ARE THERE OTHERS?
When reported missing, Mary Rose Turner joined an elite group of individuals on the Missing Persons list for the surrounding areas: Linda and daughter Lisa Ann Cady, and Lorraine Zinicola and her three sons: Joseph, James, and Mark (Blanchfield, 2009). The only thing Linda Cady and Lorraine Zinicola had in common was Bernard Hatch. Their connection to him fit into his pattern of violence.
Linda Cady
Linda Cady started dating Bernard Hatch in the late summer of 1969, after he was released from Attica for beating a sexual assault charge; it was the second time he had been tried for sexual assault and the first time he was acquitted (Blanchfield, 2009). The two became very serious, so much so that Linda claimed she had fallen in love with him in a note she left for her mother shortly before Linda and her daughter disappeared.
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Before her disappearance in the summer of 1970, Linda had confided in friends that she thought she might be pregnant. She had said that if she was, Hatch did not want to be a father (Blanchfield, 2009). inLda took $345 from her savings account on June 19, left Syracuse to move closer to Hatch, and was seen on Soule Road the next day. She and Lisa Ann were never seen alive again.
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The next day, Hatch came to work with scratches on his left cheek and jaw (Blanchfield, 2009). The remains of Linda and three year-old toddler Lisa Ann Cady were recovered on December 8, 1973, near Mary Rose's grave site. Their remains were identified three days later.
The Aiken family headstone, in Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, NY: Linda and Lisa AnnCady's final resting spot.
Utica newspaper article on the Zinicola disappearances.
Lorraine Zinicola
In November of 1970, five months after Linda and Lisa Ann Cady disappeared, Lorraine Zincola and Bernard Hatch began dating. Lorraine had filed from divorce from her husband the same month. According to Blanchfield (2009), Lorraine and Hatch had swapped ownership of two cars; Hatch collected Oldsmobiles, and so she traded hers to him. Lorraine fell in love with Hatch, and told close friend Lorraine Vennero that she was going to leave town with her children, marry a parolee by the name of Bernard Hatch, and that he was going to 'jump parole' (2009, p. 102). The next day, July 8, she left town. She was last seen on July 9, 1971, when she said goodbye to family members before leaving to be with Hatch. Bank statements later showed that she had withdrawn $4,000 from her personal account the day before.
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In December 1973 Potato Hill search, when the Cady's remains were found, police collected burnt children's clothing (Warren, 2013). Lorraine's family identified it as belonging to boys, the youngest of whom was two at the time of their disappearances. Their remains have never been recovered. Hatch denies responsibility for their and the Cady's disappearances (Clarridge, 2010) .
On the Record Regarding Bernard Hatch: A Violent History
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Bernard Hatch has always claimed innocence while incarcerated (Parker, 2016). His history suggests otherwise. Following are his criminal history and remarks prosecutors put on the record during Mary Rose Turner's murder trial. These points are all found in Blanchfield's 2009 book, documented.
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In October of 1963, Hatch was convicted of sexually assaulting a 16 year-old female while on leave from the Marines, in Utica. He was sentenced to a possible 25 years for rape, possession and discharge of a firearm, robbery, and kidnapping. He raped the minor while her boyfriend was tied up; he had come across them in their car. He served only three years for the rape.
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In January of 1972, he was again arrested for rape. According to the victim, he had picked up her and her three year-old daughter when they were hitchhiking, having been abandoned by her boyfriend. She testified in court that he held a knife to her daughter's throat and threatened to kill her if she did not do as he said. He was acquitted at trial because the jury found her manner of dress to suggest she willingly participated. Lorraine Zinicola and her family had disappeared six months prior; Mary Rose was murdered 14 months later.
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In February of 1983, during an appeal by Hatch, Assistant District Attorney Donald Gerace included an Appendix in his brief for the appellate justices. They were questions asked to Hatch during cross-examination based on sworn statements of witnesses.
1.) Hatch was said to have shot a neighbor's cow.
2.) His (ex)wife visited him in jail on April 27, 1974. She arrived in good spirits and after talking to Hatch, she left
in a very depressed and disturbed state. She committed suicide that evening.
3.) Hatch shot a cat with a pistol while in Washington Hill, NY.
4.) He told his wife Andrea that he had killed someone while in the Marines on a tour of duty.
5.) Hatch had threatened to kill ex-wife Andrea numerous times.
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From the time he reached adulthood until he was incarcerated for Mary Rose's murder, he behaved violently every few months or years. When he was sentenced to prison for Mary Rose's murder, the disappearances in Steuben stopped.