Klock, Mary Ann and Julie: 1997

Julie Klock, like several other female murder victims in Blair County, had sought the protection of the courts from a man she knew was dangerous.  She was frightened and frustrated as the Judge Norman Callan had denied her request, despite his stalking her.  On one occasion, he broke into her home and slept beneath her infant daughter’s crib.   He crawled out in the morning and attacked Julie.  He bound her with duct tape, and drove her and her daughter to neighboring Cambria County.  It had been eleven hours before he had decided to take her home.  During that time he had shoved and choked her, and threatened her with knives.  Julie had scheduled a time to go before a judge on Wednesday, April 30, 1997.  She would never have a chance to speak before the court.
Richard Eamigh, her murderer, was her estranged boyfriend.  He was a short, long-haired, tattoed roofer.  He was also obsessed and violent.  He arrived at Julie’s mother’s home sometime between 4:00 am and 6:00 am on Tuesday, April 29, 1997.  He beat Mary Ann Klock over the head with a shotgun, killing her.  For about an hour, he remained in the home with Julie.  He then used the 12-gauge weapon to shoot Julie before turning the gun on himself.
Mary Ann’s ex-husband, Daniel, stopped at the house at 9:30 a.m. and discovered the three dead bodies.
Township police found Julie’s 15-month-old daughter in her crib, unharmed.   Julie had been trying to make a new start, caring for her daughter in the day and attending the Altoona Beauty School at night.  Meanwhile, her mother worked four jobs to make ends meet.   Mary Ann Klock was 52 at the time of her death; Julie was 20.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 1, 1997