FISHKILL – State Police continue to investigate the murder of a LaGrange man who was shot after being involved in a fender-bender and verbal altercation along Interstate 84 in the Town of Fishkill.
February 5 marks the 25th anniversary of the killing of Richard Aderson, a 47-year-old assistant superintendent for the Valley Central School District in Montgomery.
Aderson was driving east on the highway in a gray 1995, four-door Volvo sedan when he was involved in the accident about four miles east of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge toll plaza.
Both vehicles pulled over to the side of the road by exit 12 in Fishkill and reportedly were involved in a verbal altercation.
Aderson called Dutchess County 911 and reported he had been shot by the perpetrator who had fled east on I-84. He provided police with information about the suspect and the suspect’s vehicle before he died on the way to the hospital in Newburgh.
The suspect was described as a white man, in his late 40s to 50, with a medium complexion, about six feet tall, with a thin build.
He was said to have a receding hairline, a thin nose, and was wearing aviator-type eyeglasses.
The killer was driving a late model Jeep Cherokee, possibly 1997, that was believed to be green and may have had New Hampshire license plates.
Over 3,000 leads have been followed throughout the investigation, which has taken law enforcement across New England.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Wappinger at 845-677-7300. All calls may be kept confidential.
