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Lisa Peebles
Federal Public Defender
RESPOND TO SYRACUSE
OFFICE
VIA FAX-376-1656
Hon. Daniel King
Acting Oswego County Court Judge
Lewis County Courthouse
7660 State Street
Lowville, NY 13367
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OSWEGO COUNTY
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knows the Thibodeau's mailed "their" jewelry to "her" parents to get a reaction out of them.
Pietrosk.i then asked Bohrer whether he was referring to Sharon's parents and he said "yep,
because that tells me Gary had something to do with Mark's." He then immediately claims he
has no idea how much Gary may have had to do with Allen's disappearance and states he never
really saw the connection. Bohrer's claim that Sharon would mail her jewelry to her own
parents in order to get a reaction out of them in relation to the death of Mark Hall makes no
sense. Bohrer quickly answered Pietrosk.i in the affirmative when he was asked whether Sharon
mailed her own jewelry to her parents but he was never asked any follow up questions regarding
this nonsensical statement.
It appears from Bohrer's statements during his 2013 interview with Pietroski and Johnson
that he wanted investigators to believe Gary and Sharon Thibodeau were involved in mailing
jewelry in response to another homicide and therefore, in the event jewelry surfaced during the
Allen investigation it was something they had previously done. At the time of the interview
Bohrer could not be certain and had no way of knowing whether investigators were in possession
of Allen's ID bracelet or attempting to connect him to this bracelet. Bohrer' s immediate
statements regarding jewelry appear to be a preemptive strike by implicating the Thibodeaus in a
prior jewelry mailing scenario in a different homicide in an effort to throw investigators in a
direction away from him.
There has never been any suggestion in any of the documents, filings, court proceedings
or investigative interviews of jewelry being mailed in connection with the disappearance of
Heidi Allen. The affidavit of Melissa Adams in combination with Bohrer' s notes and 2013
interview with investigators support the inference that Bohrer is responsible for placing Allen's
ID bracelet in Adams' mailbox years after Allen was abducted.
Therefore, the defense respectfully requests that the Court permit the testimony of
Melissa Adams and also admit Bohrer's handwritten notes.
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COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
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-was so many years later and they were convinced the Thibodeaus were guilty and Gary was
already in prison and Richard had been acquitted. Second, I was fairly certain that the Sheriffs
Department would simply take the bracelet and not do any follow up investigation because I
never felt as though they listened to anything I had to say during the initial stages of the
investigation and I was very close with Heidi and this bracelet was very special to me. Honestly,
I never would have mentioned anything about the bracelet showing up in my mailbox had it not
been for Bohrer's notes posted on Syracuse.com. I never intended to come forward with this
information because I did not want to upset my family.
After I spoke with Ms. Peebles she requested that I sign an affidavit but I refused for the
exact reasons I never came forward when the bracelet showed up in my mailbox. However, I did
agree to meet with Ms. Peebles and I showed her the bracelet and allowed her to photograph it
Even though I refused to sign an affidavit, Ms. Peebles filed an affidavit disclosing our
conversations and the photograph of the bracelet.
Once she filed her affidavit, I was confronted by two Sheriffs investigators, Carmen
Rojek and James Pietroski. On September 3, 2015, Rojek and Pietroski requested that I
accompany them to the Sheriffs Department to provide them with a statement about the
bracelet. They appeared to be rather confrontational and accusatory when they approached me so
I became defensive and refused to accompany them. They showed me photographs of a bracelet
which appeared to be mailed from a Tracy Wise (Mathews) to Heidi's family. I did not
understand their point since I had in my possession the bracelet I had given to Heidi and the
photo of the bracelet they showed me was a different bracelet. I thought it was interesting they
had an envelope with a return address from Tracy Wise (Mathews) since she was the friend
Heidi was concerned about getting caught up in the drug world and il prompted Heidi to become
an informant when she was in high school. Rojek and Pietroski asked if I would give them the
bracelet and I told them as long as they provided me with a property receipt, which they did, so I
turned the bracelet over to them on September 3, 2015. I told them I purchased the bracelet at
DuFore' s Jewelry on \Vest 2"d Street in Oswego sometime in 1992 or 1993.
I read the Affidavit Ms. Peebles filed about our conversations and I wish to correct a few
things. First, I do not remember exactly when I found the bracelet in my mailbox, I stated it was
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parking lot of the Tcxacana. Apparently, Bohrer testified that he met Heidi's cousin in a parking ~ ~
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lot and a girlfriend of the cousin. Although Bohrer initially mentioned Shawnacy's name as the
cousin he met in a public parking lot, it was actually my close friend and I. My sister,
Shawnacy, never met Bohrer in the parking lot. We never "fed" Bohrer information about the
case, Bohrer was actually asking us questions about the investigation into Heidi's disappearance.
I am also quite sure I did not talk to Bohrer in the parking lot in the days follow ing Heidi' s
abduction because I was mostly with my family helping in the search efforts. The encounter
with Bohrer was many months later.
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Also, I did ~ot know Bohrer' s full name at the time he approached us in the parking lot, I
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just remembered some creepy guy who kept inserting himself in my path and lurking around the
bar where Shawnacy was bartending. It \Vas not until he was identified in this recent
investigation and I saw his photograph that I actually learned his name. I do recall Bohrer being
present at the Texacana bar and I often spoke to Shawnacy about the bracelet I gave Heidi
because I always wondered whether she was wearing it when she was abducted.
. . -Since I have disclosed this information, my family is not speaking to me and they are
very upset. I do not have an opinion about the Thibodeaus, but I decided to come forward
regardless of the consequences and provide a statement because I am interested in seeking justice
for my cousin.
Melissa Adams
Sworn to before me this
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LISA A. PEBBLES
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