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Thursday September 22, 2011

Robin Murphy, involved in Satanic cult murders, back in prison

Robin Murphy is back in prison.

The former leader of a Satanic cult, who admitted to murder for the death of Karen Marsden on Feb. 8, 1980, was ordered returned to prison after a parole officer determined Murphy violated the parole she won on May 3, 2004.

Saturday May 15, 2010

Former detective revisits cult murders for documentary

Carl Drew was convicted of the 1980 ritualistic murder of Fall River teenager Karen Marsden.

Drew and Robin Murphy were both accused of dragging Marsden into the Westport woods, decapitating her and performing satanic rituals on her body.

Wednesday May 5, 2004

Robin Marie Murphy:

Cult murderer could return to Fall River

She was 17 when she was put behind bars. Today she is 41, and next week when convicted cult murderer Robin Murphy returns to the community to live at a halfway house, she returns to a different world, a new world.

Tuesday May 4, 2004

Robin Marie Murphy:

Family, former friends react to news of Robin Murphy’s parole

The reaction to Robin Marie Murphy's pending release from prison after 24 years, although wide-ranging, has been mostly negative.

Robin Marie Murphy:

Cult killer gets parole

FALL RIVER -- Convicted murderer Robin Marie Murphy, the woman at the center of a Satanic cult controversy that has spanned nearly three decades, will be released from prison later this month after serving 24 years behind bars for the grisly murder of city prostitute Karen Marsden.

Wednesday March 24, 2004

Robin Marie Murphy:

Cult killer Robin Murphy says she made up the story

BRIDGEWATER -- During her latest State Parole Board reconsideration hearing Tuesday, convicted "cult murderer" Robin Marie Murphy portrayed herself as an innocent woman who lied on the stand and eventually gave up her freedoms in the interest of justice by helping to convict Carl Drew of Karen Marsden's 1980 murder.

Tuesday March 23, 2004

Robin Marie Murphy:

Robin Murphy’s third attempt at parole to be heard today

BRIDGEWATER -- Nearly a year after her bid for a new trial was denied by a superior court judge, the Fall River woman who has spent the past 23 years in prison for her role in the infamous "cult murders" will have her third chance at being released on parole today.

Sunday May 11, 2003

Robin Marie Murphy:

Woman opposes

The Herald News, May 11, 2003

Thursday May 1, 2003

Robin Marie Murphy:

Cult murders haunt retired city detective

The Herald News, May 1, 2003

Wednesday April 30, 2003

Robin Marie Murphy:

Family not happy with fight for new trial

The Herald News, Apr. 30, 2003