Penny Lockwood Brown of Salamanca, N.Y., is seen in this undated photo. Brown, 39, was strangled on Mother's Day after setting out for a daily jog in Salmanca, along a popular path with her two dogs. Edward Kindt, 15, of Salamanca, has been charged as an adult with second-degree murder in her death and has pleaded not guilty. He is scheduled to appear in Salmanca City Court for a prelimenary hearing Monday, May 17, 1999. (AP Photo/The Post-Journal)

Westfield is being considered as a location to house a parolee who raped and murdered a Salamanca woman in 1999. Edward Kindt, who has been in prison since 2000, was scheduled to be released Wednesday from the New York State Correctional Facility at Elmira.

In a news release Tuesday afternoon, state Sen. George Borrello said the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision was planning to release Kindt into a motel in Westfield.

“I am outraged that the criminal coddling members of the New York State Parole Board have made the decision to release this killer, disregarding the utterly brutal and heinous details of his crime, the trauma of his victim’s family, and with no concern for the innocent members of the public they are putting at tremendous risk,” Borrello said.

Word of Kindt’s possible release in Chautauqua County was first reported Tuesday afternoon by The Post-Journal and OBSERVER newspapers. Late last week, state representatives voiced their concerns about Kindt re-entering society.

“He should remain in jail the rest of his life,” Borrello said. “However, if the two individuals of the three-member Parole Board panel who voted to free him believe that Edward Kindt is fit to live in society, then I ask them to come forward so we can make arrangements for a placement near their homes and their families.”

On Mother’s Day, while she was out jogging with her two dogs on a nature trail near her home, Brown was ambushed and sexually assaulted by Kindt, who ultimately strangled her with her dog’s leash. Because he was 15 at the time of the killing, he was spared a life term on his plea to second-degree murder and sentenced to nine years to life in prison, the maximum sentence available for a juvenile at the time.

A statement from the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision on Tuesday did not indicate where Kindt would be located once he is freed. The department noted Kindt came before the Board of Parole on Feb. 17 and was granted a release date of today. He was to be released upon completion of his community preparation, which could be on or after his release date.

As of Tuesday, officials said, Kindt remained incarcerated.

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