The Murderous Assaults of Peter and Joan Porco
In the gruesome world of murder, there is nothing worse than family members who turn on each other and kill. For family members who do so over greed, it’s even more repulsive.
The Porco case is a particularly disgusting one, not just in how the victims were attacked but also in what the assumed motive was.
In November of 2004, Peter and Joan Porco were like so many other middle aged, middle class Americans. They lived in Delmar, New York in a comfortable two-story home and worked for a living. Peter was an appellate court clerk and Joan worked as a speech pathologist. They had been married for thirty years and had two sons. Peter was very responsible and reliable so when he did not show up for work on Monday, November 15, 2004, a court officer was dispatched to the Porco residence on Brockley Drive to check on his welfare.
The officer was horrified to discover Peter by the front door, where he had apparently collapsed. He lay in a huge pool of blood and had endured a vicious assault to his head. A blood trail was noticeable from where Peter had died to the front door, the kitchen, the hallway and up the stairs.
The local police were notified immediately and searched the home. They found Joan in the blood-drenched bedroom, lying in bed and, remarkably, still…