John Atwater's Blog

A man from Coplay, PA was questioned for almost 10 hours in the death of a New York psychologist. I talked with him at his home Thursday afternoon. He seemed absolutely drained. He was very polite and made every effort to stand on his front porch to answer any and all questions. He would not comment on some aspects of the investigation. He wouldn't talk about his lawyer and he wouldn't talk about what investigators asked him. At times when he spoke of the victim, he had tears in his eyes. He had red, irritated bags under his eyes indicating it had been an emotional day. Detectives knocked on his door at 4:30 a.m. to take him in for questioning. He says, though, that he was up and dressed with his wife. He has six children who are between the ages of two and 14. He says he's been talking with Kathryn Faughey, the murdered psychologist, for a while now. He lost his job and since he hadn't been seeing his doctor, he was talking with her about personal problems. They communicated with her via e-mail and telephone. He told me they talked on the phone for ten minute intervals. And, he last spoke with her on Tuesday, the day she was killed.

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