Here we go again, for the third time this year, the State Parole Board has released a Rockland killer. Richard LaBarbera of Pearl River was convicted of the October 1980 murder of Paula Bohevesky, who was 16 when she was beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted. She was on her way home from her after-school job at the Pearl River Library at the time. Area residents have been fighting for years to keep him in prison. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says he finds it disgusting that a man who has shown no remorse should be set free…
Paula’s 87 year-old mother still lives in Pearl River. Labarbera’s co-defendant, Arkansas drifter Robert McCain, remains in prison. He’s been eligible for parole every two years since 2005 and gets his chance before the board in June. Both have been locked away since being convicted of second-degree murder 38 years ago, each serving 25 years-to-life. They blamed each other for the murder.