Bergen prosecutor opposes parole bid by Ho-Ho-Kus Killer
APRIL 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
The Bergen County prosecutor has asked the state to deny parole to a former Ho-Ho-Kus man who killed his parents in their home 30 years, saying he did so because he resented their rules and once said he would make his mother pay for trying to have him committed for psychiatric treatment.
Richard J. Spillane, 52, told The Record in an interview this year that he heard voices at the time of the 1984 murders, believed the CIA wanted him to kill his parents, and was afraid they would have him committed to a psychiatric hospital. He said he now believes his mental illness is under control with the aid of medications he is taking in state prison.
His first parole hearing, before a two-person panel, is set for Monday. If that panel recommends him for parole, he would go before the full state Parole Board for a hearing to determine whether to release him. The earliest he could be released is May 5.
Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli wrote to the Parole Board on April 9, saying that a detective once witnessed Spillane threatening his mother, Jeanne Hamilton, after a judge signed an order to have him committed. Spillane said he would sue police and his mother for violating his civil rights, Molinelli wrote, and pointed at his mother and said: “You’ll pay for this.”
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