Murder of Veronica Gedeon

Veronica "Ronnie" Gedeon (/ˈɡɪdiən/; 1917 – March 28, 1937) was a 20-year-old commercial model from Long Island City who was murdered by American sculptor Robert George Irwin on Easter Sunday in 1937. Gedeon was strangled to death by Irwin, along with her mother, Mary, who was also stabbed to death; deaf English waiter Frank Byrnes was also stabbed multiple times by Irwin. This case was reported widely in newspapers in New York City. After Irwin was apprehended, there were substantial changes in the psychiatric laws in the state of New York.

The case was the subject of a 2015 episode of Investigation Discovery's series A Crime to Remember (Season 3, Episode 4, "Such A Pretty Face"). It was also featured in a 2017 episode of the Travel Channel's series Mysteries at the Museum (Season 17, Episode 2, "Antis the Radar Dog, Bringing Up the Baby and the Art of Murder").

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