Ex-boyfriend killed NY students, himself

A 24-year-old man distraught over a recent
breakup stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend and a
fellow college athlete she was with in her off-
campus bedroom before apparently killing himself
with the same knife, police said Monday.
Colin Kingston, of Geneseo, entered Kelsey
Annese's apartment around 6 a.m. Sunday near
the State University of New York at Geneseo in
upstate New York, police officer Jeffrey
Szczensiak told reporters Monday. Kingston, who
brought a large knife he had recently purchased,
found her with another student, Matthew
Hutchinson, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kingston, a former student at the school, killed
them both. It's possible that Annese, 21, and
Hutchinson, 24, were sleeping when Kingston
entered, but police were not sure. Kingston called
his father before killing himself, Szczensiak said.
"All indications are that Mr. Kingston used
the same knife to take his own life,"
Szczensiak said. He added that Kingston
had recently made suicidal comments, and
that he had no criminal history.
The deaths of the two students — a women's
basketball team captain and a men's hockey
player — was a big blow to the school.
"It is a profoundly sad day for the college
and village of Geneseo," college president
Denise Battles said, in a shaky voice
nearing tears. "We realize that members of
our community will handle this tragedy
differently. We will be supplying
professional counseling services for
Kelsey's teammates."
Annese wore the number 32 because it is the
same number her father wore when he played for
Geneseo, according to the college's website.
Her coach, Scott Hemer, said the senior
education major was selfless, and "a grinder" with
a work ethic respected by her coaches and
teammates.
"Kelsey will always be one of my all-time
favorite players not because of anything
she will have her name next to in the record
book, but because of the type of person
she was," Hemer said.
Hutchinson had volunteered for more than three
years at the Geneseo Fire Department, making a
point to take every training opportunity despite
his packed schedule as a student athlete, said
fire chief Andrew Chanler.
"Matt did everything at the highest level,"
Chanler said. "He put effort into these
things like nobody else."
Chanler said Hutchinson wanted to be a
professional firefighter after college and had
worked last summer as a forest firefighter back
home in British Columbia.
There were no signs of a break-in at the off-
campus home primarily populated by women's
basketball team members.
"All indications in our investigation at this
time is that there was no forceful entry,"
Szczensiak said, "although several doors
were locked, a rear door was unlocked."