Man gets life for killing jogger
A man who killed a jogger and hid her body on property owned by the performer who plays Big Bird on “Sesame Street” was sentenced in Danielson to life in prison without parole.
Scott Deojay had been a caretaker for Carroll Spinney’s property, where the bound body of Judith Nilan was found in a storage building in December 2005.
Deojay initially told police he killed the 44-year-old middle school social worker by hitting her with his vehicle while she was jogging in Woodstock. Prosecutors, however, said an autopsy showed Nilan had been beaten and strangled.
Spinney, who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the popular children’s television show, had nothing to do with Nilan’s death, police said.
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