Monday, July 9, 2012
LPD Chief Mark Corr speaks of delayed justice after a convicted killer is sentenced to life in prison for the previously unsolved 1992 murder of a Lexington resident.
After convicted killer Craig Conkey was sentenced to life in prison last week for the previously unsolved 1992 murder of Kathleen Dempsey, Patch reached out to Lexington Police Chief Mark Corr for comment. Here is his response: A television program recently highlighted the story of 1st Lt. Billie Harris of the 355 Fighter Group who was shot down over Normandy, France in 1944. His wife waited until 2006 before she learned that her husband, reported as missing in action, was in fact killed and buried with honors in Normandy. When asked if she found closure in finally learning her husband’s fate, she said no, there was only acceptance. When asked about the red tape and mistakes that were made, the proud widow simply said, there is forgiveness…
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
In Middlesex Superior Court on Tuesday, July 3, Craig Conkey was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the previously unsolved 1992 murder of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey.
Her family entered the courtroom and exchanged handshakes and hugs with Lexington Police past and present. “I’m glad we got here,” one of them said. It was just before noon and just shy of 143 months after the day they lost their daughter, sister and friend. At last, they were here, in Middlesex Superior Court, for a bit of belated justice in the 1992 murder of Kathleen Dempsey. Craig Conkey, the man authorities say entered Dempsey’s basement apartment on Lexington’s Ridge Road and brutally murdered the 31-year-old, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to those acts, committed in the early morning hours of Aug. 23, 1992. He was sentenced to life in prison with the eligibility of parole after 15 years. Closure didn't come when Conkey, now a twice-…
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Minutes after Craig Conkey was sentenced to life in prison for the previously unsolved 1992 murder of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey, Assistant District Attorney Michael Fabbri said he was humbled by her family's fortitude.
After convicted killer Craig Conkey left Middlesex Superior Court Tuesday shackled with his second life sentence, this one for the 1992 murder of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey, the prosecutor's only words were for the victim's family. After years of investigation, it was new forensic techniques and the suspect's own words that helped close the cold case of the, but Michael Fabbri, an assistant district attorney in the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, said Dempsey's family helped bring her killer to justice. “We were driven to stay with this case by the fortitude, the resilience, the sticktoitivness, if you will, by Evelyn Tobin, John, the entire family,” said Fabbri. “We thank them for keeping us on top of this, and we do hope …
Evelyn Tobin addresses the media after convicted murder Craig Conkey pleaded guilty in the previously unsolved fatal stabbing of her daughter, Kathleen Dempsey, in 1992.
For Evelyn Tobin, this was a long time coming. In Middlesex Superior Court on Tuesday, July 3, man accused of killing her daughter was brought to justice after two decades of heart-wrenching uncertainty and months of courtroom drama. Convicted murder Craig Conkey was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree in the previously unsolved 1992 murder of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey. "It's a day we longed for for 20 years," said Tobin, before thanking law enforcement officials and advocates for their diligence and support throughout the years. "We've never felt that it was a cold case. It's always been active; they've always been responsive to any of our needs and questions." According…
A cold case partly solved by an admission of guilt.
Twenty years after the brutal killing of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey, Craig Wayne Conkey pleaded guilty today in Middlesex County Superior Court to the previously unsolved 1992 murder. Conkey, who is already serving a life sentence for the 1994 murder of another Lexington resident, Mary Lou Sale, pleaded down to second-degree murder after initially pleading not guilty to a December 2011 indictment for first-degree murder in the Dempsey slaying. Middlesex Superior Court Judge Kathe Tuttman sentenced Conkey to life in prison with the eligibility of parole after 15 years. The life sentence handed down through today's conviction is to begin today and run concurrent with Conkey's sentence from the Sale conviction and subsequent appeals…
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Fourth of July carnival kickoff, Conkey in court and more today in Lexington.
1. Carnival Kicks Off Today: The Lexington Lions Club's annual Fourth of July carnival opens at 6 p.m. this evening at Hastings Park. 2. Dempsey Murder Case Back in Court: Craig Conkey, the convicted murder accused in the previously unsolved 1992 murder of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey, is due in Middlesex Superior Court at 12 p.m. this afternoon. 3. Today in Public Meetings: According to the town website, there are none posted for today. 4. Like Us on Facebook: For even more information and engagement, like Lexington Patch on Facebook. Over there, we'll be asking questions, looking for feedback and continuing the conversation with the Lexington community. See you soon! 5. Sunny and Warm: Should be mostly sunny today, with a high …
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Mass Ave & Worthen Rd, Lexington, MA
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Already a convicted murder, Craig Conkey stands accused in the previously unsolved 1992 killing of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey.
The next court date in the murder trial of Craig Conkey has been moved up to next Tuesday, July 2. It was previously scheduled for Thursday, July 5, but was bumped up due to a courthouse scheduling conflict. Already a convicted murder, Conkey stands accused in the 1992 murder of 31-year-old Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey. He's scheduled to be back in Middlesex Superior Court room 430 at 12 p.m. next Tuesday for what many hope could be the beginning of the end of a difficult saga that began nearly 20 years ago. According to authorities, Dempsey was brutally stabbed to death in her basement apartment on Lexington's Ridge Road in the early morning hours of Aug. 23, 1992. An unknown intruder entered Dempsey’s basement apartment during …
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Craig Conkey, the convicted murder accused in the previously unsolved 1992 killing of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey, is due back in court next month.
A spokesperson for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office this week confirmed Craig Conkey, the man on trial for the 1992 murder of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey, is scheduled to be back in Middlesex Superior Court at 12 p.m. on Thursday, July 5. At Conkey’s last appearance in court, on March 30, he insisted he was competent and informed enough to make a guilty plea, and signed an affidavit confessing to the crime. Previously, he had entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment in January. Conkey is accused in the 1992 murder of Dempsey, 31, who authorities say was stabbed to death in her basement apartment on Lexington's Ridge Road. Already serving a life sentence for the second-degree murder of another Lexington woman, Mary …
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
A look back at the week that was in Lexington.
A busy week this one was. There was the start of annual Town Meeting, a brush fire, a few arrests and a court appearance by an accused killer. Monday, March 26 was the opening night of 2012’s annual Town Meeting, and during the second session on Wednesday members voted to approve zoning amendments to allow residential use and residential occupations in the Lexington Center Business District, but shot down a proposal to allow taller buildings and a greater floor area ratio. Amidst town government headlines on Tuesday morning, Raising Lexington columnist Audra Myerberg explained why her “momtourage” is one accessory she simply can’t do without. Later in the day, a large brush fire broke out in the conservation land between Justin Park and …
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Cary Memorial Building
1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
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Justin Park
Justin St & Bernard St, Lexington, MA
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Lexington Fire Headquarters
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Friday, March 30, 2012
In Middlesex Superior Court today, March 30, a doctor and judge declared Craig Conkey competent to plead guilty to second-degree murder in the previously unsolved 1992 killing of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey.
Saying a trial would be a waste of time and taxpayer dollars, Craig Conkey today said he wants to plead guilty to the 1992 murder of Lexington resident Kathleen Dempsey. “I’ve been waiting for this a long time, to just come in and plead guilty,” Conkey told the judge, adding that he’s willing to waive rights in his defense. “There’s no need to investigate it. I’m guilty. I confessed. Everything I said in the statement to the police was true.” Conkey was appearing in Middlesex Superior Court for a March 30 status hearing, following an examination by a doctor to determine whether he was competent to stand trial and make decisions for himself. The evaluation came at the request of his attorney, Bernard Grossberg, who had become concerned over…
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Deb
8:16 am on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I think he meant persistence. more ›