Robert Fisher is a killer from New York who was convicted of the murder of three year old Josefina Cunningham
According to court documents Robert Fisher was a friend of the family and would be asked by the little girl’s mother to look after her at her home in Rensselaer, New York.
By the time the woman returned Robert Fisher had sexually assaulted and brutally assaulted Josefina Cunningham. The three year old girl who had been doused with bleach would be rushed to the hospital where she would be pronounced dead
Robert Fisher would be arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child and murder. Fisher trial was suppose to start however he would plead guilty to second degree murder and first degree rape.
Unfortunately New York State does not have the death penalty. Robert Fisher will be sentenced next month
Update- Robert Fisher would be sentenced to prison, 20 years to life, however a month into his sentence he would be found dead behind bars. The New York Department of Corrections has not yet released a cause of death
Robert Fisher Case
Rensselaer County resident Robert Fisher, age 34, of Rensselaer, pleaded guilty to murder and rape on Tuesday, July 9, in the death of Josefina Cunningham.
According to prosecutors, emergency crews were called to the girl’s Rensselaer home near Broadway and Tracy Street on July 7, 2023, after relatives found her not breathing.
Josefina’s mother found her lying lifeless on the floor, foaming at the mouth and drenched in bleach, the girl’s brother, Jay Quan Stewart, told NoTearsForBlackGirls.com.
She was later pronounced dead at Albany Medical Center.
Fisher was a trusted friend of the family and was babysitting the girl at the time, Stewart told the blog.
He was indicted three weeks later following an extensive investigation involving multiple agencies.
Police determined that he had raped the girl sometime between 8 p.m. on July 6 and 7:20 a.m. on July 7, and caused her death during the act, WRGB reports.
In court Tuesday, Fisher pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree rape.
He is expected to be sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 6.
“Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of the child,” Rensselaer Police Chief Warren Famiglietti said. “This horrible incident has affected many people in many different ways.”
Robert Fisher News
A Rensselaer man has admitted to raping and killing a 3-year-old girl one year ago.
Robert Fisher, 34, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Rensselaer County Court to second-degree murder and rape.
Fisher caused the death of Josefina Cunningham at a home at 1552 Broadway on July 7, 2023. The girl was found unresponsive and her mother called 911. The girl was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Court documents obtained by NewsChannel 13 reveal that Fisher struck the girl and also describe the graphic sexual abuse. WNYT is choosing not to disclose all those details.
Fisher had been staying at the home. He was initially charged with obstructing the investigation after police said he tried to get back into the home.
Fisher initially was charged with aggravated sexual abuse, assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He was subsequently indicted on the murder and rape charges in late July 2023.
https://wnyt.com/uncategorized/rensselaer-man-admits-to-raping-killing-3-year-old-girl
Robert Fisher Death
Robert Fisher, the man who drugged, raped and killed a 3-year-old girl last year in Rensselaer, died Tuesday at Elmira Correctional Facility, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Services.
Fisher died less than two months after a Rensselaer County judge sentenced him to 20 years to life in prison for the rape and slaying of Josefina Cunningham.
Fisher, 34, was pronounced dead at 1:50 a.m., according to DOCCS. A spokesman for the agency declined to discuss how Fisher died, referring instead to a DOCCS statement that the cause of death would be determined by the Chemung County Medical Examiner’s Office and it was up to that agency to decide whether to reveal it. Fisher had been in state prison since Sept. 23.
The child’s death on July 7, 2023, in her Rensselaer city home traumatized her family, friends, the community of Rensselaer and the police, firefighters and other first responders who answered the emergency call.
Fisher drugged the child with her mother’s medication, attacked her and tried to cover up what he had done, prosecutors said at his Sept. 10 sentencing. Fisher had befriended the child’s mother and, prosecutors said, the child was left in his care on the day she died.
During the sentencing, Rensselaer County Assistant District Attorney Antonia Edwards said Fisher used Clorox wipes to try to conceal his crimes, scrubbing the child’s face so hard he rubbed off the pigment
Edwards described the victim as “a loving and caring child. She had a smile that would light up a room. Her teachers said at day care she would pretend to be a teacher. She would line the baby dolls up and pretend to read to them and to feed them. She had very nurturing qualities. She was a girly girl.”
In July, Fisher pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree rape.
Judge Debra Young called Fisher “a threat to society. You show no remorse for what you did to Josie.”
The judge told Fisher he will “never be fit to live” in the community, adding he hoped any future parole board considering his release from prison would study the sentencing records and other court records and deem him unfit for release.
Asked if he wanted to address the court, Fisher muttered, “No.”
Fisher’s former defense attorney, Lucas G. Mihuta, could not be reached for comment Thursday. Chemung County Assistant District Attorney Anne H. Stark said the office was awaiting the findings of the medical examiner’s office to determine if prosecutors had any role to play. Officials in the medical examiner’s office could not be reached for comment.
Rensselaer Police Department investigated the 2023 murder. Chief Warren Famiglietti said his department had not been told Fisher died.
In a Facebook post, Famiglietti said commenters on social media were “expressing joy and relief from the news of his death.”
“Being careful not to express my personal beliefs on a professional platform, I will say that I would find it impossible to compose a rational, articulate argument in opposition of those expressing relief,” he said.
He went on to note the hard work of those involved in the investigation, before concluding, “It appears that justice was ultimately served by a power much greater. I hope that all people affected by this horrific crime can now begin the next step of the healing process.”
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/child-rapist-killer-rober-fisher-dead-new-york-19859907.php
