North Country Manhunt Continues For Alleged Cohoes Killer

As the manhunt for a homicide suspect in the Brighton-Paul Smiths area stretched into its third day on Tuesday, police put out an appeal to the public for more information on his possible location or sightings. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, multiple local, state and federal agencies have been searching the woods around the region with helicopters, bloodhounds, drones and officers. But so far, their search has come up empty. The suspect, Anthony G. Bechand, 53, was the live-in boyfriend of Amanda Margaret “Mandee” Rodriguez, 41, whose body was found by police in their Cohoes home on Sunday morning. Cohoes Police Chief Todd Waldin said Bechand has ties to this area, but those details are currently unknown.