Post — They Walk Among Us

DESCRIPTION:

On this episode of They Walk Among America… Christmas Eve 2013. A 14-year-old calls 911 and pleads with the operator to send someone to an apartment at Lake Luzerne in New York. She tells the dispatcher that her mother has been stabbed, and is on the floor, dying. The teenager gives the operator a detailed description of the suspect because she knows the man well. It is her father...

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‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production.

This episode was researched and written by Emily G. Thompson and Eileen Macfarlane. Editing by Brad Maybe.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.

Narration, narration editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

MUSIC:

Call To Battle by Louis Lion

In Another Life by Wild Wonder

The Haunting by Craig Allen Fravel

Wilderness by Wild Wonder

Path by Stephen Keech

In Pursuit by Craig Allen Fravel

The Unknown by Reveille

For more information visit https://lawandcrime.com/podcasts/ or https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com/

REFERENCES:

COURT DOCUMENTS

https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-third-department/2015/106991.html

https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/cji/2-PenalLaw/125/AC.125.EED.pdf

https://www.pbzlawfirm.com/blog/2020/may/grand-jury-vs-preliminary-hearings/#:~:text=A%20Preliminary%20Hearing%20is%20an,lawyer%20is%20allowed%20to%20attend.

DIGITAL ARTICLES

TIMES UNION

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Killer-of-estranged-wife-to-face-judge-5735932.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Precious-life-sudden-death-1019248.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Child-pleads-as-Lake-Luzerne-mom-dies-5148308.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/History-of-violence-now-another-death-5093794.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Child-pleads-as-Lake-Luzerne-mom-dies-5148308.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Murder-arraignment-will-be-Wednesday-5144565.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Niskayuna-man-faces-murder-charge-for-Christmas-5142992.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Not-guilty-plea-in-wife-s-death-5125195.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Fund-to-aid-slain-woman-s-children-5096911.php

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Court-hears-appeal-of-Patricia-Burns-estranged-6595648.php

POST STAR

https://poststar.com/news/local/clifford-burns-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-his-wife-in-lake-luzerne/article_3a882a1c-c62d-11e3-90c1-0019bb2963f4.html

https://poststar.com/news/local/murder-charged-in-christmas-eve-stabbing-of-mom-in-lake-luzerne/article_98f86b8e-6cfa-11e3-856e-001a4bcf887a.html#_=_

https://poststar.com/news/local/death-threats-preceded-stabbing-man-says/article_c5214a1c-78af-11e3-bc17-0019bb2963f4.html

https://poststar.com/news/local/filing-suggests-christmas-eve-stabbing-suspects-lawyer-plans-to-use-psychiatric-defense/article_37dff44c-9aaf-11e3-8f63-0019bb2963f4.html

https://poststar.com/news/local/man-accused-in-wifes-death-had-record-of-abuse/article_9e471476-71de-11e3-b6f7-0019bb2963f4.html

https://poststar.com/graphic-content-clifford-burns-interrogation/youtube_31604e84-7e33-11e3-ba4f-001a4bcf887a.html

https://poststar.com/news/local/records-murder-suspect-sent-ominous-text-to-family/article_625c210e-a960-11e3-9316-001a4bcf887a.html

https://poststar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/appeals-court-denies-appeal-in-lake-luzerne-murder-case/article_b2f71503-8cdb-50ba-8f3a-4941eff28e0b.html

https://poststar.com/news/local/police-murder-victim-had-complained-about-late-child-support-payments/article_9af1818e-6e79-11e3-982d-001a4bcf887a.html
https://poststar.com/news/local/stabbing-suspect-snapped-over-child-support-call/article_a44d848a-7e37-11e3-be9e-001a4bcf887a.html

DAILY GAZETTE

https://dailygazette.com/2014/04/17/guilty-christmas-eve-murder/

https://dailygazette.com/2014/09/05/niskayuna-man-sentenced-murdering-wife/

https://dailygazette.com/2013/12/29/1230vigil/

https://dailygazette.com/2013/12/25/1225_luzerne/

https://dailygazette.com/2014/08/03/taking-back-plea-usually-futile-effort/

ADIRONDACK DAILY ENTERPRISE

https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2015/10/man-sentenced-in-death-of-wife-appeals-plea/

DAILY MAIL

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2883340/Mother-daughter-stabbed-death-Christmas-Eve-ex-husband-prepared-festive-turkey-urges-domestic-abuse-victims-speak-out.html