{
  "id": 176599,
  "title": "Woman learns man who attacked her killed a young mother years later",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/woman-learns-man-who-attacked-her-killed-a-young-mother-years-later",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T14:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cc-opanowski-lori-leonard-shawn-doyle-new-york-ex-boyfriend-murder-48-hours/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 1996, C.C. Opanowski was house-sitting for her mother in Hudson Falls, New York when her ex-boyfriend Shawn Doyle attacked her. Opanowski, who had dated Doyle in high school and her freshman year of college, says Doyle became violent, pushed her onto the couch, restrained her, and cut off her ponytail with scissors. Opanowski described the experience as demeaning, and Doyle had a history of violent rages. The authorities, however, did not take the matter seriously and even interviewed Doyle and Opanowski together at the police station. Opanowski later transferred colleges and moved away from Hudson Falls.\n\nNearly nine years later, in 2005, Opanowski learned that Doyle had been arrested for murdering Lori Leonard, a young mother of two boys. Lori Leonard had met Doyle on the dating website Cupid.com in 2003, but their relationship was short-lived due to Doyle's violent temper. Despite being broken up, Doyle continued to be friends with Lori Leonard, and she even allowed her to move into a new rental apartment with Doyle's truck. However, Doyle's presence became increasingly uncomfortable for Lori's sister, Jennifer Leonard. On May 4, 2005, Lori Leonard disappeared without a trace. Three months later, on July 24, 2005, Lori Leonard's body was found in a metal toolbox in the Lake Champlain Canal.",
  "summary": "When C.C. Opanowski of Hudson Falls, New York, was a teenager, she survived a terrifying attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Shawn Doyle. Years later, he would kill Lori Leonard, a mother of two young sons in Chittenango, New York.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}