20060905: Confession from suspected serial killer will be allowed NY Rochester The confessions from a suspected serial killer will be allowed in court. A judge ruled statements made by Robert Spahalski to Rochester police last year can be used against him. Prosecutors say Spahalski admitted to four killings dating back more than a decade when he turned himself in last November. The defense argued the police were under instructions from a 1991 letter sent by the public defender's office to not question Spahalski about any homicides. The judge ruled Tuesday there was no evidence the officers knew of the past letter. 20060605: Accused serial killer in court NY Rochester A pre-trial hearing continued Tuesday for Robert Spahalski.
He is charged with 4 counts of second degree murder. A judge is deciding whether or not statements he made to police can be used in his trial. The statements go back as far as 1991, but culminate Spahlaski's confession to 4 murders last November. Spahalski's attorney says the Rochester Police Department should not had interviewed him without an attorney because he had an assigned public defender.
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Twelve witnesses in total will finish on Tuesday. Judge Patricia Marks will rule in a written decision. 20060104: Grand Jury Indicts Spahalski For Four Murders NY Rochester The man Rochester police call a serial killer is facing more murder charges. On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Robert Spahalski on five counts of murder involving four victims dating back 16 years. Spahalski pleaded not guilty to the 10-count indictment. He appeared in court shackled until his attorney objected and the judge ordered the shackles removed.
Spahalski remains in jail and no bail has been set. Election Day Confession On Election Day 2005, Spahalski walked into police headquarters and allegedly told police he had killed four people. He was charged in two of the cases while police worked to gather evidence in the other two. That same day Spahalski led police to the body of Vivian Irrizarry.
In a signed statement, he said he killed his friend because he was having hallucinations while on a crack binge. Spahalski is also charged with killing Charles Grande of Webster in 1991. Tuesday’s indictment charges him with two additional murders. On December 31, 1990 police found Moraine Armstrong dead in her Lake Avenue apartment dead with an electrical cord wrapped around her neck. At the time, Spahalski was living across the street.
Until now, the murder remained unsolved. Spahalski is also charged with killing Adrian Berger in July 1991. Berger’s body was found inside her Emerson Street home. Police were never able to determine her cause of death, so the case was not labeled a homicide.
Although police call Spahalski a serial killer, it doesn't appear the four cases 16 years apart have a common motive. Victim's Sister Reacts Melanie Armstrong, Moraine Armstrong's sister, has mixed feelings about the indictment. On one hand, she said she is happy that police have a suspect in her sister's murder. But, on the other hand, Melanie said, 'I was pissed off that it took 15 years. He was able to live life all this time while my sister was dead.' Armstrong said she recently came to suspect Spahalski in her sister's murder.
In his November confession to killing Charles Grande, Spahalski said he turned the thermostat all the way up hoping the body would decompose quickly to throw off police. Melanie said the thermostat was turned all the way down in Moraine's apartment in an effort to make the homicide difficult to solve. Despite Moraine's wrong turn into drug use and prostitution, her sister says she didn't deserve to die.
'She was the sweetest person, she loved to laugh,' Melanie said. Before she was killed, Moraine told her family that she was afraid. Her sister says that came from the dark life she led and that Moraine wanted to get off drugs. Police won't say exactly what connects Spahalski to Armstrong's death other than a confession. The possible motive is unclear; however, it's believed the two knew each other. 20051215: One brother is a killer; one may be a serial killer NY Rochester In Rochester, police are trying to determine whether Robert 'Bruce' Spahalski committed at least two killings. Behind the towering walls of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility, Spahalski's identical twin, Stephen, waits and hopes his own time in prison will soon end.