Having invited the plausible young stranger into her home, Mary Ellen Renard was strangled by Ned Snelgrove. Fortunately he didn't kill her, he only rendered her unconscious, but worse was to come; he began stabbing her and would surely have killed her when finding inner strength, courage and a memory relating to self-defence for women she gouged at his eyes. Even then she would surely have been murdered had her screams not aroused her landlady. Suddenly, Snelgrove was not there.
Renard related this nightmare scenario to "On The Case", and the aftermath. The injuries Snelgrove inflicted on her vital organs would surely have killed her, but she must have had a guardian angel. Fortunately, she also had a photographic recall of what happened that night, and was able to give the police a detailed description of her attacker, including his name. Snelgrove had clearly intended to kill her, because he had not used an alias.
When detectives called on him they soon discovered he was a suspect in a four year old murder that bore a striking similarity to his attack on Mary Ellen Renard. Karen Osmun was murdered in December 1983; Snelgrove had dated her but he was apparently only one of a number of possible suspects. However, after being charged with the attack on Renard he pleaded guilty to the murder as well. That should have been enough to put him away for life, right?
Unbelievably he was sentenced to only 20 years behind bars having worked his ticket by writing to the judge attempting to convince him he was sick rather than evil. He was paroled after around 11 years against the pleas of his surviving victim.
After his release, Snelgrove relocated from New Jersey to Connecticut. Two years later he murdered another young woman. The body of Carmen Rodriguez was not found for four months. It should come as no surprise that Snelgrove admired Ted Bundy. The case the authorities built against him for the Rodriguez murder was far from compelling, but in view of his behaviour and boasts as well as his antecedents, no reasonable person can take issue with the guilty verdict, which was upheld on appeal. According to a forensic psychiatrist, Snelgrove is irredeemable.
This documentary covers the case of this sicko fairly comprehensively.
Renard related this nightmare scenario to "On The Case", and the aftermath. The injuries Snelgrove inflicted on her vital organs would surely have killed her, but she must have had a guardian angel. Fortunately, she also had a photographic recall of what happened that night, and was able to give the police a detailed description of her attacker, including his name. Snelgrove had clearly intended to kill her, because he had not used an alias.
When detectives called on him they soon discovered he was a suspect in a four year old murder that bore a striking similarity to his attack on Mary Ellen Renard. Karen Osmun was murdered in December 1983; Snelgrove had dated her but he was apparently only one of a number of possible suspects. However, after being charged with the attack on Renard he pleaded guilty to the murder as well. That should have been enough to put him away for life, right?
Unbelievably he was sentenced to only 20 years behind bars having worked his ticket by writing to the judge attempting to convince him he was sick rather than evil. He was paroled after around 11 years against the pleas of his surviving victim.
After his release, Snelgrove relocated from New Jersey to Connecticut. Two years later he murdered another young woman. The body of Carmen Rodriguez was not found for four months. It should come as no surprise that Snelgrove admired Ted Bundy. The case the authorities built against him for the Rodriguez murder was far from compelling, but in view of his behaviour and boasts as well as his antecedents, no reasonable person can take issue with the guilty verdict, which was upheld on appeal. According to a forensic psychiatrist, Snelgrove is irredeemable.
This documentary covers the case of this sicko fairly comprehensively.
