Article: DEFENSE SAYS SIMMERING RAGE LED TO SLAYINGS GABRIEL TRIED IN POESTENKILL SHOOTINGS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: JOE PICCHI Staff writer

TROY -- Duane Gabriel was accused in Rensselaer County Court on Wednesday of being a coldblooded murderer with little remorse and defended as a mentally ill young man whose inner rage over an abusive childhood triggered the shooting of a Poestenkill man and his son two years ago.

The mystery surrounding this quiet, 19-year-old redhead and the Hathaway family, who took him into their Cathlie Drive home during the summer of 1994, started to unfold as a jury began hearing testimony in the emotionally charged case.

Elaine Hathaway, who became Gabriel's foster mother because of her compassion for the troubled youth, ...

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