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Man Who Killed Student on Clarkson University Campus to Be Released

McCarthy is expected to be released after 40 years in prison, and Hawelka’s family says the parole decision leaves them devastated.

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Brian McCarthy, who killed Katy Hawelka in 1986, will be released on parole, according to DOCCS.

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Man who killed student on Clarkson University campus to be released

Brian McCarthy, who killed Katy Hawelka in 1986, will be released on parole, according to DOCCS.

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Family ‘devastated’ as Clarkson student’s killer gets parole

The family of a Clarkson University student killed in 1986 is devastated now that the Potsdam-area man convicted in her murder has been granted parole.

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