Justice Delayed, but not Denied!

In the winter of 1982 in Brighton, New York, a bedroom suburb of Rochester, Jim Krauseneck came home from work to discover his wife, Kathleen, lying in bed, dead, with an ax lodged in her head. Their 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Sarah, was unharmed alone in the dark, cold house. She had attempted to dress herself and make herself breakfast, which was evident by the cereal strewn all over the kitchen floor.

For over 30 years, no one was charged with Cathy's murder, until the Brighton Police Department collaborated with the FBI to reopen the case in 2015 with their sights set on her husband, Jim Krauseneck, as the primary suspect. It wasn’t until 2022, after Covid loosened its grip on the city, did a trial ensue and justice finally prevailed.

Dennis O’Brien was a local TV news producer at the time of the brutal murder who not only covered the case until it quickly got cold but remained committed to it for over 40 years hoping to see a just resolution.