What a lede. Scratch that. What a story. John Sullivan and Paul Brooks: West Hurley — In the end, the racist who hated blacks, immigrants and Jews died with a broken heart.
State police say they are investigating the death of James Leshkevich and his wife, Deborah, as a murder-suicide. Troopers found the couple at their 213 Morgan Hill Road home yesterday, after a friend of Deborah Leshkevich called 911 worried about her welfare.
Leshkevich headed the local chapter of the white supremacist group National Alliance, based in West Virginia. In 2005, he helped Hal Turner, the host of a now-defunct white supremacist radio talk show, organize a rally in Kingston, after a publicized attack by a…
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