1. BARBARA JEAN
1 . Michael Boyette and Randi Boyette, Let It Burn: MOVE, the Philadelphia Police Department, and the Confrontation that Changed a City (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1989).
2 . John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author, September 2002.
4 . Patrick Sweeney, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 12, 1988.
5 . Margaret Kruce, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 12, 1988; Margaret Kruce, interview with author, n.d.
6 . Linda Green, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, April 7, 1992.
7 . My description of the Fahy family’s actions on July 12, 1988, is taken from my September 7, 2002, interview with John and Sharon, from their testimony at both Ogrod trials, and from the investigation interview records of their interviews with police on the following dates: John, July 12, 1988, 6:30 PM , July 12, 1988, 9:00 PM , July 18, 1988, April 3, 1989, and March 1, 1990; Sharon, July 12, 1988 and July 18, 1988. Occasionally, these sources conflict, and in such instances I have tried to reconcile the different versions. Where this has proved impossible I have given precedence to the version told closest to the events described, e.g., to the interview with police the night of the murder over trial testimony five years later.
8 . Philadelphia Inquirer, August 21, 1988.
9 . John is adamant now that he did not cross the street and knock on the door of 7244 but that Linda came out on the steps and he talked to her from across the street. On the day of the murder, however, he told police he “went across the street and talked to the little boy, Charlie’s, mom,” and Linda, her daughter, Alice, and Walter Ogrod all told police that John knocked on their door that afternoon. John Fahy, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 12, 1988, 6:30 PM : “Then I went across the street to Charlie’s. I spoke to his mother. She said she had not seen her.” Ogrod suppression hearing, 1:80; John Fahy, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 12, 1988, 9:00 PM : “Next, I went across the street and talked to this little boy Charlie’s mom. . . . I asked if she had seen Barbara. She said she saw her around two PM .” Ogrod suppression hearing, 1:81. Kathleen Ritterson, who lived down the block, remembered John telling her that afternoon that he had just been to Charlie’s house. At Ogrod’s second trial, in 1996, John said he couldn’t remember whether he knocked on the door or just talked to Linda from across the street (Ogrod second trial transcript, 11:155), but it seems most likely that he did cross Rutland Street and knock on the door of 7244 Rutland Street that afternoon. This would mean John knocked on the door and talked to Linda and Walter at the time Walter was supposedly killing Barbara Jean in the basement.
10 . Kathleen Ritterson, interview with author, fall 2002.
11 . Sharon Fahy, testimony, Ogrod second trial transcript, 12:6.
12 . Joan Zablocky, testimony, Ogrod second trial transcript, 12:139–141.
13 . John Torrante, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 15, 1991.
14 . Police Officer Erman Hendricks, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 12, 1988.
15 . Sharon Fahy, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 12, 1988.
16 . At the time of the murder, Detective Maureen Kelly was not yet married and was still Maureen Royds. For purposes of clarity I will refer to her as Detective Kelly throughout.
17 . Postmortem report, case #3336-88, July 13, 1988; summary of Dr. Hoyer’s report, July 13, 1988; Dr. Hoyer, interview by Mark Greenberg, September 27, 1993.
18 . Lieutenant Maureen Kelly, testimony, Ogrod second trial transcript, 11:76.
19 . John Fahy, interview with author.
4. AFTERMATH
1 . Sharon Fahy, interview with author.
2 . Philadelphia Police Neighborhood Survey, n.d., detective’s signature looks like “Schultz” #978.
3 . Jack McGuire and Gloria Campisi, “Child’s Slaying Has NE in Panic,” Philadelphia Daily News , July 13, 1988.
4 . Paul Baker, Joe O’Dowd, and Kathy Brennan with Jack McGuire, “Police Intensify Hunt for NE Girl’s Slayer,” Philadelphia Daily News , July 14, 1988.
5 . Daniel Rubin and Robert J. Terry, “In Victim’s Neighborhood, It’s a Time of Special Care,” Philadelphia Inquirer , July 15, 1988.
7 . Henry Goldman and Robert W. Fowler with Thomas J. Gibbons Jr., “Dead Child Found Naked in a Carton,” Philadelphia Inquirer , July 13, 1988.
8 . John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author.
9 . Gabriel Escobar, “Hundreds Mourn for Barbara Jean,” Philadelphia Daily News , July 16, 1988.
10 . Mark McDonald, “‘You Wonder If It’s Him’: Fear Haunts Neighbors in Wake of Killing,” Philadelphia Daily News , July 20, 1988.
11 . Hal Ward, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, July 20, 1988.
12 . Kathy Brennan and Marilyn Martinez, “Suspect Questioned in Girl’s Death,” Philadelphia Daily News , July 22, 1988.
14 . ADA Joseph Casey, Ogrod first trial transcript, 1:248.
15 . Jonathan Jones, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, August 31, 1988.
16 . Regarding Chris Cochan ID, see Ogrod second trial transcript, 11:75; for David Schectman ID, see Ogrod first trial transcript, 1:248, among other places.
17 . Philadelphia Criminalistics Lab report, September 8, 1988; FBI fingerprint report, September 8, 1988.
18 . Sharon Fahy, interview with author.
23 . Miller and Terry, “Painful Reminders of a Child’s Murder.”
25 . Bill Miller, “Man Held in Calls to Slain Girl’s Home,” Philadelphia Inquirer , September 17, 1988.
26 . For the description of the calls, see Sharon Fahy, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, September 10, 1988; for the precise number of calls that morning, see Miller, “Man Held in Calls.”
27 . Dave Racher, “Man Jailed for Obscene Calls to Murder Victim’s Mom,” Philadelphia Daily News , April 13, 1989.
28 . John Fahy, interview with author.
29 . Racher, “Man Jailed for Obscene Calls.”
30 . Philadelphia Inquirer , September 11, 1988.
31 . Richard V. Sabatini and Bill Price, “When Death Is by a Stranger’s Hand,” Philadelphia Inquirer , October 20, 1988.
32 . Bill Miller, “A Broader Plea for Help in Murder Case,” Philadelphia Inquirer , November 6, 1988.
33 . Philadelphia PD, incident report, November 17, 1989.
34 . John Fahy, interview with author.
35 . Detective Michael Fahy, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, June 9, 1989. (Detective Fahy is of no relation to Barbara Jean’s family.)
38 . John Fahy, interview with author.
40 . Jack McGuire, “Police Link Suspect to Girl Found in Box,” Philadelphia Daily News , January 12, 1990.
41 . Edward Moran, “‘There Is Always Someone Who Knows,’” Philadelphia Daily News , June 14, 1990.
42 . John Fahy, interview with author.
5. DETECTIVE PERFECT
1 . Arthur J. Magida, The Rabbi and the Hit Man (New York: HarperCollins, 2003), 178–80. “One of the smartest detectives on the force” from Larry Nodiff, interview with Emily Kaplan, November 2002; “short and cocky” from John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author. For description of Devlin’s dressing habits, see Howard Altman, “The Wacker Squad,” Philadelphia City Paper , May 20–27, 1994.
2 . While Magida quotes Devlin’s conviction rate (“And Marty Devlin’s conviction rate, the percentage of his arrests that resulted in a conviction, was one of the best on the force—95 percent”), homicide detectives usually track their clearance rate—the percentage of their cases that lead to an arrest (or some other conclusion, e.g., if the suspect dies). Several experienced attorneys and former law enforcement officials who read this manuscript raised the concern that they’ve never heard of a detective’s “conviction rate,” so I’m using clearance instead of conviction .
3 . Nodiff, interview with Kaplan, November 2002.
4 . Magida, Rabbi and the Hit Man .
5 . Frank Lewis, “A Profoundly Disturbing Case,” Philadelphia City Paper , June 22–29, 2000.
6 . Philadelphia Inquirer, August 25, 2016.
7 . Magida, Rabbi and the Hit Man . “Tall, soft-spoken, and solid” from John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author. For description of his dress, see Altman, “Wacker Squad”; and Paul Worrell, testimony, Ogrod first trial transcript, 2:303.
8 . Magida, Rabbi and the Hit Man .
9 . Paul Solotaroff, “Why Is This Man Still in Jail?,” Rolling Stone , March 12, 2015.
11 . Altman, “Wacker Squad.”
13 . Both detectives describe this thought process in their trial testimony. For “unreliable,” see Worrell, testimony, first trial, 1:221; for Devlin’s thought process, see Marty Devlin, testimony, Ogrod second trial transcript, 13:29.
14 . Sharon Fahy, interview with author.
6. WALT
1 . Worrell, testimony, first trial, 2:224.
3 . John and Marie Terpeluk, interview with author.
4 . Michael Smalley, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:168–69.
5 . John Fahy, interview with author.
6 . Penalty hearing, Ogrod second trial transcript, 17:51–52.
7 . William Daka, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 2:73.
8 . John and Marie Terpeluk, interview with author.
9 . Many of Walter’s friends describe him in these terms; see affidavits of Hal Vahey, Greg Ogrod, William Daka, Alonzo Balthrope, etc., in Ogrod PCRA.
10 . Dr. Dattilio, Ogrod PCRA, 6:59.
11 . Nazareth Hospital intake notes, April 12, 1976.
12 . Penalty hearing, Ogrod second trial transcript, 17:53.
13 . Dr. Peter Ganime, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:171.
14 . Dr. Peter Ganime, penalty hearing testimony, Ogrod second trial transcript, 17:15.
16 . Alonzo Balthrope, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:20.
18 . As John Elder Robison wrote in his My Life with Aspergers column for Psychology Today , “We’re described as arrogant, aloof, uncaring, and inconsiderate. I contend that we are none of those things. I believe we are simply blind, emotionally.” John Elder Robison, “Are Aspergians Really Rude and Inconsiderate?,” Psychology Today , November 10, 2008, www.psychologytoday.com/blog/my-life-aspergers/200811/are-aspergians-really-rude-and-inconsiderate .
19 . Walter Ogrod, penalty hearing testimony, Ogrod second trial transcript, 17:55–56.
20 . Ganime, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:171.
22 . Walter Ogrod army records, Ogrod PCRA, 7:52.
24 . Ogrod, penalty hearing testimony, 17:73.
7. GREG AND MAUREEN
1 . Quotations are taken from multiple affidavits, including those of John Shinn, Greg Ogrod, Heidi Guhl, John Trasser, Hal Vahey, Alonzo Balthrope, and Kim Ward (see Ogrod PCRA, vol. 1).
2 . Greg Ogrod, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:75.
3 . Heidi Guhl, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:84–86.
4 . Steven Mulvey, affidavit, April 27, 2011, Ogrod PCRA, 2:67–68.
5 . Melanie Ostash, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:165–66.
6 . Anna Newsham, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:22. Several other neighbors and associates of Walter’s described the Greens the same way, as did the Fahys and Walter himself.
7 . Green mentioned this to many people. See Hal Vahey, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:79–82; also John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author; Walter Ogrod, interview with author; Greg Ogrod, interview with author.
8 . Ostash, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA.
9 . Jane Zacher, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 1:93.
10 . John Trasser, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 1:132.
11 . Vahey, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA.
12 . Stacy Meigs, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 2:58.
13 . Walter Ogrod, interview with author, June 2002.
1 . Father John Bonavitacola, interview with author, July 2001.
2 . In the early years of my contact with Walter I’d become convinced he fit the description of a person with Asperger’s, a diagnosis that didn’t exist when he was a child and that, in 2013, was folded into the term ASD . In 2011, after a battery of tests, Walter was diagnosed with Personality Disorder Not Otherwise Specified with Avoidant, Inadequate, Dependent, and Obsessive Tendencies (a diagnosis that is also part of ASD). See report of Dr. Neil Blumberg (who summarizes other doctors’ reports as well), Ogrod PCRA, 6:79.
3 . Devlin/Worrell Activity Sheet, March 30, 1992. Worrell also described this at the first trial.
4 . Philadelphia Police interview record, Alice Green, April 7, 1992.
5 . Jim Trainum, report, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 6:32.
6 . Worrell, testimony, first trial, 3:310.
7 . Howard Serotta, suppression hearing testimony, Ogrod suppression hearing, 2:112–24. Serotta, Walter’s landlord in 1992, testified that when Devlin and Worrell came to his door on April 1, 1992, they asked (among other things) if Walter owned a weight set. If so, the detectives knew about the existence of the pull-down bar before they ever talked to Walter, which would mean it was not a detail “only the killer would know,” as they claimed, and that they were considering Walter a suspect as early as April 1, which would mean Walter’s interrogation did violate the six-hour rule. On cross-examination Serotta said it was possible the question about the weight set came during a phone conversation with a different detective after Walter’s arrest, but at the end of the suppression hearing, Judge Stout listed twenty-seven “Findings of Fact.” Number five read: “Five, two detectives contacted Mr. Howard Serotta, owner of Crystal Chandelier, two or three days before the defendant was questioned and asked Mr. Serotta questions about [Ogrod], where he lived and worked. They also inquired about his dog and whether or not he had any weightlifting equipment.” On September 23, 1993, ADA Casey asked Judge Stout to reconsider this finding of fact. “I could strike that,” she said. “That is not really important anyhow.” (Ogrod Suppression hearing, 4:12–13.) It was actually very important.
8 . Worrell, testimony, first trial, 2:228.
9 . Magida, Rabbi and the Hit Man . It is possible that this description of how to pressure a suspect comes from Devlin himself. Magida doesn’t identify this detective by name, but Devlin was one of his sources.
10 . Michael Matza, “After Verdicts, Questions on Not Taping Confessions,” Philadelphia Inquirer , March 16, 1997.
11 . PM , but in Worrell’s handwriting; if Walter is right about the time, Worrell went downstairs and signed him in when they took him into the interview room.
12 . Magida, Rabbi and the Hit Man , 26–27.
13 . Dr. I. Bruce Frumkin, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 6:57.
14 . Dr. Frank M. Dattilio, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 6:59.
16 . This description of the Reid Technique is taken from Trainum, report, Ogrod PCRA, 6:32.
17 . David Simon, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991), 34–35.
20 . Magida, Rabbi and the Hit Man . I suspect the detective quoted, in a chapter about Marty Devlin, is Devlin himself.
22 . Trainum, report, Ogrod PCRA.
23 . Robert Mayer, The Dreams of Ada (New York: Broadway Books, 2006; orig. publ. 1987), p. 417. My summary of the case is distilled from earlier chapters.
25 . Walter Ogrod, statement to detectives, April 5, 1992.
26 . Joseph Casey, testimony, Ogrod second trial transcript, 13:139ff.
27 . Peter Blust, suppression hearing testimony, September 8, 1993, Ogrod first trial transcript, 1:130–31; Peter Blust, interview with author, summer 2004.
9. LOOSE ENDS
1 . Bonavitacola, interview with author.
2 . Hahnemann University Hospital notes, April 7, 1992.
3 . Alice Green, interview with author, March 2016; Alice Green, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, April 7, 1992.
4 . Devlin and Worrell field notes, April 1, 1992.
5 .
6 . Hal Vahey, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA 1:80.
7 . Howard Serotta, suppression hearing testimony, September 8, 1993, Ogrod first trial transcript, 1:112–25.
8 . Dawn Vahey, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:159.
9 . Robert Fritz, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 2:33.
10 . Trainum, report, Ogrod PCRA, 6:45.
11 . Peter Blust, suppression hearing testimony, September 8, 1993, Ogrod first trial transcript, 1:125–59.
12 . In an interview with the author, Brignola denied that any of this took place. But it is clear from Casey’s cross-examination of Blust at the suppression hearing that Casey had, in fact, heard of Blust’s and Brignola’s meeting directly from Brignola, and Blust confirmed that Brignola told Casey.
13 . Tina Rosenberg, “The Deadliest DA,” New York Times Magazine , July 16, 1995.
15 . Clark Fuss, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 1:30–32.
16 . Rosenberg, “The Deadliest DA.”
13. LIKE TV STUFF
1 . Dianna Marder, “A Taut Opening to Trial in Girl’s Rape, Slaying,” Philadelphia Inquirer , October 22, 1993.
2 . John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author.
3 . Joseph Casey, opening statement, Ogrod first trial transcript, 1:17–38. Later, at Walter’s second trial, prosecutor Judi Rubino would also go with the “one witness created the sketch” idea, only she’d say it was Mrs. Schectman, not her husband.
4 . This description of the Fahys during the testimony and in the hallway afterward is from Marder, “Taut Opening to Trial”; description of Walter is from Kathy Brennan, “DA Says 4-Year-Old Was Killed for Refusing Sex,” Philadelphia Daily News , October 22, 1993.
5 . Cellmark labs, letter to Mark Greenberg, November 8, 1995.
6 . Michael Massi, testimony, Ogrod first trial transcript, 1:167.
7 . Kathy Brennan, “I Told Her to Go Outside,” Philadelphia Inquirer , October 23, 1993.
8 . Worrell, testimony, first trial, 2:395.
10 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 10:87–88.
11 . Dr. Haresh Mirchandani (medical examiner), testimony, Ogrod first trial transcript, 3:449–50.
12 . Dr. P. J. Hoyer, autopsy notes, case 3336, July 13, 1988.
13 . Alice Green, interview with author.
14 . Philadelphia Inquirer , October 26, 1993.
15 . Officer Bob Patrick testimony, Ogrod first trial transcript, 4:583.
15. “LOOK AT THE DEVIL”
1 . Mark Greenberg, closing argument, Ogrod first trial transcript, 8:1015.
2 . See Casey’s cross-examination of Walter Ogrod, Ogrod first trial transcript, 7:832–949.
3 . Jane Mayer, “The Black Sites,” New Yorker , August 13, 2007.
4 . Joseph Casey, closing argument, Ogrod first trial transcript, 8:1042–86.
5 . Charles Graham, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 1:26–28.
6 . Judi Rubino, interview with author, fall 2003.
7 . My narration of the mistrial and John’s leap at Walter draws on the court transcript, my interviews with John and Sharon and with Walter, the newspaper coverage (particularly Kathy Brennan and Dave Davies, “Victim’s Kin Explodes,” Philadelphia Daily News , November 5, 1993), and TV news clips taken in the hallway outside the melee.
8 . Brennan and Davies, “Victim’s Kin Explodes.”
9 . John Fahy, interview with author.
10 . Daily News , November 6, 1993, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 5:174.
16. THE MONSIGNOR
1 . Falls Township Police Department, incident report, April 5, 1994.
2 . Philadelphia Police Department, investigation report, June 28, 1994.
3 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 21, 1994, postmarked July 23, 1994.
4 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 20, 2003.
5 . Will Bunch, “The Snitch: Career Thief a Master at Dropping the Dime,” Philadelphia Daily News , February 27, 1997.
6 . John Hall papers, author’s collection.
7 . John Hall, affidavit, August 19, 1994, author’s collection.
8 . Philadelphia Police Department, interview with John Hall, August 3, 1994. “Gene’s Pharmacy” discussed in John Hall, letter to Marc Frumer, December 28 or 29, 1994, their first correspondence re: Walter Ogrod. Several of the pharmacies Hall used were near Walter’s old neighborhood, and when the two men met, Walter used one of them to describe to Hall where his house was. Hall’s imperfect knowledge of the neighborhood could explain why his snitch story about Walter gets so much wrong—close, but wrong.
9 . John Hall papers, notes titled “Genesis.”
10 . John Hall criminal record, available in author’s collection and many other places; see Ogrod PCRA, appendix.
11 . Phyllis Hall, interview with author.
13 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 28, 1994, p. 7.
14 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 1, 2003.
15 . Phyllis Hall, interview with author.
16 . David Keightly, letter to C. Theodore Fritsch, January 2, 1990.
18 . Jim Austin, “Killer Suspect Is Accused of Offering Hit Money,” Times Herald (Montgomery County), July 15, 1989.
19 . David Keightly, letter to John Hall, January 23, 1990.
20 . David Keightly, letter to Lynne Abraham, August 1991.
21 . C. Theodore Fritsch, letter to Lynne Abraham, August 15, 1991.
22 . Tom Bell, “Witness for the Prosecution,” Burlington County Times , April 10, 1991.
23 .
24 . Howard Barman, letter to Stuart Phillips (Hall attorney), August 27, 1991.
25 . Sergeant Thomas Mills, letter to Lynne Abraham, date illegible, attached to Hall’s petition to reconsider sentence, Spring 1995.
26 . Bruce Castor, letter to Dean Arthur, May 24, 1993.
27 . Bruce Castor, letter to John Hall, December 14, 1995.
29 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, June 24, 1996. The letter was written over the course of a few days, so it’s not clear on exactly which day he wrote the passage; it was clearly written as the Kimberly Ernest murder case was ongoing.
30 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 21, 2003.
31 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 28, 1994.
33 . Robert Bloom, “Jailhouse Informants,” Criminal Justice Magazine , Spring 2003; Steve Mills and Ken Armstrong, “Part Three: The Jailhouse Informant,” Chicago Tribune , November 16, 1999.
34 . Bloom, “Jailhouse Informants.”
35 . Jordan Smith, “Anatomy of a Snitch Scandal,” Intercept , May 14, 2016.
37 . Alexandra Natapoff, quoted in ibid.
38 . Radley Balko, “End the Use of Jailhouse Informants,” Washington Post , May 8, 2015.
39 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 21, 1994, postmarked July 23, 1994.
40 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 20, 1994.
41 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 21, 1994, postmarked July 23, 1994.
44 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 29, 1994.
46 . Joseph Casey, letter to Marc Frumer, August 1, 1994, signed by John Hall and Marc Frumer August 2, 1994, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 5:59–60.
47 . John Hall, affidavit, October 9, 1994, Ogrod PCRA, appendix, 5:93.
48 . John Hall, statement to detectives, August 3, 1994.
49 .
50 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, September 27, 1994.
51 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 24, 1994.
53 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, September 1, 1994.
54 . Elmer Smith, “An Undercover Rat? Or Just a Rat?,” Philadelphia Daily News , March 5, 1997.
55 . John Hall, “Verification for Affidavit,” November 6, 1994, Ogrod PCRA, 1:47.
56 . Marc Frumer, letter to Joseph Casey, October 12, 1994.
57 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, September 27–28, 1994.
1 . Shaffer (defense investigator), letter to Mark Greenberg, August 28, 1996, Ogrod PCRA, 5:197.
2 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 27, 2003.
3 . Barry Tarlow, “Silence May Not Be Golden: Jailhouse Informers and the Right to Counsel,” Champion (magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), September/October 2005.
4 . Dickson, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:34
5 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 27, 2003.
7 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 27, 2003.
8 . John Hall, letter to Frumer, December 28 or 29, 1994.
10 . Per John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author, Walter had once asked John Fahy if he was related to Henry Fahy, a question John thought was strange.
11 . John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author.
12 . John Hall, “composite summary” to Marc Frumer, December 29, 1994, author’s collection.
15 . Calculated on Google Maps, August 4, 2014; from where the box on St. Vincent Street was left to Castor and Magee is a thirteen-minute walk each way.
16 . Hall, “composite summary.”
17 . John Hall, statement to detectives, January 6, 1995.
18 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 27, 2003.
19 . Phyllis Hall, phone conversation with author, September 2003.
20 . Walter Ogrod, letter to “Sandy,” February 28, 1995, found in John Hall’s papers.
21 . Walter Ogrod, interview with author, July 2003.
19. THE MONSIGNOR’S APPRENTICE
1 . Jay Wolchansky Court of Common Pleas presentence investigation, July 12, 1989, Ogrod PCRA, 7:207.
3 . Jay Wolchansky criminal records, Ogrod PCRA, 5:13–17.
4 .
5 . Dickson, interview with author.
6 . Dickson affidavit, Ogrod PCRA (for “puppy”); Dickson, interview with author.
7 . Jay Wolchansky prison health progress notes, December 26, 1994, Ogrod PCRA, 7:229.
8 . John Hall, affidavit, August 10, 2005, Ogrod PCRA, 1:96.
10 . Jay Wolchansky, letter to Joseph Casey, January 23, 1995.
11 . John Hall, affidavit, August 10, 2005, Ogrod PCRA, 1:96; John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 14, 2003.
12 . John Hall affidavit, Ogrod PCRA.
13 . John Hall, Philadelphia PD investigation interview record, January 6, 1995.
14 . Jay Wolchansky, letter to Lynne Abraham, March 20, 1995.
15 . Jay Wolchansky, interview with Detective Michael Gross, March 20, 1995.
16 . Jay Wolchansky plea agreement, Ogrod PCRA, 7:44.
17 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 20, 2003.
18 . Marc Frumer, interview with author, July 23, 2003.
19 . Maria Gallagher, “Slain Student Eulogized,” Philadelphia Daily News , December 6, 1984.
20 . Linda Loyd, “Closing Statements Given in ’84 Slaying,” Philadelphia Inquirer , May 23, 1995.
21 . Thomas Gibbons Jr., “Slain Drexel Student Found on Campus Steps,” Philadelphia Inquirer , December 1, 1984; Linda Loyd, “Witness: Suspect Told of Killing Skill,” Philadelphia Inquirer , July 1, 1993.
22 . Linda Loyd, “Fellow Inmate Testifies Against Slaying Suspect with Fetish,” Philadelphia Inquirer , May 16, 1995.
23 . Linda Loyd, “Love Letter, Sneaker Fetish Linked at Murder Hearing,” Philadelphia Inquirer , July 7, 1993.
24 . Kathy Brennan, “Slay Suspect Fits Fetish Profile,” Philadelphia Daily News , July 7, 1993.
25 . Front page headline, Philadelphia Daily News , June 9, 1993.
26 . Dwight Ott, “Retired, but Memories Stay for 35 Years,” Philadelphia Inquirer , June 7, 2008.
27 . Joseph R. Daughten, “He’s ‘Simply the Best,’” Philadelphia Daily News , March 6, 1995.
28 .
29 . Dickson, interview with author; Walter Ogrod, interview with author, June 29, 2007.
30 . Comm. v. Hall, hearing before Judge Kenneth Biehn, March 27, 1996.
31 . Walter Ogrod, interview with author, June 29, 2007.
32 . Don Russell, “Man with Fetish for Sneakers on Trial in Student’s Slaying,” Philadelphia Daily News , May 6, 1995.
33 . Don Russell, “Ex-Drexel Prez Surfaces in Murder Trial,” Philadelphia Daily News , May 11, 1995.
34 . Don Russell, “Inmate: He Killed Her, Then Played with Her Feet,” Philadelphia Daily News , May 16, 1995.
36 . Loyd, “Fellow Inmate Testifies.”
37 . Russell, “Inmate: He Killed Her.”
38 . Loyd, “Closing Statements.”
39 . Don Russell, “Defense Lawyer: Foot Fetish Doesn’t Make Him a Killer,” Philadelphia Daily News , May 23, 1995.
40 . Don Russell, “Jury: So What If He Likes Feet?” Philadelphia Daily News , May 31, 1995.
41 . Rita Giordano and Linda Loyd, “Tipster Has History of Turning in People,” Philadelphia Inquirer , November 30, 1995.
20. UP TO SOMETHING
1 . Jeff Gammage, Thomas J. Gibbons Jr., and Linda Loyd, “Two Arrested in Jogger’s Killing,” Philadelphia Inquirer , November 30, 1995.
5 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 5, 19[93?].
7 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, December 21, 19[95].
8 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 30, 1996.
9 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 1, 2003.
11 . Philadelphia Magazine , December 1996.
12 . Linda Loyd, “After Twists and Turns, Jogger Case Heads for Trial,” Philadelphia Inquirer , January 5, 1997. Haak called police at Hall’s suggestion, per Phyllis Hall, interview with author, September 14, 2003.
13 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, December 21, 19[95] (the year is missing, but it’s clear from context).
14 . Larry King, Karen Miller, and Daniel Rubin, “Suspect Has a Long Trail of Trouble,” Philadelphia Inquirer , December 1, 1995.
15 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, December 21, 19[95].
16 . Howard Goodman and Linda Loyd, “2nd Jury Convicts Ex-Guard in Drexel Slaying,” Philadelphia Inquirer , December 3, 1995.
17 . Commonwealth v. Dickson, supplemental post-sentence motions for new trial/arrest of judgment, September 26, 1997.
21 . King et al., “Suspect Has a Long Trail of Trouble.”
22 . Will Bunch, “Cops Try to Plug Holes in Jogger Murder,” Philadelphia Daily News , July 15, 1996.
23 . Judge John R. Padova, memorandum, Haak and Wise v. City of Philadelphia, US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, February 11, 2002.
24 . Loyd, “After Twists and Turns.”
25 . Bunch, “Cops Try to Plug Holes.”
26 . Bunch, “Are These Really the Guys?”
27 . Commonwealth v. Dickson, supplemental post-sentence motions.
29 . Goodman and Loyd, “2nd Jury Convicts Ex-Guard.”
30 . Commonwealth v. Hall, Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, before Judge Kenneth Biehn, March 27, 1996.
31 . Commonwealth v. Dickson, supplemental post-sentence motions.
32 . Russell Gold, “Despite Many Letters of Support, Jailhouse Informant Is Sentenced,” Philadelphia Inquirer , March 28, 1996.
33 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, date illegible, probably March 29, 1996.
34 . Father John’s thoughts are taken from Smith, “An Undercover Rat? Or Just a Rat?”; and Father John Bonavitacola, affidavit, Ogrod PCRA, 1:42.
35 .
36 . Shaffer, letter to Greenberg, 5:197.
37 . Jay Wolchansky, letter to John Hall, August 8, 1996, Ogrod PCRA, 5:254.
38 . Bunch, “Are These Really the Guys?”
39 . Bunch, “Cops Try to Plug Holes.”
40 . Bunch, “Are These Really the Guys?”
41 . Phyllis Hall, interview with author.
42 . John Hall, petition for immunity from prosecution, received by DA’s office August 10, 1996.
43 . Bunch, “The Snitch.” Phyllis Hall also provided details in her interviews with the author.
44 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, July 21, 1996.
45 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, n.d. (mid-1996 from context).
46 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, December 23, 19[96].
47 . Bunch, “The Snitch”; see also Howard Altman, “The Kimberly Conundrum,” Philadelphia City Paper , January 7–14, 1999.
48 . Loyd, “After Twists and Turns”; Matza, “After Verdicts, Questions.”
49 . John Hall, letter to Phyllis Hall, October 14, 2003.
21. A NEW VERSION OF EVENTS
1 . Dave Racher, “2nd Trial In Killing of Girl, 4,” Philadelphia Daily News , October 1, 1996.
2 . Judi Rubino, interview with author.
3 . Howard Altman, “Judi’s Justice,” Philadelphia City Paper , June 14–21, 2001.
5 . Rubino, interview with author.
7 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 10:86.
8 . See ch. 13, n. 3; Casey, opening statement, Ogrod first trial.
9 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 10:69.
12 . Walter Ogrod, interview with author; Linda Green, interview with Detective Worrell.
13 .
14 . Thomas James, interview with author, September 29, 2003.
15 . David Miller, interview with author, n.d. (fall 2003).
16 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 10:116.
18 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 10:127.
19 . John and Sharon Fahy, interview with author.
21 . Ogrod second trial trancript, 10:128–29.
25. VERDICT
1 . Loyd, “Defendant Told of Killing.”
2 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 15:36.
5 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 15:45, 64.
7 . Judi Rubino, closing argument, Ogrod second trial transcript, 15:48.
11 . The case actually returned to the public eye in the summer of 1996, just before Walter’s retrial, when Fahy volunteered to be executed, an idea he Philadelphia Daily News , August 9, 1996.
12 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 15:60.
14 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 16:3.
15 . See Andrew Cohen, “When Prosecutors Admit to Cheating,” Atlantic , March 4, 2014, about a case in which federal prosecutors vacated charges against a convicted drug dealer because they had misled the jury during closing arguments about what luggage the defendant had had with him on a certain trip—an issue that had not been brought up during trial.
16 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 15:67–68.
18 . Kruce, investigation interview record; Kruce, interview with author.
19 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 15:68.
20 . Alice Green, interview with author.
21 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 15:64.
24 . Miller, interview with author.
25 . John Fahy, interview with author.
26 . Ogrod second trial transcript, 16:3–5.
27 . Walter Ogrod, interview with author, April 8, 2014.
28 . Dave Racher, “Now We Can Remember,” Philadelphia Daily News , October 9, 1996.
30 . Linda Loyd, “Ogrod Is Convicted in Girl’s Slaying,” Philadelphia Inquirer , October 9, 1996.
31 . Myung Oak Kim, “Foreman in First Trial Isn’t Buying Verdict,” Philadelphia Daily News , October 9, 1996.