{"id":1817514,"date":"2023-01-20T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1817514"},"modified":"2023-01-20T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T18:51:24","slug":"who-killed-violet-filkins-in-1994-police-finally-think-they-have-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-killed-violet-filkins-in-1994-police-finally-think-they-have-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Killed Violet Filkins In 1994? Police Finally Think They Have The Answer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-killed-violet-filkins-in-1994-police-finally-think-they-have-the-answer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1817514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>When relatives couldn\u2019t reach 81-year-old Wilomeana \u201cViolet\u201d Filkins and Filkins went to Filkins&#8217; apartment in upstate New York on August 19, 1994 to check on Filkins.<\/p>\n<p>Filkins was found dead by her family, who had been brutally murdered in her living area in an apparent robbery. CBS 12 reported that she died of multiple blows to her head. <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/cold-case-wilomeana-violet-filkins-jeremiah-james-guyette-1994-elderly-woman-robbed-murdered-killed-apartment-new-york-east-greenbush-fingerprint-table\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was 1994, so the case was expected to be solved quickly with the help of DNA and forensic technology, but it took decades for Filkins\u2019 family to get an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Police had no evidence for three years until Filkins&#8217; personal property was discovered behind a nearby cemetery. Police suspect Filkins was robbed. Her white Plymouth Reliant four-door was taken and used by police to dispose of her stolen property.<\/p>\n<p>Although the case was dismissed, police received a tip about Jeremiah Guyette from a woman in 2019. She said Guyette started to cry after he talked about robbing a women and hitting her. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/man-took-life-police-questioned-1994-murder-was-just-identified-allege-rcna66661\">reported<\/a>. Guyette was the ex-girlfriend who remembered Guyette. \u201cthat poor old woman.\u201d He also said something to her. \u201cthis can\u2019t be true\u201d  \u201cI\u2019m sure she\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>East Greenbush Police Detective Sgt. Guyette was questioned by Michael Guadagnino on October 1, 2019. Guyette claimed he became defensive, upset, and refused to speak to authorities. Guyette demanded an attorney.<\/p>\n<p>Police found Guyette dead in his Rosendale garage, New York the next morning. It was about 70 miles away from the scene where Filkins was killed 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>A family member later told police that after police approached Guyette, he called her panicking and saying he didn\u2019t want to go to prison, NBC reported. Another family member told police Guyette had told Guyette when he was younger that Guyette planned to rob banks and steal cars to help him pay for college.<\/p>\n<p>Guyette had been arranged by the same relative to speak with an lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>To determine if Guyette was involved, police submitted physical evidence from the crime scene again, including an unidentified fingerprint on a wooden coffee-table. Guadagnino stated that three years later, after the COVID pandemic had ended, police finally were able to identify the fingerprint as Guyette.<\/p>\n<p>Guyette was a veteran of the Air Force and worked as a New York bus driver. He also drove an elderly bus. Guyette was never considered a person to be of interest before his ex-girlfriend made the announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When relatives couldn\u2019t reach 81-year-old Wilomeana \u201cViolet\u201d Filkins, they went to her apartment in upstate New York to check on her on August 19, 1994. They found their beloved Filkins dead, bludgeoned to death in her living room in what appeared to be a robbery. 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