Criminal Law
New York Jury Convicts Man of 1982 Killing of His Wife
The jury in the trial of James Krauseneck has reached a guilty verdict.
Krauseneck was convicted of killing his wife Cathleen in their Brighton home in 1982.
Jury members began deliberating on Friday, but were dismissed for the weekend after failing to reach a verdict on the first day. Deliberations resumed Monday morning and a verdict was reached shortly before 11 a.m.
With his current wife and daughter sitting directly behind him, Krauseneck learned his fate. His daughter was just 3 years old in 1982 when her mother was killed with an ax thrust into her head inside the family home on Del Rio Drive in Brighton.
