Michael Therrien, an inmate at the Auburn Correctional Facility,
testifies in Washington County Court on
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in
Fort Edward, NY. Therrien was in the Washington County Jail with
Slocum
and Therrien testified that at first Slocum said his
girlfriend did the killings, but later Slocum confided
in Therrien
saying that he had killed his family members.
(Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
A court officer, left, holds up one of the two shotguns recovered
in the investigation, as Bruce Hamilton, right,
an investigator with
the Washington County Sheriffs Department testifies in Washington
County Court on
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Fort Edward, NY.
Investigator Hamilton had test fired the two
weapons as part of the
investigation.
(Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
Matthew Slocum becomes emotional as he recounts how he found his
family members dead as he testified
in his trial in Washington
County Court on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Fort Edward, NY.
(Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
Jeffrey Cossette, an employee of a pawn shop in Keene, NH, looks
up at an image projected onto a screen
as Cossette testified in the
murder trial of Matthew Slocum in Washington County Court on
Wednesday,
March 7, 2012 in Fort Edward, NY. The photograph shows a
smiling Slocum with his then-girlfriend
Loretta Colegrove in the
background, at the pawn shop. Cossette was working the morning that
Slocum and Colegrove came into the shop.
(Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
An evidence image, which was put on the record, shows Matthew
Slocum and Loretta Colegrove in a pawn
shop where they were trying
to obtain money while evading the police.
(Skip Dickstein / Times Union)
Matthew Slocum listens as a guilty verdict for killing his family
in the town of White Creek
is read in Washington County Court on
Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Fort Edward, NY.
(John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)
Erick Harrington, at right, son of murder victim Dan Harrington,
reacts as a guilty verdict is returned against
Matthew Slocum in
Washington County Court on Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Fort Edward,
NY.
(John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)
Matthew Slocum enters the Washington County Court prior to his
sentencing in Fort Edward on Friday,
March 30, 2012. Slocum was
sentenced to 88 years to life for killing his mother, stepfather
and
stepbrother last July before setting their house on fire.
(Derek Pruitt / PostStar.com)
Matthew Slocum reacts to Pollyanna Harrington's victim impact
statement during his sentencing
in Washington County Court in Fort Edward on Friday, March 30, 2012.
(Derek Pruitt / PostStar.com)
Matthew Slocum reacts to Pollyanna Harrington's victim impact
statement during his sentencing
in Washington County Court in Fort Edward on Friday, March 30, 2012.
(Derek Pruitt / PostStar.com)
The victims
Lisa Coon Harrington, 44.
Dan Allen Harrington, 41.
Joshua Paul O'Brien, 24.
Matthew A. Slocum biography
