STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— More than three decades after a Rosebank woman was strangled to death in a neighborhood school yard, the man convicted in the slaying has again been denied parole.
Police responded to reports of a dead body outside PS 13 on the morning of Oct. 11, 1992. They discovered the victim, 44-year-old Linda Demers, strangled to death with a pair of stretch pants.
Her killer, now 65-year-old John Rispoli, was denied parole this year for the sixth time, records show. Serving a prison sentence of 25 years to life, Rispoli will have another shot at freedom in late 2026…