I don't know if anyone else locally, in Rochester, or elsewhere, has followed the February 1982 Brighton Ax Murder case at all. Relieved it was finally wrapped up and officially solved 40 years after it took place! Husband, James, was found guilty of second degree murder of his wife, Cathleen. While I was not born yet when this took place, and didn't know about it until the case was reopened and reignited back in 2016, I couldn't help but draw a glaring similarity between this case, and Sharon's case.
In the Krauseneck case, the day after Cathy's murder, James was allegedly supposed to speak with police, but instead up and left Rochester with their 3 year old daughter, and moved to Michigan. James denied his daughter any relationship with Cathy's side of the family from this point. Sadly, this allowed James to craft and manufacture the story of her mother's murder in any fashion he'd like for the rest of her life. She stood by her father through all of the court proceedings since his arrest in 2019, until his conviction just days ago.
Similarly, in Sharon's case, her estranged husband Alan also cut off ties to Sharon's side of the family immediately following her 'disappearance'. The children's grandmother and Sharon's mom, Sandy, was forced to seek assistance and found help with Volunteer Legal Services Project. After 60 hours of donated time and going to court over the matter, 18 months after her disappearance, Sandy was granted visitation with her grandchildren again.
In the current case of missing mom, Maya Millete, from 1/7/21, her husband and his family also kept their three children from Maya's family and they went through months of court battles for visitation as well. Despite the fact Maya is still missing, her husband Larry HAS been charged with her murder.
It's so beyond sad and sick that these men continue to selfishly take away the mothers to their children. It just shows, though, that even with the passage of time, or not having a body, that justice can be served!
My Raven Calling episode on Alan has been in the works for a very long time, and will be coming out at some point. There's just SO MUCH to discuss.
James Krauseneck’s conviction marks the end of a notorious cold case once dubbed the “Brighton Axe Murder.”
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