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| '''Alice Crimmins''' is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, who were discovered missing on July 14, 1965.<ref>{{cite web|work=]|title='Sexpot' trial tale: Crimmins custody fight in 1960s ends in death|author=Bovsun, Mara|date=June 26, 2011|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/sexpot-trial-tale-crimmins-custody-fight-1960s-ends-death-article-1.132749}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=June 15, 2012|author=Amper, Susan|title=Did She or Didn’t She?: The Case of Alice Crimmins 47 years later|url=http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/06/did-she-or-didnt-she-the-case-of-alice-crimmins-47-years-later-susan-amper-femme-fatale-crime-scene-just-plain-awful|work=Criminal Element}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=]|title=The Alice Crimmins Case|date=2012|author=Noe, Denise|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/crimmins/1.html}}</ref> Crimmins trial was compared by some in the media to the ] trial.<ref>{{cite web|author=O'Shaughnessy, Patrice|work=]|title=From Casey Anthony to Alice Crimmins moms on trial mesmerize|date=June 30, 2011|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/casey-anthony-alice-crimmins-moms-trial-mesmerize-article-1.132336}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=]|title=Before Casey Anthony, There Was Alice Crimmins...|authorlink=Paul LaRosa|date=07/14/11|author=LaRosa, Paul|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-larosa/before-casey-anthony-ther_b_898417.html}}</ref> | '''Alice Crimmins''' is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, who were discovered missing on July 14, 1965.<ref>{{cite web|work=]|title='Sexpot' trial tale: Crimmins custody fight in 1960s ends in death|author=Bovsun, Mara|date=June 26, 2011|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/sexpot-trial-tale-crimmins-custody-fight-1960s-ends-death-article-1.132749}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=June 15, 2012|author=Amper, Susan|title=Did She or Didn’t She?: The Case of Alice Crimmins 47 years later|url=http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/06/did-she-or-didnt-she-the-case-of-alice-crimmins-47-years-later-susan-amper-femme-fatale-crime-scene-just-plain-awful|work=Criminal Element}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=]|title=The Alice Crimmins Case|date=2012|author=Noe, Denise|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/crimmins/1.html}}</ref> Crimmins trial was compared by some in the media to the ] trial.<ref>{{cite web|author=O'Shaughnessy, Patrice|work=]|title=From Casey Anthony to Alice Crimmins moms on trial mesmerize|date=June 30, 2011|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/casey-anthony-alice-crimmins-moms-trial-mesmerize-article-1.132336}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=]|title=Before Casey Anthony, There Was Alice Crimmins...|authorlink=Paul LaRosa|date=07/14/11|author=LaRosa, Paul|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-larosa/before-casey-anthony-ther_b_898417.html}}</ref> | ||
| In 1965 five-year-old Eddie Crimmins, Jr. and four-year-old Alice Marie Crimmins (known as Missy) vanished from their garden apartment at 150-22 72 Drive, on July 14. Alice Marie's body was found the same day in a vacant lot on 71st Avenue at 162nd Street, the area where the 107th Precinct is located today. Eddie's body was found five days later near 68th Drive and the entrance to Northbound Van Wyck Expressway. The police were convinced from the start that Alice had committed the murders. This was based on the fact that she had many lovers and was estranged from her husband, in contravention to the morals of the day. There was no actual evidence against her. Initially she was convicted of the murder of Missy, but this conviction was overturned on appeal based on improper Prosecution tactics. To retaliate, she was re-tried for the murder of her son and her daughter and found guilty. On appeal the conviction for the killing of the son was overturned since no evidence showed he had been murdered, as was the conviction for the killing of her daughter, although this was reinstated. She served only six years before being paroled. She married Anthony Grace, one of her many lovers, and currently lives in Florida. <ref>http://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/crimmins-alice.htm</ref> | |||
| She was paroled in 1977.<ref></ref> | She was paroled in 1977.<ref></ref> | ||
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| Alice Crimmins | |
|---|---|
| Born | The Bronx, New York, United States |
| Spouse | Edmund Crimmins |
| Children | Alice Marie Crimmins Eddie Crimmins |
Alice Crimmins is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, who were discovered missing on July 14, 1965. Crimmins trial was compared by some in the media to the Casey Anthony trial.
In 1965 five-year-old Eddie Crimmins, Jr. and four-year-old Alice Marie Crimmins (known as Missy) vanished from their garden apartment at 150-22 72 Drive, on July 14. Alice Marie's body was found the same day in a vacant lot on 71st Avenue at 162nd Street, the area where the 107th Precinct is located today. Eddie's body was found five days later near 68th Drive and the entrance to Northbound Van Wyck Expressway. The police were convinced from the start that Alice had committed the murders. This was based on the fact that she had many lovers and was estranged from her husband, in contravention to the morals of the day. There was no actual evidence against her. Initially she was convicted of the murder of Missy, but this conviction was overturned on appeal based on improper Prosecution tactics. To retaliate, she was re-tried for the murder of her son and her daughter and found guilty. On appeal the conviction for the killing of the son was overturned since no evidence showed he had been murdered, as was the conviction for the killing of her daughter, although this was reinstated. She served only six years before being paroled. She married Anthony Grace, one of her many lovers, and currently lives in Florida.
She was paroled in 1977.
The real life mystery was the subject of two true crime books, The Alice Crimmins Case by Kenneth Gross and Ordeal By Trial by George Carpozi, Jr. Two best-selling novels, The Investigation by Dorothy Uhnak and Where Are The Children? by Mary Higgins Clark are thinly veiled fictionalizations of the case. Where Are the Children? was made into a film of the same title that was released in 1986. A made-for-TV movie called A Question of Guilt based on the Crimmins affair aired in 1978. John Guare penned a Crimmins inspired play entitled Landscape of the Body that opened in 1977. Playwright Neal Bell authored a play called Two Small Bodies that also opened in 1977. Two Small Bodies was made into a film by director Beth B. in 1993.
References
- Bovsun, Mara (June 26, 2011). "'Sexpot' trial tale: Crimmins custody fight in 1960s ends in death". Daily News.
- Amper, Susan (June 15, 2012). "Did She or Didn't She?: The Case of Alice Crimmins 47 years later". Criminal Element.
- Noe, Denise (2012). "The Alice Crimmins Case". Tru TV.
- O'Shaughnessy, Patrice (June 30, 2011). "From Casey Anthony to Alice Crimmins moms on trial mesmerize". Daily News.
- LaRosa, Paul (07/14/11). "Before Casey Anthony, There Was Alice Crimmins..." The Huffington Post.
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- Queens Tribune, The Crimmins Affair, Forgotten Queens History. accessed 31 May 2012
- Crime Library, The Alice Crimmins Case, accessed 31 May 2012
- James, Caryn (April 15, 1994). "Two Small Bodies (1994) Review/Film; Did She or Didn't She? Commit Murder, That Is". The New York Times.
External links
- Murderpedia
- Find A Grave's story of the murder of Alice Marie Crimmins
- Find A Grave's story of the murder of Eddie Crimmins
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