Nightmare Over the Rainbow Shawn Doyle

Nightmare Over the Rainbow Discovery ID describes this episode as before single mom Lori Leonard settles into her upstate New York home, she vanishes without a trace and detectives don't know if she's dead or alive. Only when a couple of Average Joes make an extraordinary catch do they reel in the shark who did Lori in.

On July 24, 2005, a large truck chest was discovered floating in the Champlain Canal near Lock 9 in Washington County.   The chest was locked and a mordant odor was emanating from it.   It was thereafter revealed that the chest, which had been weighed down with sand tubes, contained the body of defendant's former girlfriend, who had been missing from the Madison County area for over 10 weeks.   The victim's mouth had been gagged with a bandana and duct taped shut while her hands and feet had been bound with handcuffs and duct tape.   Her body had been wrapped in a comforter from her bed.   An autopsy revealed that she died from asphyxia due to suffocation.

This gruesome discovery was made a short distance from Shawn Doyle's Washington County home.   Indeed, he was the last person to have seen the victim alive on May 4, 2005 after traveling to Central New York to help her move.   Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.   He now appeals.

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Jury finds Doyle guilty
 
You can write to  Shawn Doyle at:

Shawn Doyle 06A1215
Coxsackie Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 999
Coxsackie, New York 12051-0999