Gender | Male |
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Weekday | Saturday |
Date | April 16, 1955 |
Time | 5 a.m. |
Daylight Saving | No |
City | Newark, New Jersey, United States |
Geo-location | 40ºN44'8.38", |
Timezone | America/New_York |
City | Newark, New Jersey, United States |
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Timezone | America/New_York |
Time (America/New_York) | Apr. 16, 1955, 05:00:00 AM |
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Time (UTC) | Apr. 16, 1955, 10:00:00 AM |
Time (LMT) | Apr. 16, 1955, 05:03:19 AM |
Time (Julian) | 2435213.91666667 |
LMT Correction | -4.9447 Hrs |
Ayanmsha | True Chitra - 23º13'22.97" |
American homicide; a white male, dark haired and serious looking, who strangled and bludgeoned his wife Laura Jane on 8/28/1995, cut out her heart and lungs and impaled them on a stick in the back yard of their Framingham home. A John Hancock insurance executive, Rosenthal says that he began a mental decline when his infant son, Reese, was born with a terminal condition on 2/18/1994 and died within the day. He began to have delusions that he was being persecuted by doctors and was chosen as a messenger of God. His wife was turning into a hostile space alien. Their marriage had a long history of spousal abuse and marital discord. On the day of Laura's death, Richard had called home nine times. That night, their tension reached a head. About 8:00 PM, Laura angrily confronted him and began pummeling him after he let a dish of ziti overcook. He strangled her until she blacked out, then he got a rock from the back yard and bludgeoned her to death. He cut out her organs and impaled them on a stick in their back yard. In spite of an attempt to convince the jury of an insanity defense, Rosenthal was convicted of homicide on 11/07/1996 and given a mandatory life sentence. Laura Jane Russell Rosenthal was born 5/03/1961, Highland Park, IL; time unknown.
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Child Death |
Feb. 18, 1994 |
Death of Child 18 February 1994 (Infant son, Reese, died of terminal disease) . |
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Homicide Perpetrator |
Aug. 28, 1995 |
Crime : Homicide Perpetration 28 August 1995 (Beat and dismembered wife, Laura Jane) . |