Puppeteer’s Employee Is Charged With Murder
From Times Wire Reports
A property caretaker was charged with murder in Danielson in the death of a jogger whose battered and bound body was found in a shed owned by the “Sesame Street” actor who plays Big Bird.
Scott Deojay, 36, told police he accidentally hit Judith Nilan with his car Dec. 12 and panicked. Deojay said he hid her body on puppeteer Caroll Spinney’s property, where he worked as a caretaker, according to state police, who said Spinney had no involvement.
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