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The NYPD announced Whitmore's confession in the Career Girl Murders, as well as the unrelated killing of Minnie Edmonds and the attempted rape of Elba Borrero. The department claimed that Whitmore had given details of the Wylie-Hoffert killings which only the murderer could have known, but Manhattan prosecutors noticed that every detail in the ...
George Whitmore Jr. (May 26, 1944 – October 8, 2012) was an African American man who was charged but later cleared of the infamous Career Girls Murders that occurred in New York City in 1963. [1] "The Supreme Court cited Mr. Whitmore’s case as 'the most conspicuous example' of police coercion when it issued its 1966 ruling in Miranda v.
However, while Whitmore was awaiting trial, another man named Richard Robles confessed to the Career Girls Murders and the charges against Whitmore for those murders were dropped (Robles would later be convicted of the murders). Two months later Whitmore's conviction was vacated by the trial judge due to racial bias by the jury.
Defense attorneys say Richard Allen was in ‘mental distress’ when he claimed to have killed Abby Williams and Libby German Delphi murder suspect wants prison confessions thrown out as ...
McLeland also referenced Allen’s alleged confessions during his time behind bars. Officers escort Richard Allen out of the Carroll County courthouse following a hearing in November 2022 (AP)
Dr. Monica Wala, Richard Allen's therapist at Westville Correctional Facility, testified he confessed many times, while feigning bizarre behavior.
George Whitmore was born on September 27, 1945, in Denver, Colorado. [1] [2] His parents were Lowell Whitmore and Irene Davis. [1] Whitmore graduated from MacMurray College in 1967, where he "received a BA degree in English and Theatre", and he attended graduate school at Bennington College for one year. [1]
Dueling images of Richard Allen: One who claimed innocence, one who confessed That van, McLeland reiterated to jurors during his closing argument , was a detail "only the killer would know."