On July 30, 1992, the body of 27-year-old Adriane Hunter, an African American woman from Middletown with ties to Poughkeepsie, was found nude near the charred remains of the Hillcrest Manor Restaurant in Goshen, New York. She had been stabbed 47 times and was the mother of two daughters. Investigators linked her killing to a series of five other murders and disappearances across the Hudson Valley.

Police arrested 32-year-old Nathaniel White of Middletown on August 2, 1992, after he was identified at the Blue Note Tavern in Poughkeepsie. During interrogation he confessed to six killings, led police to the victims’ bodies, and said violent scenes in the movie RoboCop 2 had inspired him. He was charged with six counts of second-degree murder, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and was convicted on all counts in April 1993 with a 150-years-to-life sentence.

Adriane Hunter’s mother, Janice Hunter, spoke publicly for victims’ families after the conviction.