Coverage: Glen Cove murder

Judge says Marshall sentence spares Fox family

The gruesome fact that Denice Fox's dismembered body was found in Evan Marshall's family basement and her head was found in his car trunk was no guarantee that Marshall would have been sent away for life after trial, a Nassau judge said Wednesday.

Letter reveals Marshall planned to kill

About the same time a case worker at Evan Marshall's upstate rehabilitation clinic was writing a glowing memo about his progress last year, Marshall was authoring a bloodcurdling note of his own, a prosecutor revealed for the first time Wednesday in court.

The victims left behind

Fox family speaks about Evan Marshall

Jay Fox remembers the day in heart-wrenching detail.

Murder victim's relatives criticize sentencing plan for Marshall

Murder victim Denice Fox's family blamed a Nassau County judge Monday for imposing a lifetime of worry on them by refusing to sentence murderer Evan Marshall to life in prison without parole.

Not guilty plea in Glen Cove slay

Evan Marshall stood slumped in a gray suit in a Mineola courtroom yesterday as he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder for the decapitation and dismemberment of his neighbor last month.

What the cops found

Police who searched the home of the Glen Cove man accused of murdering and dismembering his neighbor last month found trash cans containing the victim's headless torso, pornographic videos showing women being tortured and dismembered and drag marks from the victim's home to the defendant's, Nassau prosecutors said in court documents.

Rulings clear way for start of Fox murder trial

When he arrived at the Nassau County Courthouse in Garden City yesterday, Evan Marshall emerged from a police van with his hands shackled, proclaiming that he was the victim of a grave injustice.

Gruesome details in Glen Cove murder revealed

The homicide detective found Denice Fox in the unfinished portion of Jacqueline Marshall's Glen Cove basement, he testified Monday.

Marshall recalled as hot-headed

Evan Marshall chomped on Skoal tobacco, enjoyed an occasional cigarette, coolly strummed his guitar -- and had a short fuse, a fellow patient at an upstate rehabilitation center remembered.

Lawyer: No reason for arrest in Glen Cove killing

Even though Evan Marshall was covered in cuts and scratches, had blood on his sneakers and a dead woman's head in the trunk of his car when he arrived at the crime scene, police had no probable cause to arrest him - and all subsequent evidence implicating Marshall in the killing of Denice Fox should be ruled inadmissible, his lawyer said yesterday.

Accused killer's mother speaks in court

Arriving in disguise and leaving through a back door, the mother of accused killer Evan Marshall Monday spoke publicly for the first time in Nassau County Court.

Glen Cove suspect arraigned on first-degree murder charges

Evan Marshall, the bedding salesman accused of killing and dismembering a retired teacher and his Glen Cove neighbor last month, was arraigned this morning on one court of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and a hit-and-run charge.

Marshall's past ‘volatile behavior’

Evan Marshall was out of control last fall and his "volatile behavior" prompted a social worker at a rehabilitation center here to call the authorities, according to a police report.

Suspect recalled as hot-headed

Evan Marshall chomped on Skoal tobacco, enjoyed an occasional cigarette, coolly strummed his guitar - and had a short fuse, a fellow patient at an upstate rehabilitation center remembered.

Looking for Long Island links

Suffolk police are investigating whether two unsolved murders in which women were decapitated are connected to the slaying of a retired educator in Glen Cove who was similarly dismembered, authorities said yesterday.

Record of Glen Cove murder suspect detailed

City of Glen Cove police called Evan Marshall the "mad midnight drummer" because he often pounded away on his drum set late at night, and they once got an emergency plea for help from his mother during an argument at their home.

Glen Cove murder suspect appears in court

The Glen Cove man accused of killing and dismembering his neighbor appeared before a judge today, as lawyers discussed whether he will be ordered to hand a DNA sample over to prosecutors.

A short trail of clues to past killings

The potential link between the murder police say Evan Marshall committed and two old homicides was obvious - all three victims were female and had been decapitated.

Go to videotape

Nassau police investigators plan to pore over hours of pornographic VHS tapes once stashed in Evan B. Marshall's closet to delve further into the psyche of an accused psychosexual killer arrested after the decapitation death of his neighbor.

These killers fit two profiles

The more the victims scream and the more they beg for mercy, the more euphoric it feels for a psychosexual killer, experts said.

Slain woman 'not just a victim'

Denice Fox was a vibrant woman who devoted herself to a career in special education in the New York City public school system before her retirement, her niece said yesterday.

It could have been worse

Cynthia Kouril was out for her usual health-and-fitness walk near her Glen Cove home Thursday morning when she heard a car accelerate from behind her. But as she turned to look, the blue Toyota struck her, and she flew up and landed on her head.

Cops seek links to other killings

Nassau detectives yesterday called the gruesome killing and dismemberment of a Glen Cove woman a "psychosexual murder" and a "totally random act."

Classmates shocked

In his freshman yearbook photo, Evan Marshall was cherub-faced and wore a necktie. The glasses came his sophomore year, then were gone again by junior year. By his senior year, he sported a mohawk - a trend common among his fellow football players on the Manhasset High School Indians team that year.

Suspect was 'just like all the other boys'

Evan Marshall seemed like just another teen when he was growing up on Plandome Road in Manhasset, those who knew him then said Friday.

Neighbor slain, then cut up

It started as a routine missing-persons report, but within hours police were pulling body parts out of a Glen Cove basement in a gruesome crime scene that stunned a quiet community.