03.10.2021 Columns Guest Spot: Gone but not forgotten It was 40 years ago this week that my sister Michelle and her husband, Bill Becker, suspiciously drowned, leaving behind three young children. Bill was found dead at Matt-a-Mar...
03.10.2021 News From the Archives: Mysterious double drowning still haunts those who remember Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on March 10, 2016, the 35th anniversary of the Becker drowning. References to new developments were current to that date five years...
03.14.2016 Police LIVE CHAT RECAP: Reporters, Becker family discuss 1981 drowning investigation Members of William and Michelle Becker’s family joined Suffolk Times reporters in a live chat Monday, answering questions from readers about the 1981 investigation into the Mattituck couple’s drowning...
03.10.2016 Police Reporters to answer reader questions about cold case report In the more than 24 hours since The Suffolk Times published its 35th anniversary story on the Mattituck drowning deaths of William and Michelle Becker, the paper has been...
03.09.2016 Police Drownings occurred during period of transition for local police On March 10, 1981, the Southold Town Board gathered for its regular meeting at Town Hall. On the agenda that Tuesday evening was discussion of a matter that would...
03.09.2016 Police A closer look inside the Becker death investigation The following was compiled using reports obtained from the Suffolk County Police Department’s initial investigation into the deaths of William and Michelle Becker. It was supplemented with information from...
03.09.2016 Police Timeline of key dates in double drowning case Thursday, March 10, marks 35 years since William and Michelle Becker were last seen alive. There have been several key dates in the investigation into their deaths.
