care no more.
22:43Just do what you gotta do.
22:45Rob, what do you prefer
22:46to be called?
22:46Robert, Rob?
22:48It doesn't matter.
22:50Just so you...
22:50Come back, I really don't care.
22:53All right, well.
22:54Just be aware
22:54of the conversation here
22:56is recorded.
22:58Yeah.
22:58Audio and video.
22:59You okay with that?
23:00Yeah.
23:00Okay.
23:01Can you give us
23:04a little information
23:05on what happened
23:05over at the Davis Motel?
23:08Yeah.
23:08I raped a woman.
23:10Just like that?
23:11Just like that.
23:16Yeah, s*** in life, that's all.
23:20If I'm gonna be miserable,
23:24somebody else
23:24gonna be miserable with me.
23:31Is there any way
23:44you can back us up
23:45a little bit
23:46and tell us
23:46how you started this
23:47with her?
23:48It's a straight rape,
23:59that's it.
23:59Whatever else you want
24:00to put in there,
24:01go ahead.
24:01It's just...
24:02That's just the way it is.
24:03We're just hoping
24:03to get some details
24:05even up to her.
24:10Ultimately,
24:10what we see here
24:11in this person
24:12is the evil
24:13and the coldness
24:13in him
24:14basically doesn't care.
24:15that makes it
24:17even harder
24:18for a victim's family
24:20to deal with
24:21knowing that
24:21this type of person exists
24:23and that
24:24the last person
24:24their loved one
24:25was encountered with
24:27was this person.
24:28Robert was just
24:30very matter-of-fact.
24:32He seemed to have
24:33given up on himself.
24:35And I think
24:36this might stem
24:37from his childhood.
24:38Since he did have
24:39a hard childhood,
24:40he was the victim
24:41of physical
24:42and emotional abuse.
24:44He even said
24:45in his own words,
24:46he felt like
24:46a throwaway.
24:48He felt like
24:48his parents
24:49didn't want him.
24:50So he had a very
24:51rough start
24:52in his childhood.
24:54And it's not an excuse
24:56because a lot of people
24:57have a bad childhood.
24:58It doesn't mean
24:59you can go out
24:59and rape
25:00and, you know,
25:01do whatever it is
25:02that you want.
25:03That doesn't give you
25:03the right.
25:04But when people
25:05feel like they're
25:06throwaways,
25:08it's hard
25:08to make them
25:10want to be
25:11a better person.
25:12And I don't know
25:13if he ever
25:14wanted to be
25:15a better person.
25:17I think he knew
25:17who he was
25:18and he stuck
25:20with that.
25:22Let me ask you this.
25:24Why did you run
25:25for parole in the first place?
25:26What started all this?
25:29My, well,
25:31my ex-friend Randy
25:31has got everything
25:32going on
25:33for himself right now.
25:34I'm thinking,
25:38oh, that's never
25:38going to happen
25:39for me.
25:39You know,
25:40he's got a nice
25:40apartment,
25:41nice vehicle,
25:41he's got a girlfriend
25:42now and he's got
25:43his odd jobs
25:43that he does.
25:44He's got a good life.
25:47And you talk to him,
25:49he'll tell you,
25:49yeah, a couple months
25:50ago I told him
25:51my life sucks.
25:52Actually,
25:52two or three months
25:53ago I told him
25:53I think.
25:56He said,
25:56what do you mean
25:56by that?
25:56I said,
25:57listen,
25:57you got a vehicle,
25:59you got a girlfriend,
26:01you got a nice
26:01apartment.
26:02What the hell
26:04more could you want?
26:05You know,
26:05and you got all
26:06these odd jobs
26:07lined up,
26:07you're doing good.
26:09He says,
26:10well,
26:10give it a time
26:10it'll happen
26:11for you.
26:11I said,
26:11Randy,
26:11it's not going
26:12to happen
26:12for me,
26:12trust me.
26:13He said,
26:14no,
26:14it'll happen.
26:15It's not going
26:15to happen for me.
26:17Oh, well.
26:19And it didn't,
26:20so.
26:22Because he was
26:24so jealous
26:24of another parolee,
26:27he abandoned
26:28the life
26:28that he tried
26:29so hard to create,
26:31recreate for those
26:33two years
26:33and went on
26:35the run.
26:37He was actually
26:38living in an
26:39abandoned house
26:40in the basement,
26:40but in the community
26:42the kids would
26:43hang out there
26:44and they kept
26:45daring each other
26:46to go downstairs.
26:48So he knew
26:48it was only a matter
26:49of time before
26:50somebody brought
26:51a flashlight
26:51and they found him.
26:53So everything
26:54that he had on him,
26:55his sweatpants,
26:57his boots,
26:58everything,
26:59and all the other
26:59clothes,
27:00was all from
27:00that abandoned house
27:01and that's what
27:02he had with him.
27:05He had heard
27:06police sirens,
27:07whether it was
27:08an emergency
27:08from an ambulance
27:10or maybe a police siren,
27:11but he actually
27:12tried to commit suicide.
27:13He wrapped the rope
27:14around his neck
27:15and the tree actually,
27:16the branch had broke.
27:18So he wasn't able
27:19to successfully
27:19commit suicide,
27:20but that kind of
27:21gives you a mindset
27:21of how he lived.
27:24I guess he was always
27:25looking over his shoulder,
27:26worried about
27:26what was coming up next
27:27as he was
27:29absconding from parole.
27:30He knew there was
27:30a good likelihood
27:31that he was going
27:31back to prison
27:32for a very long time
27:33if he was ever found.
27:35That was Halloween night,
27:37actually,
27:37and when that failed,
27:40that is when he went
27:41to the Davis Motel
27:43and started pulling on doors
27:45and found one
27:46that was open.
27:50He was trying
27:51to find a place
27:52to stay.
27:53He said, you know,
27:54during the day
27:54he would allow himself
27:55to watch TV at night.
27:58Everything was off
27:59in the room.
28:00He kept all of his belongings
28:01under the bed
28:02in case anyone ever came in.
28:04He was always ready
28:04to dive under the bed
28:06because he would hear voices
28:08going up and down the hall.
28:13He just felt like
28:14his time was running out
28:16and he was looking for money.
28:18So he figured
28:19the office probably has money.
28:23Did you knock
28:24or was the door open?
28:27I think she thinks
28:27she locked it all the way.
28:30When she pulled it,
28:31it didn't latch.
28:35I just pushed on it.
28:37I just pushed on it
28:38and it opened up.
28:39I was actually surprised
28:41that it opened up.
28:44So what happens
28:45at this point?
28:48Well, at this point
28:48I'm making haste.
28:49I'm going in there.
28:51I say, I gotta get money,
28:52I gotta get money,
28:52I gotta get money.
28:53I'm going in there
28:53looking for them little
28:54freaking green things
28:55with the zipper on them.
28:57Little money bags.
28:58Yeah.
28:59When you pushed the door open,
29:01where is she?
29:03She was out
29:04showing somebody a room.
29:06Oh, so she wasn't even in there.
29:08No, she wasn't in there.
29:09Oh, that's why
29:10the door was unlocked.
29:12Yeah, she came in the house
29:13and scared the out of me.
29:14So I had nowhere else to go.
29:17I couldn't go back
29:18towards the door
29:18because it means
29:19she opens that door,
29:20she'll be right there.
29:21So I went to the darkest
29:23place in the house.
29:24Okay, now where was that?
29:26Right around the corner
29:26in the, uh,
29:29I wait there
29:29in the bedroom
29:30or whatever that room was.
29:33He had hidden behind a,
29:35what I would call
29:35like a room divider.
29:36It was like an accordion,
29:37plastic type door.
29:39And Linda Turner
29:40actually had a phone call
29:41and that's when
29:42he took the opportunity
29:43to surprise her
29:44and come out
29:45from behind the partition
29:47that he was hiding behind.
29:49Does she come
29:49into the bedroom?
29:50Yeah, that's what...
29:51And that's when she sees you?
29:52She didn't even see me.
29:53When she came through,
29:54that's when I grabbed her.
30:05Now, when you grabbed her,
30:06how did you grab her?
30:07Uh, around the throat.
30:08Did you grab her with your hands?
30:09No, I had a piece of rope
30:11that was maybe,
30:13um, what?
30:14Two foot long,
30:15three foot long?
30:16Actually, it might have been,
30:17might have been a little longer than that.
30:19What color was it?
30:20White.
30:21White.
30:22Well, it was kind of dirty
30:22at the time.
30:23I was going to say,
30:24was it a little bit
30:25gray maybe?
30:26Yeah, that's more
30:27the color it was.
30:29You check, you probably
30:30find something
30:30on my skin in there too.
30:31Was it weathered?
30:33A little older like?
30:35Well, by the time
30:35I got done with it, yeah.
30:36Yeah.
30:37All right.
30:38The tree episode
30:39probably had,
30:41yeah.
30:42So getting back,
30:43when you grabbed her,
30:44did you put it around her chest?
30:45Did you get it right
30:46around the neck right away?
30:47Well, it was kind of like
30:48more around,
30:49I was trying for the neck
30:50right away, yes.
30:52But I got like here.
30:54Scuffle probably lasted
30:5510, 5, 10 minutes maybe.
30:595 or 10 minutes?
31:01Really?
31:01That long?
31:02Yeah, there was a
31:04gumbo cobwebler
31:04that didn't have
31:05full force on the rope.
31:07It was just enough
31:08to take the fight
31:13out of her,
31:13so to speak.
31:15Is that all
31:15that was around her neck?
31:18No.
31:18Because you never
31:19mentioned anything else?
31:21Yeah, I was waiting
31:22for you to tell us.
31:24You think I'm an idiot?
31:25No, no, no.
31:25Well, I mean,
31:26it doesn't matter.
31:26I mean, I don't care
31:27what you think of me.
31:27I really don't.
31:29Yeah, I actually
31:30had to take the
31:31belt out of her,
31:33loose over her pants.
31:34Okay, that's where
31:34that came from.
31:35Yeah, all right.
31:36Yeah.
31:38So, when did you
31:40know that you
31:41were a raper?
31:45That was the
31:46split-second decision.
31:47There was nothing
31:47that was planned.
31:49I'm asking you.
31:50No, I know.
31:51I know.
31:52Like I said,
31:52when she was in there,
31:53I'm looking for an out.
31:55I can't get the money.
31:57I'm looking for an out.
31:58He was just asking.
31:59Yeah, I know.
31:59I know.
32:00I know.
32:00I know.
32:00I have no chance
32:01in doing that, man.
32:02Fighting with us.
32:04Come on.
32:04Just, just.
32:07That's a lie.
32:08Well, yeah.
32:09I'm already
32:09going back anyway,
32:10so.
32:11Well, that's
32:11I'm screwed.
32:12What the hell?
32:13Let's point blank
32:15cut and drive it.
32:16Mm-hmm.
32:26Mr. Blaney admitted
32:27with very flat effect,
32:29with no emotion,
32:30with not a care in the world,
32:31that he, in fact,
32:32had committed the crime.
32:33Didn't care that
32:34we had him in custody.
32:35Just a really, really
32:36bad and cold individual.
32:42It actually came out
32:43that after
32:44assaulting two women
32:46and trying to assault
32:48an eight-year-old girl,
32:49he didn't even serve
32:50his full sentence.
32:52They let him out early
32:53for good behavior.
32:55During his parole hearing,
32:56he told them
32:57that he
32:58was going to hurt somebody
33:00and that he should
33:01stay there
33:02because he's broken
33:04and he doesn't want
33:04to hurt anybody,
33:05but he's going to do it.
33:06He said himself,
33:07society is safer
33:08with me in prison.
33:10And if,
33:10if that isn't enough
33:11to keep him in there,
33:12I'm not sure
33:13what else could be done.
33:16I say,
33:16how can I put this?
33:17it's like,
33:21it's like reverse.
33:22It's like,
33:24in prison,
33:24I did 20 years,
33:26two misbehavior reports
33:27in 20 years.
33:29Okay?
33:30It's like,
33:30I can live in there
33:31a lot better
33:31than I can out here.
33:32Out here,
33:33I got
33:33two counseling sessions
33:36a week
33:37or a month
33:38that I have to go to.
33:39I have to report
33:40to Detective Salerno
33:43once every,
33:43what's it,
33:44every three months
33:45or two months
33:45or whatever it is
33:46for the registry purposes.
33:47I had,
33:48I had a bunch of
33:49that,
33:51like,
33:51Monday through Friday,
33:52I was always busy.
33:52I was always going somewhere,
33:53always doing something.
33:55So now I get to go back
33:56and I got all the time
33:57in the world for myself.
33:58I ain't got to worry
33:58about nothing.
34:00I mean,
34:00I tried living,
34:01I can't live out here.
34:02It was just,
34:03this is living proof.
34:06There's no way
34:06I can make it out here.
34:07No way.
34:08No.
34:11Perpetrators like this,
34:12they don't change
34:14their patterns
34:16and it,
34:16it happens time
34:17and time again.
34:18We've seen this
34:19in so many other cases.
34:21They get out,
34:22they re-offend
34:23and even in this case
34:25and a lot of other ones,
34:27then they escalate.
34:28He had never murdered
34:29anyone before.
34:31Now it's escalated
34:32to murder.
34:35Why'd you throw him?
34:36What was I?
34:38I'm watching
34:38to get him up
34:39off the floor
34:39so I wouldn't ship
34:40all of them again
34:40of course
34:41and then,
34:42like I said,
34:42the other reason was
34:43in case she got cold.
34:45I'm not gonna put
34:46her clothes back in.
34:47I'm trying to get
34:48the hell out of her.
34:49Listen,
34:49Rob,
34:50you make me understand
34:51this.
34:51You just
34:52broke into the girl's house.
34:55You robbed her.
34:56You raped her.
34:57You told me
34:58you're worried
34:58if she's gonna get cold
34:59or no.
35:02Yeah,
35:03pretty much.
35:03Rob,
35:09Rob,
35:09I think you know
35:10that she was lifeless
35:12when you left
35:12and I think
35:14that's why
35:14you put the clothes
35:15on her.
35:17No.
35:21Huh?
35:23Stomach was going
35:24up and down.
35:25Do you know what I mean?
35:27Could be your last
35:27grasp.
35:30There was enough room
35:31you could put your pinky.
35:32I could put my pinky
35:33up in between there
35:34so there was enough room.
35:35But still being rough
35:37like that
35:37because it looked rough.
35:39I'm giving it to you
35:40straight.
35:40Oh, yeah, I know.
35:40You want it straight?
35:41I'm giving it to you
35:42straight.
35:42That belt was wrapped
35:43around her
35:44and it was wrapped
35:45around her tight
35:46and it was wrapped
35:46around her hair
35:47and that's
35:49that's good enough
35:50for me.
35:52Okay,
35:52that's what you say.
35:53I mean,
35:54I'm just saying.
35:54No, I know, I know.
35:55You were straight with me
35:56and I want to be
35:57straight with you.
35:57We're asking you
35:57and that's why.
35:58Yeah.
35:59I don't have a problem
35:59with that.
36:00Okay,
36:01that's good enough
36:01to leave it at that.
36:04It's not one of those
36:05situations where,
36:05you know,
36:06somebody made a poor
36:07decision to drive drunk
36:08and killed somebody
36:09and they regret this
36:10decision for the rest
36:10of their life.
36:11This is somebody who
36:12knew what they were
36:13doing,
36:14were calculating
36:14what they were doing,
36:16did what they did,
36:17know they did it
36:17and just don't care.
36:19Or if they do,
36:20they don't know
36:20how to offer any
36:21condolences
36:23or sympathies
36:24or remorse.
36:27I can't,
36:28I don't know,
36:29I don't know
36:29what else to say.
36:30All right,
36:31hang loose
36:31to these troopers
36:32coming up in here
36:33and they're going
36:34to take you out.
36:37It's hard for me
36:38to even say thank you,
36:39believe me.
36:46Oh,
36:47Utica, New York, 2011.
37:08Police have secured
37:09Robert Blaney's confession
37:10to the murder of Linda Turner
37:12in the Davis Motel.
37:13Preparations are made
37:15for Robert Blaney
37:16to be extradited
37:17back to Oneida County
37:18to face the consequences
37:20for his heinous actions.
37:23In order for him
37:24to be charged
37:25in county court,
37:26it had to go
37:27by way of a grand jury
37:28indictment.
37:29So we had to bring
37:30forth evidence
37:31to the grand jury
37:32to prove the case.
37:34And so when you're
37:35getting a case prepared
37:36for grand jury,
37:37you're looking for
37:39what evidence
37:39do we have.
37:40Certainly the confession
37:42helped,
37:43but we could go
37:44beyond that.
37:46So there are some
37:46really crucial pieces
37:48of evidence
37:48that we located
37:49within the crime scene.
37:50Certainly the belt
37:51that we tested for DNA,
37:52you know,
37:52the ropes,
37:53things of that nature,
37:54things he may have touched,
37:55fingerprints of that nature.
37:56However,
37:56one really crucial
37:58piece of evidence
37:58was the sex assault kit
37:59that was performed
38:00on the deceased individual
38:01that had the DNA
38:03of Mr. Blaney on it.
38:04We believed it was
38:05going to be a very strong case
38:07regardless of the confession.
38:08So in this instance,
38:11if there's other charges
38:12that follow the indictment,
38:14unless they plead
38:15to the entire indictment,
38:17we recommend
38:17what we feel
38:18the sentence should be
38:19and what would be appropriate.
38:21In this case,
38:22murder in the first degree
38:24carried with it
38:24a sentence of life
38:25without the possibility
38:27of parole.
38:28And so that was
38:29our position was
38:29if he wants to admit to that,
38:31fine,
38:32we'll let him do that.
38:33But otherwise,
38:34we will prove the case
38:35because we believe
38:36the sentence should be
38:37life without parole.
38:39And the judge agreed with us.
38:41I told you
38:42what the sentence
38:43is going to be.
38:44You're glad
38:44you're not getting out.
38:45You understand that?
38:46Sure.
38:46Right.
38:47Anybody else promise
38:48you anything
38:48to get you to plead guilty?
38:50Anyone threaten you
38:51to get you to plead guilty?
38:51Nope.
38:52So you're edging this plea
38:53here this morning
38:54voluntarily?
38:54Yes, sir.
38:57He knew he was
38:57such a danger
38:58that even facing
38:59life without parole,
39:01his response is
39:02bring it on.
39:02he was more comfortable
39:05in the system
39:08and being incarcerated
39:09where he was
39:11not only not a danger
39:12to others
39:12but to himself.
39:13Mr. Blaney,
39:20when this happened
39:21you were out on parole
39:22then, correct?
39:23Yep.
39:23That was for another rape, right?
39:25Yep.
39:25You've had how many
39:26rapes in the past?
39:27Yeah.
39:28Too many.
39:29I'm sorry?
39:30Too many.
39:31Too many.
39:32Sort of can't help
39:33yourself,
39:34is that right?
39:37In fact,
39:37the last time
39:38you were released
39:38did you tell
39:39parole board
39:41or someone
39:41that they shouldn't
39:42let you out?
39:44Yep.
39:46All right.
39:47You're satisfied?
39:48Yeah.
39:49How do you plead
39:50then, Mr. Blaney,
39:51to the first count
39:51murder in the first degree
39:52guilty or not guilty?
39:54Nope.
39:55Mr. McIlmore,
39:55would that plea
39:56to satisfy all counts
39:57of the indictment
39:57would be satisfied
39:58for the people?
39:59With the understanding
40:00he would be sentenced
40:01to life imprisonment
40:02without parole,
40:02yes, yes.
40:06A young kid,
40:07another woman,
40:09and now Linda Turner
40:09were brutally violated
40:11at the hands
40:11of Robert Blaney.
40:12No amount of time
40:13in prison is enough
40:13for him.
40:15There's a chill
40:16in the air here,
40:16Mr. Blaney.
40:17You're the coldest person
40:18I've ever seen
40:18in this courtroom.
40:19Thank you for a compliment.
40:21A compliment?
40:22You think that's a compliment?
40:23That didn't mean
40:24it to be a compliment.
40:25Okay, we'll see you
40:26on the 16th March.
40:27Thank you, Rob.
40:28You're welcome.
40:45Robert Blaney
40:46was convicted
40:47of murdering
40:48the first degree
40:49for the murder
40:49of Linda Turner
40:51and was sentenced
40:52to life imprisonment
40:54without the possibility
40:55of parole.
40:56This sentence
40:57was the max,
40:58the maximum sentence
40:59that's allowed
41:00in New York State,
41:01so we couldn't
41:02have gotten more time
41:04even if we had a trial.
41:09I grew up in that area.
41:10I know that area
41:12very well,
41:13and I do recall
41:14seeing a picture
41:16of Mr. Blaney
41:17as a parole absconder
41:19as a parole absconder,
41:19and again,
41:20that the picture
41:21that they had
41:22was not up to date,
41:24and so,
41:25you know,
41:25that sticks with me,
41:26and I think
41:27that's something
41:28that I think
41:29this community
41:30and parole learned
41:31from this
41:32is to ensure
41:33that they are quick
41:34with alerting
41:35the community
41:37if they do lose sight
41:39or they do have
41:40an absconder
41:41on parole
41:41and they get that
41:42out to the community
41:43and that they have
41:44an updated picture
41:45so that we can try
41:47to bring that person
41:48to justice.
41:52It took me
41:53quite some time
41:54and I've come to terms
41:56with pretty much
41:57everything to the point
41:58where I really don't
42:00hold any animosity
42:01or anger or hatred
42:03or ill will
42:04towards Blaney.
42:06It's a name
42:06that is etched
42:07in my mind.
42:09I almost feel
42:10sympathy for him.
42:11Somebody who
42:12recognized their danger,
42:15who alerted
42:16the people
42:16that needed to be alerted
42:17that he was a danger,
42:19and was put in a position
42:22to take a life
42:24and now has to live
42:25with that
42:26when he knew
42:27he didn't want to,
42:28when he knew
42:29it was a real threat,
42:30and it's unfortunate.
42:33And the place
42:34I hold ill will
42:35is for those responsible
42:36for not heeding
42:37his warning.
42:41of that
42:45of that
42:46other people
42:46nd
42:47on you
42:47I know
42:48he's not
42:48faithful to me
42:49but he's not
42:50in a position
42:50I think
42:52at the end of the day
42:52that he's the same
42:52way.
42:53I'm going to
42:53to be
42:54with that
42:54and
42:55and
42:55to be
42:55at the end of the day
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