Case closed: Johnstown man likely murdered teen in 1972 Saturday, February 12, 2011 By Jim McGuire (Contact) Gazette Reporter JOHNSTOWN — Oneida County authorities have closed a 1972 murder case, concluding that Fulton County’s only known serial killer, the late John W. Hopkins of Johnstown, raped and then repeatedly stabbed 19-year-old Joanne Pecheone and left her body tied to a tree along a wooded path in East Utica. Oneida County District Attorney Scott D. McNamara issued a 13-page news release Friday detailing the evidence tying the case to Hopkins, who committed suicide in March 2000 while serving a sentence of … Continue reading Sherrie Ann Carville and Joanne Pecheone Murderer Linked to Kathy Kolodziej