GUILTY NY - Alexandra Kogut, 18, murdered, Brockport, 29 Sept 2012

[JoeFromLB]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/alexandra-...-ominous-tweet/story?id=17366495#.UGnbnuuRpXU

So sad. The college freshman was found beaten to death in her dorm room. The boyfriend has been arrested and charged with murder.

 

[lisser]

Strange that what appeared to be a happy relationship could end that badly that quickly. There is a comment on the link that corrects the wording of her last tweet.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/alexandra-...-ominous-tweet/story?id=17366495#.UGn20JjA_yB

 

[JoeFromLB]

According to a criminal complaint, he told state troopers when arrested that he killed her.

Booking photo. Those eyes...

http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2....jpg?fd5af0684d698ce74dd4392bafb4f89a6dc66ee3

 

[Leomoon80]

Awful. I wonder if he regularly was abusive and perhaps she wanted to end the abuse?....
The details aren't in yet from what I read:


CBS/AP) BUFFALO, N.Y. -

Alexandra Kogut's boyfriend, Clayton Whittemore, told state troopers that he intentionally killed the 18-year-old college student, according to a criminal complaint. No motive was given.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_...ed-suny-brockport-college-student-police-say/

 

[Filly]

Alexandra's Obituary




http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/uticaod/obituary.aspx?pid=160231856


Such a sad, senseless death of such a beautiful young lady. Prayers for her parents and sister.

 

[Lilachaze]

So sad, my heart goes out to her family and friends.

 

[hockeymom]

We knew this family from hockey years ago. I can't say anything remarkable about them,except they were alittle kookie when it came to hockey when the boys were little.Just very into it,but nothing that would indicate that someone would grow up to murder their girlfriend. Just tragic.

 

[Steely Dan]

According to a criminal complaint, he told state troopers when arrested that he killed her.

Booking photo. Those eyes...

http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2....jpg?fd5af0684d698ce74dd4392bafb4f89a6dc66ee3

I call those psycho eyes. The runaway bride had them too. JMO

Why do a lot of these crimes have ties to Rochester? It just seems like we have more than our fair share of these things. For those who don't know, Brockport is in Monroe County where Rochester is.

I don't know this, but I wouldn't be surprised if the kid was on roids and this was partially a roid rage incident.

 

[JoeFromLB]

I call those psycho eyes. The runaway bride had them too. JMO

Why do a lot of these crimes have ties to Rochester? It just seems like we have more than our fair share of these things. For those who don't know, Brockport is in Monroe County where Rochester is.

I don't know this, but I wouldn't be surprised if the kid was on roids and this was partially a roid rage incident.

I was struck by the similarity between his photo and that of Joshua Packer, who is awaiting trial for murdering the Husted's in Ventura, CA a few years ago. The same empty eyes:

http://www.fillmoregazette.com/files/imagecache/300wide/files/Joshua-Graham-Packer-04-14-10.jpg

 

[Snoopster]

Alexandra's Obituary




http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/uticaod/obituary.aspx?pid=160231856


Such a sad, senseless death of such a beautiful young lady. Prayers for her parents and sister.

I like this quote from Alexandra's obituary:

Alex lived her life according to the quote by Ida Scott Taylor: "Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone, and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering."

My thoughts are with Alex's family and friends who must be devastated.
Rest in peace, Alexandra. You were taken too soon, but clearly you touched the lives of others.

:rose:

 

[JoeFromLB]

Clayton Whittemore allegedly told police he beat Kogut with his fists, then hit her with a curling iron until she died.
She was struggling to breathe, and “I didn’t want the girl I loved to suffer, so I started beating her with the curling iron until the noise stopped.”

Unbelievable.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/201..._dorm-room-clayton-whittemore-court-documents


Now he's pleading "extreme emotional disturbance", a form of insanity defense.

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2843407.shtml?cat=565

In a chilling, graphic narrative to investigators in Monroe County, Whittemore allegedly said he 'snapped' and acknowledged beating Kogut after becoming angry over receiving an open container ticket. In the narrative, Whittemore also says the two had argued about, 'stupid stuff'.

"Extreme Emotional Disturbance" is an affirmative defense. Whereas normally, the burden of proof is on the prosecution in a criminal case, here, the defense must prove what they're alleging the defendant's mental state at the time of the crime.

 

[Steely Dan]

http://www.democratandchronicle.com...hittemore-murder-trial-delayed-again/4492247/


Clayton Whittemore murder trial delayed again
Meaghan M. McDermott, Staff writer 5:30 p.m. EST January 15, 2014

The trial of an Oneida County man accused of beating his girlfriend to death inside her dorm room at The College at Brockport in 2012 has been pushed back, possibly to the end of March, according to the Monroe County District Attorney's Office....

 

[OkieGranny]

http://rochester.twcnews.com/content/news/741505/prosecution-rests-in-clayton-whittemore-trial/

The defense will begin its case next week in the Clayton Whittemore trial. He's the Central New York man accused of killing his girlfriend in her College at Brockport dorm room...

Dr. Paul Gosink, who performed the autopsy, testified about the dozens of injuries to Kogut's body including a broken nose, torn ear, many cuts, abrasions and puncture wounds.

Dr. Gosink said they recovered the tip of a pen and cap of a mechanical pencil from two of those wounds. Gosink says Kogut died from blunt force trauma to the head, and strangulation.

 

[Steely Dan]

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/05/30/clayton-whitmore-guilty/9762921/

jurors deliberating the fate of accused killer Clayton Whittemore needed only a little more than two hours over two days to return to state Supreme Court and render their decision: guilty of second-degree murder.

In the moments that followed Friday's verdict, as the courtroom's back rows full of reporters sent the news out to the world via their smartphones, Becky Kogut, the mother of victim Alexandra Kogut, tweeted out five poignant words: "Justice for my sweet baby."

Now 22, Whittemore could be sentenced by state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle to 25 years to life in prison at an upcoming hearing on July 16....

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.penfieldpost.com/article/20140530/NEWS/140539970/1994/NEWS

We caught up with Whittemore's defense attorney Mark Curley after he left the courtroom. He didn't want to talk to us but was visibly upset with today's outcome. He did say he was surprised with how quickly the jury came to their decision. With only about an hour this morning and an hour yesterday to deliberate. Curley also said he was disappointed with the guilty verdict and spoke for Whittemore when he told us his client is also upset.

The verdict is a big win for District attorney Sandra Doorley. She says this is one of the most brutal and violent murders she's ever seen. That's why she's asking for the maximum penalty for Whittemore which is 25 years to life behind bars.

 

[Steely Dan]

http://www.penfieldpost.com/article/20140530/NEWS/140539970/1994/NEWS

He was SURPRISED by the verdict? Did he see the autopsy photos? (I haven't, but due to the description of death I'd imagine I wouldn't want to.) His client beat a woman to death. I hope the judge gives him life without the possibility for parole. Anyone who can beat someone to death shouldn't be walking the streets of society. JMO

 

[emloupe]

According to a criminal complaint, he told state troopers when arrested that he killed her.

Booking photo. Those eyes...

http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2....jpg?fd5af0684d698ce74dd4392bafb4f89a6dc66ee3

Yes you can see the rage behind that blank stare. Terrible. Poor girl.

 

[Steely Dan]

Did they ever learn what the last text meant?

 

[Donamena]

I once saw 'psycho eyes' Steely....staring across a desk from the leader of a Central American rape/torture/death squad. Empty, void, a hideous long corridor to a dead soul. No emotion. It was like talking to a .....I don't know what.

I've never spoken to anyone like that. He was coming into a hospital for surgery. I was hoping that either the anesthesiologist would go overboard on his chemicals or the surgeon's knife would slip or the surgical nurse would put air into his drip.

 

[fran]

Sentencing Delayed for Clayton Whittemore

Sentencing is now scheduled for Tuesday, August 5th.

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