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Testimony sheds more light on character of accused cop killer Eric Knysz

February 24, 2014
Testimony sheds more light on character of accused cop killer Eric Knysz

  Story by Lisa Enos. MCP Correspondent.   Photographs by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Detective Sgt. Gary Green of Michigan State Police Mt. Pleasant post arrived around midnight Sept. 9, 2013 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City while Eric Knysz was being treated for the gunshot wound he sustained while apprehended by police in Manistee County earlier that…

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Right to Life speech contest winner

February 24, 2014
Right to Life speech contest winner

LUDINGTON — Mason County Right to Life recently held a speech contest at the Ludington branch of the Mason County District Library. Five area high school students participated with about 50 people in attendance. Hannah McBride, a junior, won the $100 first prize and will represent Mason County Right to Life at the state level on May 17. “What caught…

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Attorney explains why Knysz case needed to be tried despite confession

February 24, 2014
Attorney explains why Knysz case needed to be tried despite confession

Many readers following the trial against Eric John Knysz have asked why there needs to be a trial since Knysz confessed his crime to the police. We asked attorney Ryan Glanville of Thompson, Thompson and Glanville Attorneys at Law of Ludington to explain this. Glanville is not associated with the case in any way, however he often serves as a…

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Knysz: I don’t really remember the details. My mind was just, I don’t know.

February 24, 2014
Knysz: I don’t really remember the details. My mind was just, I don’t know.

The following are excerpts of the transcript, provided by the Mason County Prosecutors Office, from an interview with Eric Knysz conducted by Michigan State Police Det. Sgt. Gary Green on Sept. 12, 2013 while Knysz was still in the hospital. This was the second interview Green had conducted with Knysz, the earlier being on Sept. 10, 2013.  Eric Knysz had…

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‘He started to ask how it was going and my husband shot him’

February 24, 2014
‘He started to ask how it was going and my husband shot him’

LUDINGTON — Sarah Knysz, the 21-year-old wife of Eric Knysz appeared in 51st Circuit Court this morning where she testified against her 20-year-old husband, Eric John Knysz. Eric Knysz is on trial for the Sept. 9, 2013 murder of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield in Free Soil Township. In November 2013 Sarah pleaded guilty to accessory to murder of…

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