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Apr 6, 2020 · Gregory Hopkins, now 74, was charged with the killing more than 30 years after 23-year-old Janet Walsh was found strangled in the bedroom of her apartment.
Oct 5, 2022 · In 2013, Hopkins was convicted of the 1979 cold case murder of 23-year-old Catherine Janet Walsh. The deceased woman’s body was found face down in her own bed in Monaca, with a bandana tied tight around her neck; her hands bound behind her back with the belt of a bathrobe.
- No Shortage of Suspects
- A Bombshell
- The Trial of Scott Hopkins
- The Verdict
“This case is about a young woman, 23 years old in 1979, who is tragically murdered. And it completely tears apart and devastates her family,” said Assistant District Attorney Brittany Smith. In the days following the horrific discovery of Janet Walsh’s lifeless body, rookie investigator Andy Gall reached for leads in every possible direction, reco...
“I don’t have any eyewitnesses. I don’t have any physical evidence. I have no serious motive. I have no one coming forth,” Pennsylvania State Trooper Richard Matas told Peter Van Sant. Detective Rocco DeMailo, working in a cold case squad, says in late 2010, all of that would change. Time and technology finally caught up to Janet Walsh’s case. “The...
In November 2013, Scott Hopkins -- now 67 years old and a grandfather -- goes on trial for the murder of Janet Walsh in 1979. No cameras are allowed in the courtroom. Janet’s younger brother, Francesco Caltieri, says as the proceedings began, all he could do was pray. “Please, God, give everyone the strength to do what is right and to do your biddi...
For Francesco Caltieri, the trial of his sister’s accused killer would be bitter. “I was transported back 30-plus years to being just -- having my innards just shredded. My heart -- didn’t even know how to work,” he told “48 Hours.” “My fear, and it came to fruition, was that it would be like yesterday, like it just happened.” Caltieri attended eac...
- Correspondent, "48 Hours
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- CBS News
May 17, 2015 · Andy Gall was a first responder in 1979 to the scene where 23-year-old Catherine Janet Walsh was found murdered in Beaver County, Pa. Now a detective in the same county, Gall was an integral...
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Oct 5, 2022 · Charges were originally filed against Hopkins in January 2012 after prosecutors connected him to the unsolved murder of 23-year-old Catherine Janet Walsh. Walsh was found murdered in her...
- Garret Roberts
- Reporter
Oct 6, 2022 · On September 1, 1979, 23-year-old Janet Walsh was discovered deceased in her apartment located in Monaca, Pennsylvania. Walsh's father found her after being notified by her boss that she didn't show up at work.
Oct 5, 2022 · Hopkins was convicted of third-degree murder in 2013 for the killing of Janet Walsh. The 23-year-old woman was found strangled in her apartment on Sept. 1, 1979, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette...
