James Krauseneck Jr. on Monday had his murder conviction for the locally notorious "Brighton ax murder" officially erased — months after his death and more than a year after he was found guilty ...

A regional appellate court has denied the legal bid to keep alive the conviction of the late James Krauseneck Jr., who in May died in prison about seven months after being convicted for the 1982 ...

In a New York criminal case that has its share of unusual twists, the "Brighton ax murder" now has another: James Krauseneck Jr. is appealing his murder conviction from the grave. The appeal ...

In a New York criminal case that has its share of unusual twists, the "Brighton ax murder" now has another: James Krauseneck Jr. is appealing his murder conviction from the grave. The appeal, filed in ...

James Krauseneck Jr. died Friday afternoon in the infirmary in Mohawk Correctional Facility in Rome, N.Y., his defense attorney, Michael Wolford, wrote in an email. The 71-year-old Mount Clemens ...

James Krauseneck Jr., convicted for murdering his wife with an ax in the notorious "Brighton ax murder," has been moved to a prison facility known for its medical care for inmates suffering from ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — James Krauseneck, the man convicted in September of killing his wife in their Brighton home in 1982, is ill. One of Krauseneck’s attorneys, Michael Wolford, says Krauseneck ...

Over 40 years ago, in 1982, James Krauseneck, who worked as an economist at Eastman Kodak Co., allegedly murdered his 29-year-old wife Cathy Krauseneck in their Brighton, New York, home.