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Criminal Records - Most Wanted |
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Profile |
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Name: Unknown Gretchen Perham Killer
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Race: Black |
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Age Range: 23 - 32 |
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Height: 6' |
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Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Black |
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Eyes (Color and Correction): Unknown |
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Other Physical Characteristics: Medium build.
Was wearing blue jeans and a white "do-rag" on his head. |
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Wanted for :
Homicide, Albany, NY;
May 13, 2005
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Location(s) |
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Last Seen : Albany, NY |
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Possible Location : Albany, NY |
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Last Known : Unkown |
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Traits |
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Case Story |
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Albany Girl Killed While Walking To School |
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14-year-old Gretchen Perham lived only six blocks from school. It's so close that she walked to Hackett Middle School in Albany, New York every day. On May 13, 2005, Gretchen left her home around 8:30 a.m. for school. She was never seen alive again.
Gretchen was stabbed 18 times. Her body was found dumped on an embankment across town. Police immediately began investigating the brutal murder, but couldn't come up with any solid leads. Then another girl was attacked -- along the same route to school. |
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Second Girl Attacked On Walk To School |
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There were many similarities between the two attacks. Both were attacked with a knife, both were 14-year-old students at Hackett Middle School, and both were en route to school when they were attacked. But there was one big difference -- this girl was lucky enough to survive the attack.
On her way to Hackett Middle School, a girl we'll call "Jesse" was grabbed from behind, and threatened with a butcher knife. Jesse screamed for help -- and cops say those screams saved her life. Two men who worked at a nearby hospital just happened to be on a coffee break outside the building, when they heard Jesse's cry for help. Curtis Frazier and Perry Smith ran toward the girl and chased the attacker away. |
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Second Victim's Attacker Captured |
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On July 14, 2005, police caught up with a man named Darius Ashley, charging him with raping a 28-year-old woman. Thanks to DNA, Ashley was linked not only the 28-year-old's case, but two others. Cops slapped Ashley with the abduction and rape of a 14-year-old girl, as well as the attempted abduction of the Albany school girl. The same day he was charged, Ashley confessed to all three crimes.
Now, cops are searching for a possible link between Ashley and Gretchen's death.
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