Murderer of Firefighters in Webster, NY, Beat His 92 Year-Old Grandmother To Death With A Hammer

My heart goes out to the families of Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka.  Their memories will not be forgotten.

The lives that Michael and Tomasz helped, saved, and touched especially through their service mean that their memories will live on.

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I know a lot of folks in law enforcement and emergency services.  Quite a few.  And the first thing through my mind, upon hearing of how they died nobly, in the line of duty, was that they died at the hands of a man who should never have been let out of prison.

NBC:

The gunman who ambushed four volunteer firefighters, killing two, in upstate New York had spent 17 years in prison for beating his grandmother to death with a hammer in 1980, police said.  … He was convicted of manslaughter in 1981 after the death of his grandmother, Rose Spengler, 92, and was paroled in 1998.

Again, with emphasis:

The murderer who ambushed four volunteer firefighters, killing two, in upstate New York had spent 17 years in prison for beating his 92 year-old grandmother to death with a hammer in 1980, police said.

Again:

The murdering waste of life who ambushed four volunteer firefighters, killing two, in upstate New York had spent 17 years in prison for beating his 92 year-old grandmother to death with a hammer in 1980, police said.

Again:

The murdering waste of life who ambushed four volunteer firefighters, killing two, in upstate New York had spent 17 years in prison for beating his grandmother to death with a hammer and was paroled.

Again:

He beat his 92 year-old grandmother to death with a hammer and was let out of prison.

 

Why was he let out of prison?  Two good men are dead and two others are seriously hurt right now.  WHY was this murdering waste of life who beat a 92 year-old woman to death with a hammer let loose?