2007: You don't hear a lot about this particular story. The story made
headlines mostly in New York and New Jersey. There is also a book
written about the case. The book is called Mama's Boy by Richard T.
Pienciak. It's a good read.
Sources say this woman protected her son's wrong doing all of his life. All the while she was working as a fill in cop and administrative assistant at the NYPD. They also say that Carolyn never liked his wife Myra. In fact, she made a disparaging comment about the girl when she was finally identified as a murder victim. She left the NYPD.
When the verdict was read, Eric showed very little emotion at the first trial. At the second trial he constantly smiled and smirked in court.
An ex girlfriend of Eric Napoletano named Jennifer Meade testified on the stand that while they were dating Eric told her that his wife was not coming back.
The races were changed to white in the movie. The girls and wives were mostly all Hispanic.
When Eric was growing up his life was unstable and turbulent. He and his mother fought constantly. Carolyn Napoletano stated that they were very close, but that the relationship was more like friends or a sibling relationship instead of mother and son. In fact, when she did not want to deal with Eric any longer, she allowed him to stay with an older man. They ended up becoming lovers. This ex lover actually testified in court against Eric.
2012: It appears that Carolyn Margaret Napoletano is still alive and living in an apartment in New York. She is about 72 years old now.
Brief timeline of Eric Napoletano
by Traciy Curry-Reyes
September 1984
Wanda
marries Eric Napoletano. The two start having major problems and
Wanda's mother, Gladys Matos suggests that her daughter leave Eric. On
April 29, 1985, Gladys Matos is shot to death as she was leaving to go
to work.
1990
Eric is married
to his wife second wife Myra Acevedo Napoletano. His mother doesn't
like her or any of his girlfriends because he usually chooses very
ethnic looking young ladies. Myra thought that Eric was so nice and
sweet in the beginning of the relationship, but he became a monster. Not
being able to take it anymore, she told Eric that she was leaving him
and taking the boys to live in Puerto Rico with her family. Then, she
just disappeared from their home in Clifton. Her mom filed a missing
person's report, but the report was never transferred to the correct
department. According to Penciak's book, Napoletano's mother was
responsible for the miscommunication.
July 9, 1990
Myra
Acevedo's body was later found buried in a make shift grave in a remote
part of New Castle County, Delaware bordering New Jersey. She was just
22 years old at the time.
1993 The Conviction
In
May 1993 when Eric Napoletano was found guilty of the murder of his
wife Myra Acevedo Napoletano. He is sentenced to 32 years to life in
prison.
1996
Eric's mother
was in all kinds of trouble. His mother 56 year old Carolyn Napoletano
was under investigation for obstructing justice and lying to the police
regarding Eric during the New Jersey investigation of Myra Acevedo
Napoletano. Myra had been reported missing by her mother, but the
police department never got the communication. His mother who was
working in the communication division at the time was suspected of not
sending the missing person's report. But, Eric Napoletano came to his
mother's rescue by pleading guilty to murdering Marilyn Coludro. He was
found guilty of her murder. In exchange the charges against his mother
were dropped. Carolyn Napoletano worked for the New York Police
Department. She ended up quitting her job at the Midtown South precinct in 1997. She was 57 years old at the time.
Tidbits
Sources say this woman protected her son's wrong doing all of his life. All the while she was working as a fill in cop and administrative assistant at the NYPD. They also say that Carolyn never liked his wife Myra. In fact, she made a disparaging comment about the girl when she was finally identified as a murder victim. She left the NYPD.
When the verdict was read, Eric showed very little emotion at the first trial. At the second trial he constantly smiled and smirked in court.
An ex girlfriend of Eric Napoletano named Jennifer Meade testified on the stand that while they were dating Eric told her that his wife was not coming back.
The races were changed to white in the movie. The girls and wives were mostly all Hispanic.
When Eric was growing up his life was unstable and turbulent. He and his mother fought constantly. Carolyn Napoletano stated that they were very close, but that the relationship was more like friends or a sibling relationship instead of mother and son. In fact, when she did not want to deal with Eric any longer, she allowed him to stay with an older man. They ended up becoming lovers. This ex lover actually testified in court against Eric.
2012: It appears that Carolyn Margaret Napoletano is still alive and living in an apartment in New York. She is about 72 years old now.
