GRASWALD, ANGELIKA [viz Miscarriages of Justice: Graswald, Angelika]: The Confession Tapes TV - Magzter online - True Crime Daily 2019 -
What happened out there I don’t believe was an accident. The Confession Tapes s2e3: Deep Down, rozzer’s interview of Angelika Graswald, Netflix 2019
19 April 2015 7:40 p.m.: I’m in the Hudson River. My fiancé flipped over. He’s in the water right now. ibid. Angelika’s 999 call
Angelika Graswald contacted 911 and she reported that her fiancé Viafore’s kayak capsized due to choppy waters and she could not locate him in the river. ibid. rozzer
I was not in a right state of mind … They didn’t care. They just kept pushing and pressuring and trying to get out of me and squeeze out of me everything they could. ibid. Angelika
This case took on a lie of its own in the media … It turned into a media circus. ibid.
A Conniving girlfriend who admitted setting up her fiancé’s drowning death is being sent to prison — but may float free in a matter of months despite a four-year sentence!
In a shocking miscarriage of justice, upstate New York resident Angelika Graswald received a slap on the wrist — even though she confessed to flooding Vincent Viafore’s kayak by pulling its plug and leaving him to drown in the freezing Hudson River.
And greedy Graswald, 37, even plotted to collect his $250,000 life insurance policy!
‘I wanted him dead and now he’s gone,’ the beastly blonde told cops. ‘And I’m okay with it!’ Magzter online article 4th December 2017
Vinnie: Gets married and with his wife finds a new hobby – kayaking. Unfortunately, the marriage doesn’t last, but what does is Vinnie’s passion for paddling. True Crime Daily: Angelika Graswald, Youtube 37.01, 2019
Not far from the Hudson and Vnnie’s home in Poughkeepsie a beautiful blonde bartender from Latvia serving up drinks with a song and a smile. Her name – Angelika Graswald. ibid.
It’s a chilly afternoon in April a little after 4 p.m. Vinnie and Angelika decide to kayak from Plum Point to Bannerman’s Island. It’s their first time taking this route. ibid.
When help arrives rescuers pluck Angelika from the frigid waters. There is no sign of Vinnie anywhere. ibid.
‘Angelika was doing cartwheels in the backyard.’ ibid. mother-in-law
Angelika Graswald is about to drop a bombshell … ‘I wanted him gone. I wanted to be free.’ ibid.
But could the real motive be money? ibid.
Rozzer: By taking that plug out you killed Vinnie. Correct?
Angelika: Correct. ibid. interview in station
‘Later we find out that it was probably a good 15 minutes after he had gone down under the frigid waters that she even makes that call.’ ibid. rozzer
‘They were trying to conjure up a confession.’ ibid. defense attorney
Then in an unbelievable turn, Orange Country New York prosecutors offer her a plea deal to criminally negligent homicide. ibid.
Angelika’s sentence – one and a half to four years and after time served, and time off for good behaviour. ibid.
GRATE, SHAWN: The Killer Within TV -
Why would a man in police custody for abduction suddenly confess to killing five women? How did a seemingly charming individual hide such a deadly secret? The Killer Within: Shawn Grate – The Charismatic Killer, Sky Crime 2021
A serial killer who had got away with murder for over a decade … Shawn Grate had killed five women and even lived with the bodies in his house. ibid.
GRAVANO, SAMMY ‘THE BULL’: Mobsters TV - The Gambinos TV - Mafia’s Greatest Hits TV - Mafia Killers TV -
Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano was the Mob’s perfect killer. No questions. No mistakes. No guilt. He built a construction empire in New York City and became underboss to John Gotti, the infamous dapper don. When the Feds closed in, Gravano made a decision that would put his boss behind bars for life and decimate New York’s most important crime family. Mobsters 1e4: Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano, Bio 2007
Gravano was 25 when Shorty ordered him to kill another crew member. ibid.
Sammy was just making his mark in a racket … construction. ibid.
He helped arrange the murder of boss big Paul Castellano in December 1985. ibid.
‘I began to cooperate with the government in 1991.’ ibid. testifying
As soon as Castellano stepped from his Limousine, Gotti’s men gunned him down. The Gambinos, A&E 1997
Gambino family finances were already on the decline as a result of the crackdown on Mob activities in the mid-80s. Gotti’s lack of business sense only made matters worse. Whatever success the Family had was largely due to Gotti’s senior adviser Salvatore Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano. ibid.
When Gotti and Gravano heard the tapes they knew they were in trouble. Gravano realised he could be implicated in nineteen mob hits. That’s when he did the unthinkable: he ratted on his boss. ibid.
Gravano now broke Mafia law and approached the FBI without his boss’s permission demanding to hear the tapes. Mafia’s Greatest Hits s1e4: John Gotti, 2012
‘Sammy’s philosophy was Betray or be Betrayed.’ Mafia Killers s1e2: Sammy the Bull Gravano, Selwyn Rabb, 2018
Gravano left a trail of blood on the streets of New York. ibid.
Sammy stays in the army for two years; unfortunately, it does nothing to improve his behaviour. ibid.
In 1987 Gotti promotes Sammy Gravano to Underboss. ibid.
He accepts Gotti’s orders without question. ibid.
He does less than a year. Gravano then enters the Witness Protection Programme. ibid.
GRAVES, TROY: Very Bad Men TV - People Magazine Investigates TV -
Philadelphia: Beginning in 1997 Center City became a hunting ground, the starting point for a cross-country string of sex crimes. Very Bad Men s2e5: The Center City Rapist, ID 2014
Troy Graves: his girlfriend had noticed he was disappearing at night. ibid.
The next day Shannon’s [Schieber] brother came looking for her and found his sister strangled to death. ibid.
Philadelphia PA, The City Centre Rapist: This guy stalks young women who are living alone and he attacks in the middle of the night … They know he’s going to attack again. People Magazine Investigates s3e2: Terror in Philadelphia: Troy Graves, Quest Red 2020
1997: Based on police reports, both assaults occurred two blocks from Shannon’s apartment (murdered 7th May 1998). ibid.
‘This kind of predator is a control and domination freak.’ ibid.
He talked about [a victim] his unhappy childhood with an African-American father and an Italian mother. ibid.