The New York State Police just made an arrest in connection with Megan McDonald’s murder in 2003. McDonald was, at the time of her murder, the 20-year-old daughter of a New York Police Department detective.
She was found dumped on the side of the road in Orange County, New York in mid-March of 2003. She had been beaten to death in the backseat of her white Mercury Sable. Describing her murder at the time, the FBI said, in a plea for information that offered $10,000 to anyone with details:
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation in New York, New York, is seeking information regarding the murder of twenty-year-old, Orange County, New York, resident, Megan McDonald. McDonald’s body was found on March 15, 2003, in a field off Bowser Road in the town of Wallkill, New York. Her 1991 white Mercury Sable was discovered two days later in the parking lot of Kensington Manor Apartment Complex, also in Wallkill. The cause of her death was determined to be blunt force trauma. At the time of her death, McDonald worked at the Galleria Mall in Middletown and attended SUNY Orange County Community College.”
Well, the police finally made an arrest for her murder. They arrested, on Thursday, Edward V. Holley. The two had been in a romantic relationship that Megan attempted to end a few days before her murder. Holley is being charged with second-degree murder. The felony complaint alleges that he “did knowingly and intentionally cause the death of Megan McDonald by striking her multiple times in the head with a blunt instrument.”
New York State Police Lt. Brad Natalizio, one of the police officers who helped lead the investigation, told Fox News Digital, “We used modern-day technology and applied it to 2003, and we were able to come up with good results to assist the case…within the past year.”
According to the website “Justice for Megan,” that same officer, New York State Police (NYSP) Lieutenant Brad Natalizi, said, “We’re coming for you. And we’re not going to stop until justice is served for Megan and her family, who has been suffering for 20 years.”
The website “Justice for Megan” also said that there have been “detectives dedicated to solving 2003 murder of Megan McDonald” and that “Not one day has gone by where [they] have not worked on this case.” Continuing, it noted that, “over the past two decades, the New York State Police have been working to find Megan’s killer, identifying two unnamed suspects in the case.”
The Detectives’ Endowment Association posted about the arrest on Twitter, saying, in response to a post announcing Holley’s arrest, “The Detectives’ Endowment Association is grateful to our NYS Police partners for their unrelenting commitment to justice for Megan McDonald, daughter of a retired Detective. The union was at their side throughout the investigation — and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Megan’s family.”
The Detectives’ Endowment Association is grateful to our NYS Police partners for their unrelenting commitment to justice for Megan McDonald, daughter of a retired Detective. The union was at their side throughout the investigation — and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Megan’s… https://t.co/sFQaNA5YTu
— Detectives' Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) April 20, 2023
Now that Holley has been arrested, let’s hope no one like Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg turns him back out on the streets.
Featured image credit: Holley image from New York State Police, Megan image from Justice for Megan
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