Apr 1, 2011 | 13WHAM
Man Gets 8 to 24 Years for Killing Wife in Adirondacks
Thomas Collard, 62, has pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter. He admitted killing his wife in 1980 and tossing her body into a sewage pit beside their home in the Adirondacks.
Thomas Collard sentenced to eight to 24 years for wife's death
Save for the first eight years of her life, Tammy Vanderwerker never got the chance to grow up with a loving mother.
Collard sentencing is on the court schedule Thursday
Disqus Collard sentencing is on the court schedule Thursday KIM SMITH DEDAM Wed Mar 30, 2011, 11:03 AM EDT ELIZABETHTOWN - Thomas A. Collard is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Essex County Court.
Samson man pleads guilty to 30-year-old murder
Weeks before his trial was to begin, Thomas Collard, a longtime resident of Samson, pleaded guilty to murdering his wife nearly 30 years ago.
Man pleads guilty in 30-year-old murder case
The Essex County district attorney says a 62-year-old man accused of killing his wife in 1980 and tossing her body in a pit beside their home in the Adirondacks has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.