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The Staten Island emergency line operator heard nothing but labored breathing when she answered the call...but soon a female voice weakly said that they were being murdered. She managed to get out the address, then a young boy took over the call. It was Melvin Nimer, Jr., the 8-year-old son of Dr. Melvin and Lou Jean Miner.
When police arrived, young "Deanie", as Melvin, Jr., was called, told them that he awakened to a man in a white mask choking him. When he screamed for help, his mother came, then his father, and both were savagely stabbed by the stranger, who then escaped. Deanie had a red mark around his neck. His two younger siblings were unharmed.
Things took a twist when a few days later, Deanie confessed to the killings. The freckled-faced, barely 60-pound boy said he stabbed his parents as they slept after planning it for several days. He re-enacted the slaying for police, describing how he stabbed first his mother, then his father, then calmly washed the kitchen knife he had used and put it away.
Psychiatrists said Deanie suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and was capable of violent crime. But then he recanted his story, and said he told the truth the first time, about the white-masked stranger. He was eventually allowed to go live with an uncle out of state.
Who really killed the Nimers? Deanie, or a white-masked stranger?
FAMILIES: Intruder in the Night
Medicine: The Suspect
When police arrived, young "Deanie", as Melvin, Jr., was called, told them that he awakened to a man in a white mask choking him. When he screamed for help, his mother came, then his father, and both were savagely stabbed by the stranger, who then escaped. Deanie had a red mark around his neck. His two younger siblings were unharmed.
Things took a twist when a few days later, Deanie confessed to the killings. The freckled-faced, barely 60-pound boy said he stabbed his parents as they slept after planning it for several days. He re-enacted the slaying for police, describing how he stabbed first his mother, then his father, then calmly washed the kitchen knife he had used and put it away.
Psychiatrists said Deanie suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and was capable of violent crime. But then he recanted his story, and said he told the truth the first time, about the white-masked stranger. He was eventually allowed to go live with an uncle out of state.
Who really killed the Nimers? Deanie, or a white-masked stranger?
FAMILIES: Intruder in the Night
Medicine: The Suspect
