Brookhaven/ South Haven Hamlets
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John B. Deitz
Build: 080511.1
Helen Tiernan Murder
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drafted 6 March 2007 |
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It was a lovely spring day. The weather was fair and in the upper
fifties on Sunday, May 17, 1937 as sixteen year-old May Savage of
Brookhaven Hamlet and her boyfriend Warren Brady of East Patchogue were
walking through the woods about 100 feet east of Yaphank Avenue.
But their pleasant afternoon was shattered when about 2:50 pm they
discovered the body of a young girl whose throat had been cut and whose
body burned.. Thus began an episode that brought to Brookhaven
Hamlet notoriety that was front page headlines in newspapers across the
country. |
Page revised: 10 March 2007
