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The timeline of the crime

February 25, 2014
The timeline of the crime

This is a map and timeline of the events that took place on and around Sept. 9, 2013, the night Trooper Paul Butterfield was killed. #TrooperMurderTrial. 

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Final day of trooper murder trial

February 25, 2014
Final day of trooper murder trial

LUDINGTON — Today is expected to be the final day of the 51st Circuit Court trial against Eric John Knysz, the 20-year-old Irons resident who is accused of murdering Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield on Sept. 9, 2013 in Free Soil Township. Knysz is charged with first degree murder of a peace officer, carrying a concealed weapon, felony firearms…

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Testimony sheds more light on character of accused cop killer Eric Knysz

February 24, 2014
Testimony sheds more light on character of accused cop killer Eric Knysz

  Story by Lisa Enos. MCP Correspondent.   Photographs by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Detective Sgt. Gary Green of Michigan State Police Mt. Pleasant post arrived around midnight Sept. 9, 2013 at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City while Eric Knysz was being treated for the gunshot wound he sustained while apprehended by police in Manistee County earlier that…

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Attorney explains why Knysz case needed to be tried despite confession

February 24, 2014
Attorney explains why Knysz case needed to be tried despite confession

Many readers following the trial against Eric John Knysz have asked why there needs to be a trial since Knysz confessed his crime to the police. We asked attorney Ryan Glanville of Thompson, Thompson and Glanville Attorneys at Law of Ludington to explain this. Glanville is not associated with the case in any way, however he often serves as a…

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Knysz: I don’t really remember the details. My mind was just, I don’t know.

February 24, 2014
Knysz: I don’t really remember the details. My mind was just, I don’t know.

The following are excerpts of the transcript, provided by the Mason County Prosecutors Office, from an interview with Eric Knysz conducted by Michigan State Police Det. Sgt. Gary Green on Sept. 12, 2013 while Knysz was still in the hospital. This was the second interview Green had conducted with Knysz, the earlier being on Sept. 10, 2013.  Eric Knysz had…

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