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Potsdam police ask residents and businesses for help in homicide investigation

Posted 2/21/22

POTSDAM — Potsdam police are asking village residents and business owners to check security camera systems for footage of a vehicle driven by murder suspect Michael Snow. Snow was charged with …

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Potsdam police ask residents and businesses for help in homicide investigation

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POTSDAM — Potsdam police are asking village residents and business owners to check security camera systems for footage of a vehicle driven by murder suspect Michael Snow.

Snow was charged with second-degree murder on Saturday, Feb. 19 following the murder of SUNY Potsdam student Elizabeth Howell on Friday, Feb. 18.

Snow was arraigned in Potsdam town court before being remanded to St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility on no bail. He is still being held at SLCCF, according to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff Department.

Howell was found on College Park Rd. with multiple gunshot wounds around 5:15 p.m. on Feb. 18. She was transported to Canton-Potsdam Hospital where she was pronounced dead around 7 p.m., police say.

“On the date of the homicide, Snow was observed operating the below pictured vehicle, a gray Honda Civic bearing NY registration KVE2731. The vehicle has damage to the driver's side door,” police say.

Police say the vehicle passed through Potsdam, Hopkinton, Malone, Westville, Hogansburg and Massena between 5 p.m and 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 18.

Police ask anyone who may have seen Snow and the vehicle during these times to contact the New York State Police Troop B Communications at (518) 873-2750.