Donald McQuade, 67, was sentenced Friday in the killing of Shelley Connolly, whose body was found in a Seward Highway pullout.
Donald McQuade speaks with public defender Benjamin Dresner during McQuade's murder sentencing on Friday, April 26, 2024 at the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage. DNA evidence tied McQuade to the 1978 cold case murder of Shelley Connolly, a 16-year-old who was found along Turnagain Arm.
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Donald McQuade, now 67, to serve 50 years in prison for the death of Shelley Connolly. McQuade wasProsecutors during Friday’s hearing said the sentence provides some closure for friends and family but comes after so many decades that many, including Connolly’s mother, died before seeing a resolution.found on Connolly’s body.
There is no indication that McQuade knew Connolly before that night, assistant attorney general Erin McCarthy wrote in a sentencing memorandum. She described the murder as a random crime of opportunity.Shelley Connolly, who was murdered in 1978, is seen in this collage of pictures taken in 1977 and 1978.
A number of McQuade’s family members and friends sent letters of support to the court. Some of them think “it’s unfathomable that Mr. McQuade could be convicted of such a horrific offense,” public defender Benjamin Dresner said during the hearing.
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