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[Music] I love his smile he has a beautiful smile and look at his eyes they just Sparkle
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my name is Sharon krasnick and I'm Jim's wife I've been his wife for 23 years these were beautiful happy days before
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this whole nightmare started nearly 40 years have passed since Brighton resident Kathleen krozenak was
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found murdered in her own home now prosecutors say crozinek's then-husband committed the crime that's Jim as a
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young man so this is Jim's first wife Kathy yes it is you can see Jim and Kathy so obviously love one another
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it was one of the most horrific crimes that we've seen in Rochester she looked like she was just lying there on her
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right side sleep and it does not appear that she ever saw this coming that she ever woke up the case is known as the
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brain ax murder this is the ax that was found in Kathy's head at the time that Mr Craftsman came home her three and a
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half year old daughter was there throughout the day with her mom dead in the bed
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how soon did Jim Krause become the suspect in his wife's murder well I think within 24 hours they felt that
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there just wasn't enough evidence to charge him at that point they went through the years thinking we're going
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to get something it just went cold the case has been unsolved for 40 years I think that people they just want to know
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what happened James krausnik will stand trial later this year for the murder of his wife and
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their Brighton home nearly 40 years ago no other physical evidence at the scene points to anyone other than James
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krausnik basically it became who else could it be they were so focused on Jim if Jim
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Krause did not kill his wife who did larabee early on police learned about this fella who was living not far from
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the crime scene this evil evil evil man that lived so close to Kathy and Jim he hated women well he was a one-man crime
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wave he was a psychopath they ignored him I have absolutely no doubt that James krausnik killed Kathy craftsnake
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that morning so you're saying that this man who had never shown any sign of violence before and never shows any
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violence after snapped one night one night in his life and puts an ax in his wife's head yep yeah
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Jim is a decent loving human being there is no way Jim would ever ever have done
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anything like that James Carl's Nick just doesn't look like an Ax Murderer no but Ted Bundy didn't look like a serial
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killer I did not murder captain