Upstate New York woman ... admitted she removed drain plug, investigator testifies

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[BenLurkin]

Angelika Graswald removed a drain plug from Vincent Viafore's kayak last year and pushed a floating paddle away from him after his kayak capsized, authorities charge.

State police Officer Aniello Moscato testified in Orange County Court that Graswald told another investigator she had pulled the plug and manipulated the ring on her fiance's paddle.

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Graswald appeared to confess to the murder last year, but later denied her guilt and said she confessed under pressure. Graswald told ABC News last year that she loved Viafore and wouldn't have done anything to kill him.

Moscato testified Monday as part of a Huntley hearing, which continues Tuesday. A Huntley hearing regards statements the accused made to police, and how cops obtained the statements.

[BenLurkin]

Full title: "Upstate New York woman accused of killing fiance by tampering with his kayak admitted she removed drain plug, investigator testifies"

[garyb]

My life is a lot quieter, since the divorce.

[Ken522]

Guilty ...

[Travis T. OJustice]

Best 80 grand I ever spent!

[pierrem15]

My understanding is that there are a lot of questions about how the confession was obtained.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The entire case against her has been constructed by people who know nothing about kayaking.

48 Hours did a special on this case, and the drain plug and the paddles had nothing to do with his death.

http://www.eyesforlies.com/blog/2015/09/48-hours-angelika-graswald/

The drain plug is on the TOP of the kayak.

Removing the latch that holds the two pieces paddle together would not have caused him to drown.

The four-foot waves they were paddling in were the problem, and the fact that the water was ice cold.

[Paladin2]

"....the fact that the water was ice cold."

Now there is a problem...

[Riley]

I kayak too, and I was wondering WTH they were talking about.

[Delta 21]

No I wont do anything to kill you. But I will gently nudge your paddle just out of reach while you struggle and drown in front of me.

[Tax-chick]

You can’t get divorced from your “fiancée.”

[golux]

....the fact that the water was ice cold.

Well you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.

[HandyDandy]

Well, if that ain’t the icing on the kayak!

[Pollster1]

If she was stupid enough to allow hours of questions, an innocent person could easily have made dumb statements out of confusion. If she felt guilty for failing to save him, due to her own cold or exhaustion, an innocent person could have said truthfully that she tried to push the paddle toward him but accidentally nudged it in the wrong direction.

As for the drain plug, that's total nonsense. A small hole in the top of the kayak is just about irrelevant. Also, removing the drain plug and failing to replace it does not show malicious intent. I don't want to list all the times my wife has removed something mechanical and then days later asked me to put it back where it goes. Or forgotten to ask.

Very cute and perhaps not guilty. Or she could be guilty. Police interviews should be on videotape, and I'd want to see the statements on video and in context, not isolated paraphrases or three-second sound bites.

[Flick Lives]

The drain plug is on the TOP of the kayak.

Maybe she added her own customization...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

She didn’t.

[Ketill Frostbeard]

Never trust a woman who shaves off her eyebrows and draws them back on with mascara. Never, ever.