Murder of Viola Manville by Mark Christie and wrongful conviction of Frank Sterling investigated on ID
Thu Mar 11, 2021 at 2:49pm ET
Mark Christie was eventually convicted of killing Viola Manville. Pic credit: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
The Lake Erie Murders is in Rochester, New York, to investigate the brutal murder of grandmother Viola Manville, who was beaten to death by Mark Christie in 1988.
This case has a double tragedy in that an innocent man, Frank Sterling, spent nearly two decades in jail for the crime before new evidence revealed Christie was the true killer.
On November 29, 1988, 14-year-old Viola Manville was walking along a path by an abandoned railroad track near her home in Hilton, on the outskirts of Rochester, when she encountered teenage thug 16-year-old Mark Christie, who was armed with a pellet gun.