This man, who emerged seemingly from myth, outraged a close-knit community with his crimes and will forever merge with legend as a cautionary tale. Three teenagers were arrested, tried and convicted amidst hysterical rumors they were Satanists who sacrificed young boys. Before she became a nun, Randon worked as a teacher, a governess and a child care provider during World War II (Sept. 1, 1939, to Sept. 2, 1945), according to Guinness World Records. Sister Andre, Lucile Randon in the registry of birth, the eldest French and European citizen, prays in a wheelchair, on the eve of her 117th birthday in 2021. First published on April 26, 2022 / 1:05 PM. One of the three new episodes in Hulu's Missing covered the disappearance of Ethel Atwell and her possible abductor Andre Rand. Did he act alone? The cops finally got a break in the investigation three years later. Sister Andr was born before World War I. Randon was born in France on Feb. 11, 1904. Since none of the children were hurt, he was never found guilty of kidnapping or abduction, but he did do time for unlawful incarceration. All Rights Reserved. How Staten Island got that particular name for their maniac is unknown. Already convicted of sexual abuse against a minor, he attracted the attention of searchers after the disappearance of Jennifer Schweiger, a young girl with Down syndrome. [13] On 19 April 2022, she became the world's oldest verified living person after the death of Kane Tanaka. When my family moved from the Bronx up to the country we lived right near Harlem Valley State Hospital, so for us, the escaped maniacs of our nightmares came from there. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Many more people, some who were never patients lived on the Willowbrook site and that of the nearby Sea View Hospital, and the New York Colony Farm. In the 80s, parents on Staten Island would make their children go . Staten Island man, Andre Rand, was found guilty of the kidnapping of innocent children. Andre Rand was arrested on charges of kidnapping Schweiger nearly a month later on August 4 and was placed under a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. Roberto Gonzalez, getaway driver in murder, is serving 25 years to life. One of his outposts was built in the woods behind his old stomping grounds Willowbrook State School. "Cropsey" is a creepy documentary with all the elements of a horror film about a demented serial killer, and an extra ingredient: This one is real, and you see him handcuffed in the film, not merely empty-eyed, shabby and stooped, but actually drooling. Thomas Fields was sentenced to 50 years to life in the 2008 case and is housed in Great Meadow Correctional Facility. Staten Islands Serial Killer School Custodian Andre Rand. Shes recovered, along with all the residents here, said David Tavella, the spokesman at the Ste. Thats 10 years, five months and 17 days before the start of World War I, which kicked off on July 28, 1914. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervison, Steven Morales, killer of floral-shop owner, is serving 25 years to life. The stories get wilder the more people weigh in on the matter. When Rand was fourteen, his father passed away unexpectedly. He will be eligible for parole in 2037, when. Andre Rand, the drooling suspect. Randon lives in a retirement home in Toulon, a port city on southern Frances Mediterranean coast. The fourth was Hank Gafforio, a 22-year-old with a low IQ who was last seen with Rand at a diner in 1984. The Long Island residents took the stand against Mannino in exchange for 12-year prison terms. The first youth to go missing in the string of disappearances was 5-year-old Alice Pereira, who vanished in 1972 after playing with her brother. Due to the Cropsey connection, these crimes will be forever tied to an urban legend, though these cases of disappearing young people remain all too real for those who lived through this terrifying time. Kidnapper Andre Rand is serving 50 years to life. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. City dwellers who went off to camp or moved to the suburbs no doubt heard the story of dat guy with da hook! He was going to come get you. The 1981 film, The Burning, brought Cropsey to life in a slasher film. Rapist Thomas Fields is serving 50 years to life. Prosecutors said Mannino was among a gang of five who broke into the victims' plush Nixon Avenue home on Ward Hill. Happy Halloween! STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At his sentencing seven years ago for abducting a Port Richmond girl two decades earlier, Andre Rand launched into a rambling, half-hour monologue in which he denied. Was he framed? Holly Ann Hughes, at 7 years old, vanished on July 15, 1981. ", Rand's defense attorney, Duane Felton, later described these statements as nothing more than"pretentious prison boasting. Sister Andrs story has made headlines in France, providing some uplifting news in a country where thousands of nursing home residents have died. In this version of the urban legend, Cropsey is a disfigured camp counselor, out for revenge. His reportage would eventually become the documentary Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace. The . The facility was for children with mental disabilities and sat on the 385-acre Willowbrook campus, where a former tuberculosis sanitarium was also located. She is the proud daughter of her late father, Rudy Repka, who worked alongside many other dedicated employees in Grand Central Terminal as a Diesel Machinist for Metro-North Commuter Railroad. only to refuse to see the visitors when they arrive. 1. The grounds of Willow Brook were combed by hundreds of police and volunteers who found nothing, and then a later search found a grave so shallow a hand was sticking out of the earth. Randon reportedly received a letter from Pope Francis, according to Guinness World Records. Prosecutors maintained Redmond-Mercereau slayed the victim because she was fed up with his gibes at her weight and housekeeping. In 1972, a doctor who worked at Willowbrook, who was upset about the treatment of the patients, slipped local reporter, Geraldo Rivera, a key to the horrid institution. Police discovered Rand and the girl in his car, which was parked in a vacant lot. This week, she became the oldest known person to have survived Covid-19. His estranged younger sister would later disclose that, to her knowledge, she and her brother were never physically or sexually abused. Fields, now 31, of Mariners Harbor, attacked the victim around 2 a.m. behind a church at the corner of Brabant Street and Harbor Road. A French Nun Turns 117 After Knocking Down Covid-19, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/europe/sister-andre-covid19.html. Legal Statement. Sister Andr didnt feel the disease, so she wondered a lot why we were talking about the coronavirus every day, why she couldnt receive visits from us at the nursing home, or from relatives or fellow residents, Mr. Tavella added. Why did he change his name? Cantres bled to death after being hit in the leg around 1:30 a.m. outside 350 Vanderbilt Ave. Scott was sentenced in October 1995 to 25 years to life by Justice Charles A. Kuffner Jr., who said it was his duty to protect society from the defendant. Rand was charged with attempted rape but eventually plead guilty to sexual abuse in 1970 in order to receive a lighter sentence. Still, the outbreak was a stark reminder that the virus has been devastating in places where the most vulnerable reside, even with stringent restrictions that have turned many nursing homes in the country and elsewhere in Europe into fortresses. The charges were expanded to include the disappearance of little Holly Ann Hughes.He made an ideal suspect. The very creepy film outlines the origins of the homespun nightmare where, according to lore, an insane man with a hook for a hand terrorized neighborhood boys and girls, dragging them into the crumbling ruins of Staten Islands abandoned Seaview Hospital. He is also ranked in the richest person list from United States. A 12-year-old with Down Syndrome, Jennifer told her parents she was going for a walk but never returned. At that time she was reported to still eat chocolate and drink a glass of wine each day. But many who believe in his guilt also believe his tenure at a facility notorious for abuse later influenced his crimes against children. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the murder charge, and so it fell. Johnson was 15 then. Mannino, seen in this 1998 file photo, was sentenced to more than 80 years to life in prison, which he is serving in Great Meadow Correctional Facility. She has famously received a letter from Pope Francis, and the newly reelected President Emmanuel Macron, who becomes the 18th president to be in power during her lifetime. Andre Rand ended up with a life term in prison This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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[7] Randon retired from full-time work in 1979 and entered the EHPAD in the Marches at Savoie, where she continued to care for the elderly until she was 100 years old. The panel found Camerlengo guilty in May 1999 of clubbing his 75-year-old father, Anthony, to death and fatally stabbing his mother, Ann, 73, on June 26, 1990. She slept more than usual, but she prayed and remained asymptomatic. While Sister Andre does suffer from her limitations, "she prays a huge amount and rises above it all," said David Tavella, an activity leader at the hospice who has become her confidant. As Toulon mayor Hubert Falco told her that she was "an object of pride and an example to the whole world," she was making sure that he had safely stowed the chocolates and traditional Provence sweets that people had brought for her. Staten Island pulled together as a community and many are still searching for the remains of these victims so that the families can have some semblance of closure. French Sister Andr, Lucille Randon, became the oldest woman in the world on Monday. Accessed March 24, 2017. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-ca69-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. After learning about these particular reports, his defence attorney convinced him to revise his entire tale. Parent-killer Thomas Camerlengo is serving 50 years to life. Hes out there waiting to get ya. As most of the facilities that housed the mentally ill and developmentally challenged were built on remote rural acres, you could just insert the name of any local collection of rambling buildings run by the New York Department of Mental Hygiene into the story. Was also located become the documentary Willowbrook: the last Disgrace https: //www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/europe/sister-andre-covid19.html coast. Urban legend, Cropsey is a disfigured camp counselor, out for revenge term in prison this material may be... 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