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Staten Island man, Andre Rand, was found guilty of the kidnapping of innocent children. In March 2001, a jury in state Supreme Court, St. George, convicted Mario Mannino, now 39, of murder and burglary in the grisly Sept. 2, 1998, slayings of builder Rocco Mercurio, 54, and his companion, Linda Torrone, 53. Thomas Fields was convicted in March 2010 of two counts of predatory sexual assault for raping an 18-year-old girl on Nov. 7, 2008, in Mariners Harbor. Thats 10 years, five months and 17 days before the start of World War I, which kicked off on July 28, 1914. Cop-killer Shatiek Johnson is serving 25 years to life. The charges were expanded to include the disappearance of little Holly Ann Hughes.He made an ideal suspect. Alice and Louis are estranged siblings who have been avoiding each other for over twenty years and are forced to reunite after a tragedy. The . A 12-year-old with Down Syndrome, Jennifer told her parents she was going for a walk but never returned. Its the shadowy figure that prowls the edge of the playground. All Rights Reserved. Her mission lasted 18 years until she was sent to another hospital at La Baume-d'Hostun, Drme, for night duty in 1963. Sister Andr was born before World War I. Randon was born in France on Feb. 11, 1904. The cops finally got a break in the investigation three years later. 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As Toulon mayor Hubert Falco told her that she was "an object of pride and an example to the whole world," she was making sure that he had safely stowed the chocolates and traditional Provence sweets that people had brought for her. She was infected with the respiratory virus on Jan. 16, 2021, but she recovered in three weeks and was able to celebrate her 117th birthday. Legal Statement. Although never formally charged, Rand's name has surfaced in connection with several other disappearances back dating to 1972 on Staten Island, including two young girls. All rights reserved. A town was terrified as a result of these unsettling happenings, which was made worse by the fact that no one was found guilty or identified as the culprit. Later Rand was tied to at least three other disappearances, In 1972, 5-year-old Alice Pereira, in 1981, a 7-year-old named Holly Ann Hughes (Rand was later convicted of her kidnapping, but not her murder) , an 11-year-diabetic young girl named Tiahease Jackson, and In 1984, 21- year-old Hank Gafforio, a well known, friendly neighborhood man who had mental challenges. He was born on March 11, 1944 in . History, Tips And Fun Facts About New Yorks 59th Street Bridge, History of New Yorks Oculus Transportation Hub At The WTC, A Look At NYs Pershing Square In All Its Old School New York Glory, The Dakota Building: New Yorks Most Exclusive Address, The Wonder And History Of The St. James General Store, History Of New Yorks Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, History And Attractions Of Rockefeller Centers Top Of The Rock, History Of TSS Stores (Times Square Stores) In NY, History Of New Yorks Bonwit Teller Department Stores. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. If you have a story you would like published or have a question, send us a message at the email below, History Of Willowbrook, And The Terrifying Legend Of Cropsey, History of the Bronx New York Botanical Garden, Freedomland U.S.A. The Italians At Americas Theme Park. Unnamed and unlocated Satanic cult members are also thought to be suspects. There were only a few problems. Long Shadows of a Borough's Boogeyman. This week, she became the oldest known person to have survived Covid-19. A real-life bedtime story about a boogeyman-like monster with a hook for a hand was told to Staten Island children, and that is how the mans dark and perversely fascinating life began. In October 2004, a state appellate court upheld Mario Mannino's murder convictions. Andre Rand was born Frank Rushan to working-class parents on March 11, 1944. Municipal employers did not conduct the stringent backgrounds checks and screenings that they do today. Rand dubbed the "Hannibal Lecter of Staten Island" is already serving 25 years to life for the kidnapping of another 12-year-old borough girl in 1988. Sister Andr will have roasted capon with mushrooms and sweet potatoes as a main course, followed by a two-cheese platter Roquefort, and goat cheese and maybe a few glasses of red wine. Sanitary facilities were pitiful, filth was everywhere, abuse was common. Just days later, Schweiger's body was found buried in a shallow grave on Willowbrook'sgrounds. Sister Andr remained isolated for weeks and felt a bit patraque, or off color, Mr. Tavella said, but she blamed the virus and not her age. She was asymptomatic and tested negative days before her 117th birthday, making her the oldest known survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic. Andre Rand, who was born on March 11, 1944, in Manhattan, New York, is regarded as the most renowned criminal to have ever lived on Staten Island. The plethora of stories seemed to gain traction as more and more city kids were transplanted into the suburbs, where instead of museums and other cultural attractions, they had the local institution looming large on the green landscape. This classification is mostly a result of his heinous criminality, which involved young children. Randon is the worlds oldest COVID-19 survivor, according to Guinness World Records. (iStock). Sister Andr was alive during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and now officially becomes the worlds oldest Covid-19 survivor as she contracted the virus in 2021, although she told The Guardian that she didnt even realise that she had it. She lives in a nursing home in Toulon, in the south of France, where she has been for the past 12 years and stayed in her room at the height of the pandemic as she was told to do, although she has said that she found the solitude difficult. 1. But she also has a record to beat: that of Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 in Arles, southern France, at age 122 the oldest confirmed age reached by any human being so far. About a century before that, she survived the Spanish flu an influenza pandemic that lasted from February 1918 to April 1920. Sister Andr has lived through the 1918 flu pandemic, two world wars and many sad events, she once said. In the legends he lived in the woods and ventured out to abduct children. In the seventies and eighties, they had a string of mysterious child murders. Lucile Randon DC (French:[ly.sil .d]; 11 February 1904 17 January 2023), also known as Sister Andr (French: Sur Andr), was a French supercentenarian. How long did Andre Rand live on the grounds? 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. My thing is kidsDo you think the police could figure that out? Patients, many of whom were children, lived in filth and disease. The once-glamorous Russian migre, now 50, and seen in this 2002 file photo, is serving a sentence of 22 years to life. That's 10 years, five months and 17 days . Fellow nun Sister Therese, almost 89, wheels her to mass in the hospice's little chapel each morning. The city reportedly recognized her as an "honorary citizen" in 2019. Andre Rand, a janitor at the school, was homeless and living in a homemade tent on the grounds of the institution. Many more people, some who were never patients lived on the Willowbrook site and that of the nearby Sea View Hospital, and the New York Colony Farm. Many still believe that there are hidden human remains lying underneath the weeds, trash, and bramble on the Willowbrook grounds. Market data provided by Factset. Andre Rand, who was born on March 11, 1944, in Manhattan, New York, is regarded as the most renowned criminal to have ever lived on Staten Island. Andre Rand left Willowbrook long before it closed. 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. John Rispoli, stretch-pants strangler, is serving 25 years to life. 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 1972, a doctor who worked at Willowbrook, who was upset about the treatment of the patients, slipped local reporter, Geraldo Rivera, a key to the horrid institution. The killer's name is Andre Rand, and he's currently doing time in a New York penitentiary. 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. In the 1960s, Andre Rand worked as a custodian at Willowbrook State School in Staten Island. Such is the story of Cropsey an urban legend that sprung to life in the form of Andre Rand. The fourth was Hank Gafforio, a 22-year-old with a low IQ who was last seen with Rand at a diner in 1984. Kidnap suspect Andre Rand arriving at Staten Island Supreme Court. The man fit the legend. His reportage would eventually become the documentary Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace. The eighties were in the grips of the Satanic Panic and it was said that Willowbrook was where devil worshipers had black masses on makeshift altars garnered from the ruins. Roberto Gonzalez, getaway driver in murder, is serving 25 years to life. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole). Rand lived and worked at the facility until 1968, acting as an orderly and physical therapist during his time there. Now blind and in a wheelchair, she has at times felt lonely and dependent, she told French news outlets in interviews in recent years, but has accepted the ordeal that the pandemic has brought, Mr. Tavella said. 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.