Woman learns man who attacked her killed a young mother years later
Updated on: August 9, 2026 / 2:27 AM EDT / CBS News On Jan. Opanowski was home alone from college in Hudson Falls, New York, house-sitting for her mother when her ex-boyfriend, Shawn Doyle, knocked on the door. Opanowski had grown up with Doyle and dated him in high school and into her freshman year of college. Once inside, Opanowski says Doyle became violent. "He pushed me onto the couch, started holding me down, restraining me, yelling at me. And he picked me up and pushed me against the French doors," she says.
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He was still playing the 'I'm your friend.'" According to Jennifer Leonard, the move went smoothly, except for the fact that Doyle decided to hang around. He says her testimony was important because "it Woman learns man who attacked her killed a young mother years later. Police arrested Doyle and charged him with menacing, harassment and trespassing.
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Updated on: August 9, 2026 / 2:27 AM EDT / CBS News On Jan. Opanowski was home alone from college in Hudson Falls, New York, house-sitting for her mother when her ex-boyfriend, Shawn Doyle, knocked on the door. Opanowski had grown up with Doyle and dated him in high school and into her freshman year of college. Once inside, Opanowski says Doyle became violent. "He pushed me onto the couch, started holding me down, restraining me, yelling at me. And he picked me up and pushed me against the French doors," she says.
