Patricia Columbo Now 54 & Frank DeLuca Now 72 both denied parole in the 1976 murders
Patricia Columbo, who is serving 200 to 300 years for the 1976 grisly murders of her father, mother and 13-year-old brother in Elk Grove Village, was again denied parole today.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted 10-2 to deny Columbo parole. Board members Jesse Madison and Geraldine Tyler cast the only two votes to release her. They have also voted in favor of parole at past hearings.
Columbo has been up for parole at least 15 times, most recently in 2008.
Board member Angelia Blackman-Donovan, who interviewed Columbo in March in preparation for Thursday's parole hearing, said she found Columbo to be "insincere" in expressing remorse for the crimes and recommended parole be denied.
"She used that ubiquitous term, 'I take responsibility for my actions,' " Blackman-Donovan said. "But when you go behind that and start saying specifically, 'Did you do this? Did you do this?' there is no admission."
Columbo was 19 at the time she committed the killings with her boyfriend Frank DeLuca, then 39. Columbo and Deluca shot and then brutalized the bodies of Columbo's father, Frank Columbo; her mother, Mary; and younger brother Michael. Mary Columbo's throat was slit and Michael was stabbed more than 90 times after he was shot.
Columbo, who is serving her sentence at the Dwight Correctional Center, will be up for parole again in three years.
The board also denied parole for DeLuca, now 72, with no votes in favor of his release. He will also return for a new parole hearing in three years.
Patricia Columbo, who is serving 200 to 300 years for the 1976 grisly murders of her father, mother and 13-year-old brother in Elk Grove Village, was again denied parole today.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board voted 10-2 to deny Columbo parole. Board members Jesse Madison and Geraldine Tyler cast the only two votes to release her. They have also voted in favor of parole at past hearings.
Columbo has been up for parole at least 15 times, most recently in 2008.
Board member Angelia Blackman-Donovan, who interviewed Columbo in March in preparation for Thursday's parole hearing, said she found Columbo to be "insincere" in expressing remorse for the crimes and recommended parole be denied.
"She used that ubiquitous term, 'I take responsibility for my actions,' " Blackman-Donovan said. "But when you go behind that and start saying specifically, 'Did you do this? Did you do this?' there is no admission."
Columbo was 19 at the time she committed the killings with her boyfriend Frank DeLuca, then 39. Columbo and Deluca shot and then brutalized the bodies of Columbo's father, Frank Columbo; her mother, Mary; and younger brother Michael. Mary Columbo's throat was slit and Michael was stabbed more than 90 times after he was shot.
Columbo, who is serving her sentence at the Dwight Correctional Center, will be up for parole again in three years.
The board also denied parole for DeLuca, now 72, with no votes in favor of his release. He will also return for a new parole hearing in three years.