A Stranger Killed Katy: The True Story of Katherine Hawelka, Her Murder on a New York Campus, and How Her Family Fought Back

by William D. LaRue

Overview

KATY DIED THREE DAYS AFTER THE BRUTAL ATTACK.

JUSTICE ARRIVED THREE DECADES LATER.

In the early morning hours of August 29, 1986, Clarkson University sophomore Katy Hawelka - bright, pretty and full of life - strolled back to her upstate New York campus after a night out. On the dimly lit path beside the university's ice hockey arena, a stranger emerged from the darkness. The brutal sexual assault and strangulation that followed rocked the campus and the local community to its core.

When Katy was declared brain-dead three days later, her family's nightmare had only just begun.

Terry Connelly soon learned details about her daughter's death that would make her blood boil. From the bungling campus guards who could have stopped the murder, to mistakes by others that allowed the killer to wander the streets committing violence, Katy's mother became certain of one thing: The criminal justice system only meant "justice for the criminals."

A STRANGER KILLED KATY is the true story of a life cut tragically short, and of the fight by a grieving mother and others more than 30 years later to ensure that a killer would spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732241633
Publisher:	Chestnut Heights Publishing
Publication date:	01/18/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	290
Sales rank:	954,991
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

William D. LaRue is an award-winning journalist and former reporter for The Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York, and a former online producer for Syracuse.com and other newspaper websites. He received a bachelor's degree in English from State University College at Potsdam and a master's degree in communications from Syracuse University. This is his fourth published book. A father of two, he lives in a suburb of Syracuse with his wife, Kathleen.