New Thomas Capano special airing Monday night on 'Vanity Fair Confidential'
Ryan Cormier
It's been more than 20 years since former Wilmington attorney Thomas Capano was arrested in connection with the death of Anne Marie Fahey, one of Delaware's most closely followed murder trials.
Three months after The News Journal revisited the case, the Investigation Discovery cable network will debut a new episode of "Vanity Fair Confidential" -- the true crime series that draws upon the magazine’s reporting to create hour-long episodes.
"Secrets of the Summer Wind" airs Monday at 9 p.m. and includes new interviews with former prosecutor Colm Connolly, former state senator Karen Peterson, retired FBI agent Eric Alpert and former News Journal reporter Cris Barrish in re-telling the story.
Watch a clip:
"In June 1996, the beautiful 30-year-old scheduling secretary to the governor of Delaware suddenly vanishes from her home with no explanation and no signs of struggle," network programmers wrote about the episode. "In the days following her disappearance, her family uncovers shocking evidence of a secret affair with one of the most powerful men in the state. Her disappearance makes headlines nationwide and President Bill Clinton offers law enforcement federal assistance.
"When a task force sets its sights firmly on her secret lover, their investigation escalates into a nonstop effort to find the missing woman and will reveal a shocking turn of events intended to cover up a murder."
The program is also slated to repeat at midnight Tuesday.
Capano, a former deputy attorney general of Delaware, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection on January 17, 1999. He died of cardiac arrest in prison on September 19, 2011.
Contact Ryan Cormier of The News Journal at rcormier@delawareonline.com or (302) 324-2863. Follow him on Facebook (@ryancormier), Twitter (@ryancormier) and Instagram (@ryancormier).
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