Cold Case Murder arrest; Former Unadilla man charged with murder of wife 16 years later
COOPERSTOWN – A former Unadilla man, and current state prisoner, was arrested on a sealed indictment Monday morning, June 27, at Attica Correctional Facility. He was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan.
According to the Otsego County District Attorney's Office, it is alleged that Casey James Callahan, now 50, intentionally ran over his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, with a tractor trailer in a Dandy Mini Mart parking lot in Sayre, Pa., just off New York State Highway 17, at Exit 59A (Wilawana), on Jan. 19, 2000. Elizabeth Callahan, formally of Norwich, was 34 at the time of her death.
According to a release from the The Otsego County District Attorney's Office, they opened the 16-year-old death investigation back up in March of this year. The arrest was a result of an extensive cold case investigation that concluded with a grand jury presentation on June 14. Investigators worked with the New York State Department of Financial Services Criminal Investigation Unit in Oneonta, as well as the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Special Investigations.
The motor vehicle accident was originally investigated by the Athens Township Police, with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police. Shortly after the incident, the New York State Police, Troop C, Major Crimes Unit, assisted in the investigation.
It was reported in an earlier edition of The Evening Sun that Casey Callahan was charged with two counts of obscenity in the third degree, a misdemeanor, and one court of harassment in the second degree, a violation, in April of 2008. At that time, Callahan was arraigned in Town of Bainbridge Court and remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $10,000 bail.
Casey Callahan is currently serving a 12 and a half year sentence at the Attica Correctional Facility for a 2013 first-degree criminal sexual act conviction in Otsego County. He was arraigned in the Otsego County Courthouse on June 27 and remanded back to the custody of the Attica Correctional Facility. If convicted of the murder charge, Callahan could potentially face 25 years to life behind bars.
Callahan is scheduled to reappear in Court on July 26, at 9:00 a.m.
According to the Otsego County District Attorney's Office, it is alleged that Casey James Callahan, now 50, intentionally ran over his wife, Elizabeth Welsh Callahan, with a tractor trailer in a Dandy Mini Mart parking lot in Sayre, Pa., just off New York State Highway 17, at Exit 59A (Wilawana), on Jan. 19, 2000. Elizabeth Callahan, formally of Norwich, was 34 at the time of her death.
According to a release from the The Otsego County District Attorney's Office, they opened the 16-year-old death investigation back up in March of this year. The arrest was a result of an extensive cold case investigation that concluded with a grand jury presentation on June 14. Investigators worked with the New York State Department of Financial Services Criminal Investigation Unit in Oneonta, as well as the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Office of Special Investigations.
The motor vehicle accident was originally investigated by the Athens Township Police, with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police. Shortly after the incident, the New York State Police, Troop C, Major Crimes Unit, assisted in the investigation.
It was reported in an earlier edition of The Evening Sun that Casey Callahan was charged with two counts of obscenity in the third degree, a misdemeanor, and one court of harassment in the second degree, a violation, in April of 2008. At that time, Callahan was arraigned in Town of Bainbridge Court and remanded to the Chenango County Jail on $10,000 bail.
Casey Callahan is currently serving a 12 and a half year sentence at the Attica Correctional Facility for a 2013 first-degree criminal sexual act conviction in Otsego County. He was arraigned in the Otsego County Courthouse on June 27 and remanded back to the custody of the Attica Correctional Facility. If convicted of the murder charge, Callahan could potentially face 25 years to life behind bars.
Callahan is scheduled to reappear in Court on July 26, at 9:00 a.m.
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