Helen Happy Elaine Dutcher, 74, was found dead in her Forestburgh, New York, home on September 16, 2020. Deputies went to her residence after her partner, 84-year-old Thomas Montanya, was injured in a car crash and discovered Dutcher deceased. An autopsy found two gunshot wounds to her torso and her death was ruled a homicide.

Authorities from the New York State Police, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, and the District Attorney’s Office investigated the killing. Montanya was hospitalized after the crash and was arrested and charged with Dutcher’s murder. Helen Dutcher, born July 3, 1946, in Binghamton, was remembered as a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who enjoyed baking, crafting and gardening.

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