Murder of Cheryl McCaul
Kosilek murdered McCaul in May 1990. In October 1992, about two and a half years after the murder, Kosilek gave a series of recorded interviews to a reporter. In one of these recordings, Kosilek stated that, on the day of the murder, McCaul had returned home to the couple's condominium in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Upon returning home, McCaul discovered Kosilek wearing McCaul's clothing. This enraged McCaul, and an altercation ensued. McCaul threw boiling tea at Kosilek (either at her face or her genitals), and Kosilek knocked McCaul down. McCaul grabbed a butcher's knife, and chased Kosilek into another room, threatening to kill her. Kosilek picked up a piece of wire that had been on a table.
This was all that Kosilek reported being able to recall, until awakening, days later, in the psychiatric unit of a hospital. In the interview, Kosilek stated that she "probably, because of the trauma of it went into a blackout at that moment." Kosilek also stated: "Apparently, I did take her life. It was probably in self-defense." McCaul was 36 years old.
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