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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1990
Page
8
After a Sunday meeting with Police Commissioner Lee Brown, detectives say a single killer may be responsible for three Bronx slayings, with investigators probing whether two more weekend deaths are linked. A victim was shot in the head. the case remains unresolved.
A gypsy cab driver Ferdinand Jeannot was shot in Brooklyn by a backseat passenger. Police suspect robbery motive as bullets from a .22 gun link to other taxi killings. Mayor Dinkins expands a task force, reward offered, and note higher danger to non medallion drivers in upper Manhattan and outer boroughs.
Ministers in poor neighborhoods arm themselves with bats knives and guns to deter criminals threatening property and lives. Churches install security systems steel bars and booby traps as police have twice mistaken ministers with alarms for intruders. Clergy report licenses to carry arms and describe robberies during services including a Crown Heights pastor whose congregation was robbed at gunpoint after blessings and offerings were taken.
Hemlock area reports two victims in a trailer home fire blamed on careless smoking materials. Autopsies scheduled for two victims, William L. Diehl and Madeline Diehl, aged 82 and 79, who died at the Livingston County scene. Arson fire damages Hasidic building under construction in Kiryas Joel, Orange County, with a shopping plaza also heavily damaged. State police receive tips and investigation continues.
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