Spengler should never have been let out of prison. After all, he murdered his own grandmother.
I know he was daft but even with that, what was the point to covering up a crime? He committed suicide.
I thought the fire was to lure firefighters, or so I had read.
I’m thinking it was a twofer, that he either first killed his sister by other means or simply trapped her in a fire to kill her, which also lured the firefighters whom he shot.
I worked in the NYS prison system for 25 years, but the guys picture didn't look familiar to me. I've been retired over 9 years, so it's possible my memory isn't like it was. The news articles were a little unclear as to the timeline of his incarceration and parole. One article said he'd served 17 years and had been paroled in 2009, another said he'd been parole in 2006. That's more than 17 years for a 1980 murder. So after reading several other articles, one in particular said that he'd been on parole for approximately 8 years since being released. That means that he'd probably been released around 1998, but was under parole supervision for 8-9 years after that.
The next door neighbor said Spengler didn't get along with his sister, and that after his 91 year old mother died this past October, Spengler had "gone crazy." I got news for that neighbor...the guy was crazy when he took a hammer to his grandmother back in 1980, and he never should have been released in the first place.
The “progressives” killed the two fireman and the sister.
The shooter was their tool.
Murdered his 92 yr old grandmother with a hammer, and some idiot judge lets him out after only 17 years.
What part of cold blooded, sociopath, didn’t the judge recognize?
ya, it’s the gun’s fault.....
Fires were set to lure in firemen to be shot back in the 1960s and 1970s. It is not new.
Uh-oh, the evil “military-style rifle” was involved. Was it identified? Probably a single-shot .22.
Call Cuomo - NYS should immediately outlaw felons and the mentally ill from possessing firearms.
This must never be allowed to happen again.
Not a coverup. This was THE crime. Police have a 3 page letter the POS left stating his intent to burn down the neighborhood and kill as many people as he could.
This perp was a total scumbag who should have been hanged back when he killed his grandmother with a hammer.
Executed murders generally, without known exceptions that I know of, are not repeat offenders. Had they done the right thing in the first place the whole conversation would be moot.