Parole Board hears out infamous LI killer

Matthew Solomon, infamous for murdering his wife on Christmas Eve 1987, appeared before the New York State Parole Board Friday. Solomon was sentenced to 18 years to life in 1989 and, having served the

News 12 Staff

Oct 19, 2007, 11:04 PM

Updated 6,212 days ago

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Matthew Solomon, infamous for murdering his wife on Christmas Eve 1987, appeared before the New York State Parole Board Friday.
Solomon was sentenced to 18 years to life in 1989 and, having served the minimum, is granted a parole hearing every two years.
Relatives of the victim, Lisa Weaver Solomon, traveled to Albany to attend and plead their case.
"There's not going to be a day that's gonna go by that I'm not wanting to keep him in jail," said Gerry Klerk, one of Lisa's cousin.
Another cousin, Stephen Klerk, said Solomon repeatedly lied to the Parole Board.
"We tried to show them in his last parole hearing that he lied about all the questioning that took place," he said. "I counted 91 questions the Parole Board asked Matthew, and out of that 31 were lies."
In an exclusive interview, the victim's mother, Diane Weaver, told News 12 Long Island, "I think any woman he gets in contact with is in great danger and I don't want this to ever, ever happen again. I don't want anybody to ever have to go through what we went through."
Solomon initially told police that his wife had gone for a walk on Christmas Eve, 1987, and never came back to their Huntington Station apartment. He pleaded publicly for her safe return and joined police to lead search parties. Lisa's body was discovered in a field on Pulaski Road in Huntington a few days later. Solomon then admitted to killing his wife, saying they argued and he accidentally strangled her.
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