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Convicted killer Edward Kindt's parole delayed

Law enforcement sources tell 2 On Your Side Edward Kindt's release from prison has been postponed.

SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Law enforcement sources tell 2 On Your Side convicted killer Edward Kindt's release from prison on parole has been delayed.  

Kindt was scheduled to be released from state prison in Elmira Wednesday but, WGRZ has confirmed that the release has been postponed.   The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision tells 2 On Your Side, "Mr. Kindt will be released upon completion of his community preparation, which could be before, on, or after his release date. At this time, Kindt remains incarcerated."

The Department of Corrections had planned to release Kindt in Westfield Wednesday, but Sheriff Tim Whitcomb told 2 On Your Side that he doesn't know why Kindt would be released there. 

When Kindt is eventually released, Whitcomb says he will be under certain restrictions. He says they have not been made available to him, but they will be decided by the parole board. 

"It could be inclusive of an ankle and monitoring. It could be inclusive of prohibiting him from going to certain areas. It could be inclusive of a curfew. There will probably be some prohibitive factors about his accessibility to the internet and social media. But those are questions up for parole," Whitcomb said. 

Late Tuesday afternoon, Seneca Nation President Rickey Armstrong signed an executive order that banishes Kindt from all Seneca Nation territories for one year. Kindt, who is Native American, still has family in the area.

President Armstrong issued a statement saying, "We do not believe that this individual should be allowed to re-enter the same community that was traumatized by his heinous actions."

'A tremendous mother to us'

Kindt was 15 years old in 1999 when he murdered 39-year-old Penny Brown on a jogging path in Salamanca, New York. She was a wife, mother of two and a highly regarded nurse midwife.  

Brown's oldest daughter Kaitlyn remembers her mom as "An extremely, extremely well-loved wonderful person and a tremendous mother to us." 

Kaitlyn was 13 when her mother was killed. Kaitlyn has spent the past 24 years fighting to keep her mother's killer behind bars.

"I had absolutely no reason to believe this was coming at this point in my life," she told 2 On Your Side. "A person really gets painted completely by this heinous crime," she said. 

The Brown family has called on the parole board to reconsider its decision to grant Kindt parole.  The process involves filing a Notice of Rescission that could alter Edward Kindt's parole status but the Department of Corrections said in a statement to 2 On Your Side that "there is no basis for a rescission at this time." 

Kaitlyn told 2 On your Side Tuesday night that no one is communicating information regarding Kindt's release to her or her family. 

"We have been told almost nothing other than for some reason it has been stalled," Brown said. "This news has been utterly, utterly guttural shocking and traumatizing to the family."

2 On Your Side has submitted a Freedom of Information Law request for transcripts from both the parole board meeting granting Kindt's release as well as the restrictions that he will be under when released.

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