First posted by wktv.com
NEW BERLIN, N.Y. – A murder case that garnered national media attention 24 years ago is now back in the headlines. April Dell’Olio, who was convicted of murdering David Eccleston in 1992, will be granted a release hearing in Suffolk County Court.
Eccleston’s family and friends head to Long Island, N.Y. petition in hand, to plead with the judge not to release Dell’Olio.
David Eccleston, 17, was stabbed to death by his then girlfriend Dell’Olio, who was 14 years old at the time.
Dell’Olio admitted to stabbing him 23 times near New Berlin High School where they were both students.
A jury found her not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect, and she was sentenced to five years of outpatient therapy at a Long Island Mental Health facility.
She was released, then was institutionalized again several times for not following release requirements. Now she goes in front of a judge again.