It especially highlights the systemic failures that gave John Sweeney, the man who murdered Dominique Dunne, a sentence too lenient for her murder. Much time has passed since John Sweeney was ...

His disdain for the brothers' attorney, Leslie Abramson, however, has nothing to do with the Menendez case—but rather the trial of John Thomas Sweeney, who murdered his daughter, Dominique Dunne ...

As a result of this investigation, a Catholic priest in the Diocese of Greensburg, John Thomas Sweeney, pleaded guilty July 31 to committing a sexual assault against a 10-year-old boy, who wished to ...

At a 1981 party, Dominique Dunne met John Thomas Sweeney, a sous chef at the glamorous L.A. eatery Ma Maison. According to a 1983 PEOPLE article, the couple felt a quick and strong attraction ...

While filming the horror, she was in a relationship with sous chef John Thomas Sweeney - after meeting at a party. They had moved in together after a whirlwind romance but things quickly soured.

On October 30, 1982, her ex-boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney strangled her in her driveway. When police arrived, Sweeney reportedly told them, "I killed my girlfriend, and I tried to kill myself." ...

Over 40 years ago, a promising young starlet was taken away from the world far too soon. Now, Dominique Dunne's case is being ...

As Monsters portrays, he attended the trial of her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, and was shattered after he received ...

The seventh episode of Monsters opens in 1983, where Dunne is attending the trial of John Thomas Sweeney. Sweeney was charged with the killing of Dunne's daughter, Dominique. Dominique ...

The actress - who starred in the 1982 version of Poltergeist - was strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, in the driveway of her West Hollywood home. She went into coma and ...