Opinion ID: 476844
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Heading: The Events and Robert Hyland's Initial Statement

Text: 4 In the early afternoon of August 11, 1973, a Seaway gas station near Utica was robbed and its attendant bound and slain. On August 13, 1973, Robert Hyland went to State Police Headquarters in Oneida, New York, and made a sworn statement to Investigator Ronald Hojnacki. As transcribed by Hojnacki and signed by Hyland, the statement described Hyland's observation of the events of August 11 as follows. 5 At approximately 12:50 p.m. on August 11, Hyland drove into the Seaway station and pulled up to the pumps. Shortly after he got out of his car to look for the attendant, a blue/green car backed around from the side of the station and parked opposite him near the pumps. Hyland described the car's driver as follows: 6 I am not sure, but I believe the operator was a white female. She had long black shoulder length hair and was wearing dark clothing.... Upon moving closer to the gas pumps I observed this female going through items in a brown hexagon type pattern pocketbook.... The type of hairstyle that this person had did not allow me to see her face. The girl did have a tan. 7 A few seconds after the other car had parked, a white male, whom Hyland described in detail, approached Hyland's car, and sold him $5 worth of gas. Hyland paid for his gas, received change, and left the station. The man who sold Hyland gas was not the station's attendant. 8