Richard Thibodeau sits with his family at the front of the courtroom during a hearing about the 1994 kidnapping of Heidi Allen at the Oswego County Courthouse Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. His brother, Gary, was convicted of the crime.David Lassman | dlassman@syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. — Richard Thibodeau, who was acquitted in the 1994 kidnapping of Heidi Allen even as his brother was convicted based on the same facts, died Tuesday. He was 77.
For decades, Richard Thibodeau maintained he and his brother, Gary, were innocent of kidnapping the 18-year-old convenience store cashier in New Haven, Oswego County.
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