Filiberti Kathryn's body three days later on March 19 was found in Greentree Park at Hyde Park police Chief Charles Broe Sr. tried to calm anxiety by telling people to go about their daily lives.
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But on Wednesday the 23-year-old Stephen Shand was arrested and is accused of murdering 18-year-old Filiberti, i was revealed that an alleged murderer had been living and working in the community for nearly five months.
On March 21, Broe said, "I sympathize with the anxiety that people are feeling. They should just live their lives as they normally do. Go about daily routines. That's all I can say."
This sparked criticism from some members of the community who a killer among them in the light of the potentially still questioned.
Broe said in a statement Thursday that a press conference announcing the arrest of Shand asked about, "I figured that question would come. I was the one that made that statement, so I'll be one to address it."
Broe said, "For me to get into, at this juncture, why I made that statement would be to divulge information in this case that I'm not yet comfortable doing. I realize that that's been an issue of some criticism toward me and I accept that. … I stand by what I said."
Hyde Park Supervisor Tom Martino told the Journal Thursday afternoon he watched the press conference online.
He said, "Naturally, I'm very happy that an arrest has been made. I commend all the police agencies involved for handling it in the manner they did. I think they did an outstanding job".
When he asked on March 21, Broe said that people should go about their normal life when thought about, he said the chief is a law enforcement professional.
Martino said, "If Charlie Broe said something, I'm sure that he said it for just cause. I'm not qualified to comment on this because all the facts in this case have not come out".
He added, "I think that anyone outside law enforcement — they're really not qualified to make an assessment on what actually happened. Everything else is just pure speculation."