Amy G Shonio (1901 - 1920) “Girls Body Found Beneath Tree”

Question

Amy Shonio was born on January 09, 1901 in Waterbury, Washington, Vermont, United States. Her parents were Manley Shonio and Eva Schermerhorn. She died on July 31, 1920 in Johnson, Lamoille, Vermont, United States. Apparently she was killed by a Arthur Mudgett. Is there any sources showing what happened to Arthur? A very tragic story! 

Any help in her genealogy is appreciated. 

Thank you

Answer 1

He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 30 to 35 years in the Vermont State Prison.

"Mudgett Guilty", Vermont Union Journal (Lyndonville, Vermont), December 29, 1920, p.1.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88525886/

In 1930, he was an inmate at the Vermont State Prison in Windsor, Vermont. He worked as a shoemaker.

1930 U.S. Census, Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont (E.D. 0036), pop. sch. 3A (handwritten), dwell. 1, fam. 1.

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4547830_00492?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=16972411

He died on January 10, 1951, in Hyde Park, New York, of carcinoma of the liver.

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1607/images/31394_204046-01985?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.73125651.1088142884.1635892820-1426102163.1556485196&pId=160230

Comments

Interesting. I wonder if he completed the sentence? 

FindAGrave has a good bio a sourcing showing “ It was first thought to be a suicide, but an autopsy revealed she had been operated on for an abortion, and then after the abortion was unsuccessful; she was strangled.”

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Still looking on that.

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Thank you Roger. I checked but she has no gravestone photo. I would think she has a gravestone

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I wonder if she was pregnant with Arthur’s baby?

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I believe Arthur Mudgett has a FindAGrave memorial Here

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Here he is in a 1930 list of prisoners, too.

https://www.blacksheepancestors.com/united-states/vermont/vermont-state-prison-1930-index-of-prisoners/

He must have had his sentence reduced because is residing in Lamoille, Vermont in 1942, but I can't find where it occurred.

http://ttps://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1440701:1002?tid=&pid=&queryId=5bb92e8cc687cfc9afe506112c49e140&_phsrc=qcN41464&_phstart=successSource

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Some good insight! A mystery of the relationship between Arthur and Amy. Seems more to it. Great sources

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Interesting seems gender shows male in 1920 census and birth record. 

Event Type: Census
Name: Shonio
Sex: Male
Age: 21
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Lamoille, Vermont, United States
Event Place (Original): ED 101, Lamoille, Vermont
Birth Year (Estimated): 1899
Birthplace: Vermont
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Boarder
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Household Identifier: 44
Line Number: 84
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 2
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Affiliate Film Number: 1872
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Digital Folder Number: 004968927
Microfilm Number: 1821872
Image Number: 00446
Indexing Batch: N03098-2

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY3-7YZ : accessed 7 November 2021), Shonio, Lamoille, Vermont, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .