A Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to killing two women whose bodies were then found in Chautauqua County.
Erie County District Attorney Michael Keane announced that 62-year old Richard Fox pleaded guilty Friday morning in Erie County Court to two counts of 2nd Degree Murder.
Sometime between 2003 and 2004, Fox killed Cassandra Watson in the City of Buffalo. On September 26, 2021, a hiker found a human skull while walking along the Chautauqua Rails to Trails near Woleben Road in the Town of Portland. Forensic analysis determined that the skeletal remains had been buried at the site for more than a decade. After her identity was confirmed in December 2024, the investigation determined that Fox was in a relationship with Watson at the time of her disappearance. Watson was not reported as a missing person to law enforcement…