The Brighton Ax Murder

48 Hours

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3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A young mother is killed in her bed, her toddler unharmed. Unsolved for 40 years, how the unusual crime scene helped close the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to the 48-Hours Podcast,
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0:09.3	I love his smile.
0:17.1	He has a beautiful smile.
0:19.7	And look at his eyes.
0:21.5	They just sparkle.
0:23.3	My name is Sharon Crasnick, and I'm Jim Spive.
0:26.7	I've been his wife for 23 years.
0:30.5	These were beautiful happy days before this whole nightmare started.
0:36.1	Nearly 40 years have passed since Brighton resident Kathleen Crasnick was found murdered
0:42.0	in her own home.
0:43.5	Now prosecutors say Crasnick's then husband committed the crime.
0:47.8	That's Jim as a young man.
0:50.5	So this is Jim's first wife, Kathy.
0:53.4	Yes, it is.
0:54.4	You can see Jim and Kathy.
0:56.6	So obviously love one another.
1:00.4	It was one of the most horrific crimes that we've seen in Rochester.
1:03.7	She looked like she was just lying there on her right side sleeping.
1:06.8	It does not appear that she ever saw this coming, that she ever woke up.
1:10.9	The case is known as the Brain Axe Murder.
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