Stories of other aging figures going through the pandemic have also provided tales of resilience, despair and hope. Read our privacy policy for more info. Johnson, seen in this 1998 photo, was convicted by a jury in state Supreme Court, St. George, in December 1999. The victim testified Reddick kicked open the door to her apartment about 3:40 a.m., slashed her on the hand and thumb and dragged her outside to a neighboring yard near a cellar door. Where Rands story takes a really weird turn is in 1966. But many who believe in his guilt also believe his tenure at a facility notorious for abuse later influenced his crimes against children. Andre Rand Is Suspected In Other Disappearances. Kidnap suspect Andre Rand arriving at Staten Island Supreme Court. Would todays advances in forensics help solve the mystery, provided more bodies can be found? Her mission lasted 18 years until she was sent to another hospital at La Baume-d'Hostun, Drme, for night duty in 1963. In 1983, he took an unsuspecting group of children from a local YMCA on a bus trip to the Newark Airport. West Brighton resident Roberto Gonzalez is serving a sentence of 25 years to life stemming from the May 12, 1991 slaying of retired detective Jasper (Jerry) DeMarco in the victims Mariners Harbor floral store. Andre Rand was long suspected to be involved in the case of missing woman Ethel Atwell, however, he would also be suspected in several other cases. It was 1988. Did he act alone? STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At his sentencing seven years ago for abducting a Port Richmond girl two decades earlier, Andre Rand launched into a rambling, half-hour monologue in which he denied. As Europes oldest known person, she turned 117 on Thursday, and has now accomplished another feat: defeating the coronavirus, with barely any complication. Then one night, he escaped! This award winning film documents the legend of Cropsey in the context of the convicted kidnapper Andre Rand, who worked as an orderly at Willowbrook from 1965-1966. Camerlengo is first eligible for parole in August 2045, when hell be 82. Municipal employers did not conduct the stringent backgrounds checks and screenings that they do today. Police discovered Rand and the girl in his car, which was parked in a vacant lot. Afterward, they torched the home. One of the three new episodes in Hulu's Missing covered the disappearance of Ethel Atwell and her possible abductor Andre Rand. The place was renamed the Staten Island Developmental Center in 1974 and it took ten more years for all of the patients to be discharged. Sister Andre, Lucile Randon in the registry of birth, the eldest French and European citizen, prays in a wheelchair, on the eve of her 117th birthday in 2021. According to Rand's sister, who remained anonymous until she agreed to be interviewed for the documentary Cropsey, their mother had emotional problems, causing her to spend time at Pilgrim State Hospital in Brentwood, NY. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Thomas Camerlengo was convicted in 1999 of murdering his parents in their Graniteville home nine years earlier. What all of the Staten Island victims had in common was their innocence. The convicted killer, seen in this 2009 file photo, then tried to cover her tracks by running the gun through the dishwasher to erase her fingerprints, prosecutors argued. Staten Island man, Andre Rand, was found guilty of the kidnapping of innocent children. [4] In 2021, she said she was happy at her home, although she wished to join her grandparents and brother Andr in heaven. On May 25, 1969, then-25-year-old Andre Rand was arrested for the kidnapping and attempted rape of a 9-year-old girl in the South Bronx. Previously, in 1988, Rand, seen in this 2001 file photo, was convicted of abducting Westerleigh resident Jennifer Schweiger, 12, in July 1987. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, His nickname is Rushan Frank. She was the oldest known person in the world at the time of her death, with her final age of 118 years and 340 days the fourth longest human lifespan ever verified. In the court of public opinion, the case was open and shut. If she surpasses age 122 years and 164 days, Randon would take over Jeanne Calments (the current record holder) spot for the worlds oldest person in history. While Sister Andre does suffer from her limitations, "she prays a huge amount and rises above it all," said David Tavella, an activity leader at the hospice who has become her confidant. In October 2004, Andre Rand, now 72, was found guilty in state Supreme Court, St. George, of abducting Holly Ann Hughes, 7, as she walked on a street in her Port Richmond neighborhood 23 years earlier on on July 15, 1981, near her home on Park Avenue and Ann Street in Port Richmond. There were only a few problems. City dwellers who went off to camp or moved to the suburbs no doubt heard the story of dat guy with da hook! He was going to come get you. Cropsey is also the title of a brilliant documentary filmed by two Staten Islanders, http://cropseylegend.com/, who grew up hearing the legend. She has famously received a letter from Pope Francis, and the newly reelected President Emmanuel Macron, who becomes the 18th president to be in power during her lifetime. However, in 1997, a state Supreme Court justice determined he was able to assist in his own defense and understood the charges against him and the case ultimately went before a jury. But there wasnt enough proof to prosecute him, and the young girl vanished without a trace. At that time she was reported to still eat chocolate and drink a glass of wine each day. Randon is the worlds fourth-oldest person to be verified by Guinness World Records. Cropsey, the filmmakers establish early on, is a common name for the demented madman in urban legends. Cropsey. Mr. Tavella said that until last month no case had been detected in the nursing home since the beginning of the pandemic. A 12-year-old with Down Syndrome, Jennifer told her parents she was going for a walk but never returned. In 1969, he was arrested in the South Bronx after attempting to rape a young girl. As a young adult, Randon converted to Roman Catholicism and worked as a governess, teacher, nun and missionary before retiring at the age of 75 in 1979. Andre Rand was arrested on charges of kidnapping Schweiger nearly a month later on August 4 and was placed under a 30-day psychiatric evaluation. Scott shot Cantres, of Clifton, in the leg with a shotgun, when the victim tried to run during a robbery attempt on Sept. 6, 1993. Sister Andre, a French nun, has become the oldest person in the world at 118 years and 73 days. Rand was an ex-con with a record of crimes against children. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Rand was forced to locate employment after it closed. The facility was for children with mental disabilities and sat on the 385-acre Willowbrook campus, where a former tuberculosis sanitarium was also located. [15][16][17] Maria Branyas then became the world's oldest validated living person.[18]. All rights reserved (About Us). This classification is mostly a result of his heinous criminality, which involved young children. That's 10 years, five months and 17 days . The prime suspect in the murders, Andre Rand was a former employee of Willowbrook, not a patient. Sometimes a perfect suspect is not guilty. The Legend of Cropsey ended up not being a legend at all. The guy wit da hook! or the ax, or knife, or whatever, had no proper name in my area. In 1969, he was arrested in the South Bronx and charged with attempting to rape a 9-year-old girl after officers in a passing police car saw him attack her. About Biography. Was some eyewitness testimony suspect because he'd already been convicted in the public eye? Shotgun killer Jason Scott is serving 25 years to life. New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Personal life [ edit] Lucile Randon as a child c. 1907-1910 Neighbors combed the empty lots and wooded parks of Staten Island. Mannino, seen in this 1998 file photo, was sentenced to more than 80 years to life in prison, which he is serving in Great Meadow Correctional Facility. How many of the homeless lived in the tunnels and surrounding grounds? In each, Rand is a prime suspect. By 1987 the school was shuttered for good. Willowbrook, one of the largest mental institutions in the world, was also one of the worst; Geraldo Rivera won fame for a TV special with footage of its half-naked children scattered on the floor, rocking back and forth in misery. Slenderman like Cropsey isnt realit would be wonderful if the Willowbrook School legacy of abuse and child abductions and murders werent either, but unfortunately, they are all too true. He will be eligible for parole in 2037, when. The panel found Camerlengo guilty in May 1999 of clubbing his 75-year-old father, Anthony, to death and fatally stabbing his mother, Ann, 73, on June 26, 1990. Rand was then living in a campsite on the heavily-forested grounds of Willowbrook, and was arrested on suspicion. Founded in 2010, Thought Catalog is owned and operated by The Thought & Expression Company, Inc. For over a decade, we've been at the bleeding edge of media, pioneering an infrastructure for creatives to flourish both artistically and financially. Did he have a partner in murder? Rand is even claimed to have said, "You know me and [Ted] Bundy are alike in many ways. The state of New York provided funding for this facility for young people with impairments. Its something youll remember for the rest of your life. Even though scary bedtime stories are a common and exciting aspect of early childhood for most people, these gloomy little tales quickly become unsettlingly real. As of Wednesday, 2.2 million people had been vaccinated, less than 3 percent of the population. 10th Chicago Critics Film Fest Features Past Lives, Blackberry, Sanctuary, Theater Camp, and Many More, A Road Paved with Bloodshed: High Plains Drifter Turns 50, Cannes 2023 Line-up Includes Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and Many More, Ebertfest Welcomes Molly Cornyn as its New Project Coordinator. In New Jersey, Sylvia Goldsholl defeated the coronavirus last year at age 108 because, she said, she was determined to survive.. "I've never seen a perp walk like that," says a TV newsman. Acres and acres of crumbling old buildings had lots of history. Hell be 47 then. Before she became a nun, Randon worked as a teacher, a governess and a child care provider during World War II (Sept. 1, 1939, to Sept. 2, 1945), according to Guinness World Records. Andre Rand wasn't an escaped mental patient, but he did once work at Willowbrook State School, the Staten Island facility that the Cropseylegend centered around. You may opt-out by. Fields, seen in this 2016 photo, is first eligible for parole in 2058, when hell be 73. She kept telling me, Im not afraid of Covid because Im not afraid of dying, so give my vaccine doses to those who need them, Mr. Tavella said. Andre Rand or Frank Rushan is an American convicted kidnapper of two children and suspected serial killer from Staten Island New York currently . Cropsey is the creature that lurks at the end of your block. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. France's Sister Andre, believed to have become the oldest person alive this week at the age of 118, said Tuesday she would now like to beat the record of oldest person ever and that work and caring for others had long kept her spry. But as the doc points out, Cropsey turned frighteningly real in the 1970s, when a local drifter named Andre Rand allegedly began attacking the children of Staten Island. [12] When she turned 115 in 2019, Pope Francis sent her a personal letter and blessed rosary. Andre Rand left Willowbrook long before it closed. The only body found in a shallow grave on the Willowbrook grounds was little 12 year old Jennifer Schweiger, a child with Downs Syndrome, whose remains were found after an exhausting 35 day search after her disappearance in 1987. Rand lived and worked at the facility until 1968, acting as an orderly and physical therapist during his time there. Parents used the tale to spook their little ones at night go to bed, or Cropsey will get you. Inside Salt Lake Citys Buzziest New Hotels: The Dual-Branded Element And Le Mridien, Mothers Day Gift Guide: The Best Under-Seat Luggage, Denim Design By A Flying Dutchman Touches Down For Milan Design Week, at 85.3 years for females and 79.4 years for males. Rand, born Frank Rushan, worked as a janitor at the Willowbrook State School, an institution for mentally disabled children not far from the ruins of Seaview. 2) But Anna was a social climber, excessively concerned about status and the opinions of others. Several young girls in the neighborhood vanished between the time the school closed and the early 1970s. On July 9, 1987, a 12-year-old Down syndrome patient named Jennifer Schweiger was reported missing. [4][5] Lucile became a governess to three children in Marseille when she was twenty years old in 1924. LONDON'S OLDEST WOMAN TURNS 108, SAYS COVID-19 IS 'NOTHING COMPARED TO WORLD WAR I'. 1. Lucile Randon lives in a retirement home in Toulon, a port city on southern Frances Mediterranean coast, which is home to more than 167,000 people. Did You Know There Was More Than One St. Patricks Cathedral In NYC? Fields, now 31, of Mariners Harbor, attacked the victim around 2 a.m. behind a church at the corner of Brabant Street and Harbor Road. As for Rand, hes not talkingat least not about anything that makes sense. Some say his experience working at Willowbrook launched him on a bizarre, twisted, crusade to stop the suffering of little children, particularly those with handicaps. The people of Staten Island heard in the film seem unconcerned by the possibility of Rand's innocence. The story usually starts with some ad lib prequel setup narrative about how a guy killed his family, in grisly fashion and then was put away. Although the story was considered an urban legend meant to keep children from misbehaving, some consider Rand to be the "real" Cropsey. Rands first conviction for sexually molesting a nine-year-old girl, happened after he left employment at Willowbrook; however, one look at the drooling, bug-eyed Andre Rand outside the courthouse at his trials lets you know something wasnt right with him. Kidnapper Andre Rand is serving 50 years to life. She also reportedly drinks a glass of wine each day. Catherine Labour nursing home in Toulon, a city in southeastern France, where Sister Andr resides. As a young adult, Radon converted to Roman Catholicism and worked as a governess, teacher, nun and missionary before retiring at the age of 75 in 1979. She was asymptomatic and tested negative days before her 117th birthday, making her the oldest known survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic. After contracting the virus on January 16, the French nun fortunately didn't display any symptoms other than great fatigue. All rights reserved. Morales, who shot DeMarco during a robbery attempt, was also convicted of second-degree murder in a separate trial. [13] On 19 April 2022, she became the world's oldest verified living person after the death of Kane Tanaka. Staten Island was convinced. Jason Scott, 45 of Tompkinsville, was convicted at trial in September 1995 of killing William Cantres on a Clifton street on Labor Day 1993. Thats 10 years, five months and 17 days before the start of World War I, which kicked off on July 28, 1914. In 1988 he was ultimately convicted of kidnapping in the first-degree and sentenced to 25 years in prison. A number of witnesses claimed to have seen the girl with Rand just before she vanished, and her parents reported her missing. Sister Andr, a French nun, has become the oldest recorded person in the world at 118 years and 73 days. 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