Preppie Rapist Alex Kelly's younger brother Russell dies; Connecticut DOC unsure if Alex can view casket
Chris Johnson
By Eve Sullivan Staff Writer
DARIEN -- Convicted rapist Alex Kelly is not permitted to attend the
funeral for his younger brother but may be allowed a private viewing,
prison officials say.
His brother, Russell Kelly, died in a car accident Monday in
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Russell, who would have turned
30 on Sunday, is the second of the three Kelly brothers to die
unexpectedly.
Inmates are not allowed to attend funerals even for close family
members, said Stacy Smith, a spokeswoman for the state Department of
Correction.
"We do allow them to attend a private viewing, if it meets safety and
security concerns," Smith said.
Smith would not say whether Alex Kelly will be allowed a private
viewing, adding that they do not discuss the "potential movement" of a
prisoner before it occurs.
Asked yesterday whether Alex Kelly would attend the funeral, his
mother Melanie Kelly said, "He's in prison, how's he going to do
that?"
Alex Kelly, 37, is serving a 16-year sentence for the 1986 rapes of
two teenage girls, one from Darien and one from Stamford. His case
drew national attention because Kelly fled to Europe and lived on his
parents' money for several years.
While Kelly was on the lam in 1991, his older brother, Christopher,
died of an apparent drug overdose at age 26. Christopher Kelly was a
1983 graduate of Darien High School who was working as a plumber for
the family business.
A wake is scheduled for Russell Kelly from 5 to 8 p.m. today, Aug. 13,
at Edward Lawrence Funeral Home at 2119 Post Road in Darien. A
graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in Spring Grove
Cemetery, 41 Hecker Ave. in Darien.
Darien police have not been notified whether Alex Kelly will be
allowed a private viewing of his brother.
"We wouldn't necessarily be notified," Capt. Fred Komm said. "They
have a responsibility for security. As of now, we haven't been
contacted."
Russell Kelly grew up in Darien, attending Holmes Elementary and
Middlesex Middle schools, before moving to Colorado in ninth grade to
attend school and compete as a freestyle skier.
Kelly was an avid kayaker who just returned home from a three-week
whitewater kayaking expedition in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia,
Russia, at the time of his death. He was also an adventure
photographer who had photos published in several magazines.
Alex Kelly was an 18-year-old wrestling standout at Darien High School
when he was charged in the rapes, which occurred four days apart in
February 1986.
Just before Kelly's trial was to begin in 1987, he fled the country.
He spent eight years as a fugitive, skiing and mountain climbing in
Europe, before surrendering in Switzerland in 1995.
Kelly surrendered shortly after police raided his family's Darien home
and found letters he had sent them.
In one letter, Kelly mentions his brother and said it would be fun if
his family could come back to Europe and visit him.
"Say hello to Russ," Kelly wrote. "I think about you guys all the
time."
Kelly's first trial in state Superior Court in Stamford ended in a
hung jury and a mistrial in 1996. He was convicted after a second
trial in 1997 and sentenced to 16 years.
At the trial, a jury found Kelly guilty of raping a 16-year-old Darien
girl he was driving home from a party. Testimony revealed that Kelly
stopped the vehicle, forced her into the back seat, raped her and
threatened to kill her if she told anyone.
Kelly subsequently pleaded guilty to the second rape, of a 17-year-old
Stamford girl, in exchange for a 10-year prison sentence to be served
concurrently.
In April 2001, the state Supreme Court voted to uphold his conviction
and rejected a dozen claims he raised on appeal.
In May 2003, attorneys for Kelly withdrew a petition for a new trial,
marking what may be his last attempt to reverse his sentence.
Because Kelly's crimes took place in 1986, when prisoners were
entitled to time off for good behavior, the time Kelly will spend
behind bars has been dropping precipitously since his incarceration.
Under laws in effect in 1986, Kelly earns 10 days credit for each
month he serves without disciplinary actions. The Legislature halted
statutory "good time" in 1994, and soon after enacted a law requiring
most felons to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences before
being eligible for parole.
As of yesterday, Kelly's estimated release date is May 24, 2008,
according to Department of Correction records. He is imprisoned in the
MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield.
Unknown
OA
"Chris Johnson" <ca...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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nimue
> Does A. Kelly have any sisters, anyone know? (Article intact below.)
> OA
Man, what a tragic, f*cked-up family. His parents must be wondering what
they did wrong. They created that jerk, Alex, but I still feel very sorry
for them. God, to have 3 sons and 2 die young and 1 is in prison for
rape -- it's just so awful.
--
nimue
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cro...@earthlink.net
help Alex live comfortably in Europe for years to escape prosecution for his
crimes...they were NEVER charged. I am saving my tears for someone else...a
true victim...
"nimue" <cup_o...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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nimue
> news:reXVc.8934$Ot3....@twister.nyc.rr.com...
>> Man, what a tragic, f*cked-up family. His parents must be wondering
>> what they did wrong. They created that jerk, Alex, but I still feel
>> very sorry for them. God, to have 3 sons and 2 die young and 1 is
>> in prison for rape -- it's just so awful.
cro...@earthlink.net wrote:
> fo course, they did everything they could, broke the law many times
> over, to help Alex live comfortably in Europe for years to escape
> prosecution for his crimes...they were NEVER charged. I am saving my
> tears for someone else...a true victim...
Oh, I know. They are dreadful (btw, I am re-arranging your top-posting).
Yes I STILL feel bad for them -- STILL! Perhaps Bo would be interested in
this. I can't help it -- to have three children and to lose all three,
really. Two are lost to early death and one to the fact that he is an
assh*le rapist -- it can't be fun. Granted, they were probably wretched
parents -- one kid was a druggie, the other a rapist, they didn't make Alex
take responsibility for his action -- and yet I still feel bad for them.
PScan16416
>> Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Russell, who would have
>turned
>> 30 on Sunday, is the second of the three Kelly brothers to die
>> unexpectedly.
That family has some bad karma.
Chris Johnson
> OA
According to the book "Saint of Circumstance" about the whole rape and
subsequent flight to Europe, no. Every article I've read about this
does not indicate he had any sisters. Anyway, I think it's kind of
obvious - the man is a serial rapist (may have raped as many as seven
women) and obviously has no respect for women, so I can't imagine he'd
have any sisters. Of course, I'm sure there were rapists out there
that did have sisters, but I'm guessing that the majority of men who
have raped have only brothers or no siblings.
I can't say I feel sorry for the parents. Not that they deserve what
happened here, but they really fell short in their responsibilities.
What I don't get is they seemed to be law-abiding, hardworking people
with a stable, upper middle class household and had the money from Mr.
Kelly's plumbing and real estate businesses to provide plenty of
opportunities for their sons. They did not live in some crappy,
drug-infested ghetto where hope was nonexistent. None of this really
had to happen. But as the Chinese proverb says, "money hides a
thousand imperfections."
Michael Snyder
>>"nimue" <cup_o...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:reXVc.8934$Ot3....@twister.nyc.rr.com...
>
>
>>>Man, what a tragic, f*cked-up family. His parents must be wondering
>>>what they did wrong. They created that jerk, Alex, but I still feel
>>>very sorry for them. God, to have 3 sons and 2 die young and 1 is
>>>in prison for rape -- it's just so awful.
>
>
> cro...@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>>fo course, they did everything they could, broke the law many times
>>over, to help Alex live comfortably in Europe for years to escape
>>prosecution for his crimes...they were NEVER charged. I am saving my
>>tears for someone else...a true victim...
>
>
> Oh, I know. They are dreadful (btw, I am re-arranging your top-posting).
> Yes I STILL feel bad for them -- STILL! Perhaps Bo would be interested in
> this. I can't help it -- to have three children and to lose all three,
> really. Two are lost to early death and one to the fact that he is an
> assh*le rapist -- it can't be fun. Granted, they were probably wretched
> parents -- one kid was a druggie, the other a rapist, they didn't make Alex
> take responsibility for his action -- and yet I still feel bad for them.
I don't see how behaving badly, even breaking laws,
makes someone any less of a "true victim".
Child
"Michael Snyder" <msn...@redhat.com> wrote in message
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I don't know - didn't we have conversations previously about how you felt
that women who engaged in risky behavior who were raped because of it,
deserved some of the blame for being raped? - Not that you felt they should
have been raped due to risky behavior, but that they deserved some blame.
I kind of feel that way as well. In this case also - if your own behavior
created some of your problems, then maybe you are less of a victim deserving
of my sympathy.
Phoenix
deja.com says...
> > Does A. Kelly have any sisters, anyone know? (Article intact below.)
> > OA
>
> According to the book "Saint of Circumstance" about the whole rape and
> subsequent flight to Europe, no. Every article I've read about this
> does not indicate he had any sisters. Anyway, I think it's kind of
> obvious - the man is a serial rapist (may have raped as many as seven
> women) and obviously has no respect for women, so I can't imagine he'd
> have any sisters. Of course, I'm sure there were rapists out there
> that did have sisters, but I'm guessing that the majority of men who
> have raped have only brothers or no siblings.
>
> I can't say I feel sorry for the parents. Not that they deserve what
> happened here, but they really fell short in their responsibilities.
> What I don't get is they seemed to be law-abiding, hardworking people
> with a stable, upper middle class household and had the money from Mr.
> Kelly's plumbing and real estate businesses to provide plenty of
> opportunities for their sons. They did not live in some crappy,
> drug-infested ghetto where hope was nonexistent. None of this really
> had to happen. But as the Chinese proverb says, "money hides a
> thousand imperfections."
Correct me if I'm wrong (Please!), but according to some accounts the
Kelly parents may have had money but they also had heaps of class
hostility for their older monied neighbors.
And wasn't there some indication that the Kellys let their boys run
wild, in some ways encouraging them to ignore the protests of other
parents?
bel
>
nan
> > "nimue" <cup_o...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:reXVc.8934$Ot3....@twister.nyc.rr.com...
>
> >> Man, what a tragic, f*cked-up family. His parents must be wondering
> >> what they did wrong. They created that jerk, Alex, but I still feel
> >> very sorry for them. God, to have 3 sons and 2 die young and 1 is
> >> in prison for rape -- it's just so awful.
>
> cro...@earthlink.net wrote:
> > fo course, they did everything they could, broke the law many times
> > over, to help Alex live comfortably in Europe for years to escape
> > prosecution for his crimes...they were NEVER charged. I am saving my
> > tears for someone else...a true victim...
>
> Oh, I know. They are dreadful (btw, I am re-arranging your top-posting).
> Yes I STILL feel bad for them -- STILL! Perhaps Bo would be interested in
> this. I can't help it -- to have three children and to lose all three,
> really. Two are lost to early death and one to the fact that he is an
> assh*le rapist -- it can't be fun. Granted, they were probably wretched
> parents -- one kid was a druggie, the other a rapist, they didn't make Alex
> take responsibility for his action -- and yet I still feel bad for them.
> >
>
from Nan
Michael Snyder
Does that apply in this case? Did the parents' behavior help
bring about the deaths of the two sons, for instance?
Child
It might have - shitty parents sometimes reap kids with some bad habits.
Like drug habits for example.
tinydancer
"Phoenix" <avian...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I had the impression they were the type of parents who's 'kids never do
anything wrong' according to them. And they did support Alex lifestyle in
Europe while he was on the run for those ten years. How parent's can't see
their kid is a rapist, when all these girls start coming out of the woodwork
with the exact same stories of rape alludes me. I lost track as to how many
there were now? I know there were the two within days of each other, but I
believe there were more before that, weren't there?
td
>
>
> >
Chris Johnson
> > Kelly parents may have had money but they also had heaps of class
> > hostility for their older monied neighbors.
> >
> > And wasn't there some indication that the Kellys let their boys run
> > wild, in some ways encouraging them to ignore the protests of other
> > parents?
> >
> > bel
>
>
> I had the impression they were the type of parents who's 'kids never do
> anything wrong' according to them. And they did support Alex lifestyle in
> Europe while he was on the run for those ten years. How parent's can't see
> their kid is a rapist, when all these girls start coming out of the woodwork
> with the exact same stories of rape alludes me. I lost track as to how many
> there were now? I know there were the two within days of each other, but I
> believe there were more before that, weren't there?
At least seven victims came forward, claiming to have been raped by
him, but only two of the victims actually pressed charges and let the
cases go to trial.
In addition to the rapes in his hometown, Alex Kelly is believed to
have raped a woman in the Bahamas (while on vacation before one of his
drug-related trials I think) and another in Vermont while on vacation
skiing. It seems like every time Alex was arrested for drugs, grand
larceny or rape, his parents sent on a short vacation. Then he went
on an 8-year vacation when he was about to stand trial for the rape of
Adrienne Ortolano (who eventually chose to go public about her
ordeal). When he did finally return to the US, the rape of Adrienne
was the only one he ever went on trial for; with the other rape that
occurred two days after Adrienne, he chose to plea-bargain. He'll be
in prison until at least 2008, but given the fact that he was found
guilty of rape and chose to skip out what would have been his first
trial in 1989, he got off pretty easy. Not to mention the fact that
his parents got off even easier - they weren't even charged for what
they did, aiding and abetting his flight to Europe. Must be pretty
nice!
Unknown
below.)
> > OA
>
> According to the book "Saint of Circumstance" about the whole rape
and
> subsequent flight to Europe, no. Every article I've read about
this
> does not indicate he had any sisters. Anyway, I think it's kind
of
> obvious - the man is a serial rapist (may have raped as many as
seven
> women) and obviously has no respect for women, so I can't imagine
he'd
> have any sisters. Of course, I'm sure there were rapists out
there
> that did have sisters, but I'm guessing that the majority of men
who
> have raped have only brothers or no siblings.
Thanks, I didn't think he had sisters, but wasn't sure. As to your
thought that the majority of men who have sisters aren't rapists - I
find it hard to believe, but I'm intrigued with the idea. Wonder if
those kinds of statistics exist.
OA
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Greg Carr
> Perfectly stated. Rich people never have to pay for their crimes, smug bastards have no conscience. His parents are especially sickening, assisting their spoiled rotten brat & allowing him to run free knowing full well the danger he presented to the public. Who knows how many other victims he assaulted while on the run. Burn in hell Kelly family as well as our dirty court system who cater to these pompous asses.
John DuPont who died in jail for murdering Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz was worth 200 million. They made a good movie about the case.
My point is that rich people often go to jail for crimes they commit despite having the best legal minds working on their defence. Lots of poor people get away with crimes at least for awhile. In any case rich and poor and in between will all face GOD's judgement in the end.
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kelc...@gmail.com
If this was a poor black kid from Harlem that lived in the lam for 8 years, they would have thrown the book at him. He'd still be in jail, and probably for the rest of his life! Ah, this shit just makes me so angry!
sarahr...@gmail.com
I want to stress NONE OF THIS IS SAID IN ANY WAY AS A CRUTCH FOR ALEX KELLY'S DISGUSTING VILE ABUSIVE SADISTIC ACTIONS. He is responsible 4 what transpired. What I find very interesting is the fact that s specialist in sexual abuse stated if intervention was implemented in Alex Kelly's life back when he first began this criminal behavior, at his young age of 15, being he's so young from what he stated he could of absolutely been cured from that type of behavior. Now do I believe this I can't say for certain. But if they're was even the slightest of hopes that he could of been cured or fixed it as a parent would try and exhaust all options provided.. It seems to me there was failures everywhere. But today's easily said after the fact work all of life's tragedies and it's even easier to express this when it's not involving my own personal life or anyone that I love.. Who am I to judge⁉️ I'm trying to express my own thoughts and opinions without holding to much of s judgmental stance which I do not know if I've succeeded in that. Nothing I've expressed is to be held as fact, nor is it too try to justify any behaviors by any involved, nor is it too blame although I may of come across as Somewhat hard on the parents or as if I blamed them for all that happened. I will say I do feel as a parent myself there's always room for improvement in regards to raising children, I'm sure there's factors that played huge pivotal parts in many of what transpired, as well as personally feeling that because of some of the things these boys had to experience it did cause a variety of different factors to be cemented, molded, within them individually. I do feel a lot of their bad behavior was directly caused by the Snyder within the home and the feelings of not being safe or protected which continued to escalate into more and more bad behavior which then together into criminal behavior. I do feel that Alex had ample opportunity to try to seek help. In particular when he clearly knew that he was a danger to others specifically girls, that right there should of been the time where he needed guidance towards professional help. He knew he wasn't right I firmly believe that. If so desired he could of gotten the intervention he desperately needed.. Some ppl do not speak up or ask 4 help because truthfully they do not want it. It's a very sad but true reality for many criminals who continually commit crimes especially when their crimes continue to escalate..
Ok I'm done working this book. I hope I didn't offend anyone it wasn't my intention.
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