HIGHTSTOWN: Timeline of a murder in Herald headlines

   Three years passed between the time Amy Giordano went missing and Rosario DiGirolamo admitted he killed her.
   Here’s a look back at the headlines that appeared in the Herald — dated by print and online publishing dates — as we chronicled the grisly murder case:
   June 21, 2007 — Police seek Millstone man in baby abandonment case
   June 22, 2007 — Apartment sealed week later; detective defends actions
   June 22, 2007 — Deserted lives: Baby OK, parents missing
   June 27, 2007 — Boyfriend of missing woman becomes “person of interest”
   June 27, 2007 — Father of abandoned boy in Italy; police search apartment
   June 29, 2007 — FBI special agent discusses DiGirolamo’s whereabouts
   June 29, 2007 — A 3rd “family” enters widening investigation; Single mom missing, dad in Italy, mob ties possible
   June 29, 2007 — Prosecutor: DiGirolamo seems to have fled
   June 29, 2007 — Local police chief, prosecutor talk about detective’s decisions
   July 5, 2007 — Blood found, quarrel cited in Giordano case
   July 13, 2007 — Probe into disappearance still awaits forensic tests
   July 13, 2007 — Giordano has her roots in the South; Prosecutor’s office: Unable to contact biological family
   July 19, 2007 — Officials say Millstone man may have planned escape
   July 20, 2007 — Boyfriend of missing woman in Sicily?
   Aug. 2, 2007 — Man labeled person of interest in disappearance of borough woman turns himself in on child abandonment charges
   Aug. 6, 2007 — Father of abandoned baby turns himself in; DiGirolamo not talking about missing mom
   Aug. 10, 2007 — Police ponder DiGirolamo inheritance, refused lease
   Aug. 14, 2007 — DiGirolamo to stand trial on abandonment charges
   Aug. 17, 2007 — Friends surface; want Amy’s stuff
   Aug. 20, 2007 — Lawyer says Giordano alive; prosecutor ‘very skeptical’
   Aug. 24, 2007 — Grand jury indicts DiGirolamo for alleged child abandonment
   Oct. 1, 2007 — DiGirolamo offered plea agreement
   Oct. 5, 2007 — DiGirolamo offered plea deal in baby abandonment case
   Oct. 11, 2007 — Plea deal offered in DiGirolamo case
   Nov. 16, 2007 — Hearing for DiGirolamo
   Nov. 19, 2007 — DiGirolamo gets probation
   Nov. 19, 2007 — DiGirolamo accepts plea, according to lawyer
   Nov. 23, 2007 — DiGirolamo gets probation; Admits to abandoning baby he fathered with Giordano
   Jan. 15, 2008 — Warrant executed at Giordano’s old apartment
   Jan. 18, 2008 — Giordano’s blood sought again at apartment; 7 months later, forensic tests prompt activity
   March 5, 2008 — Giordano’s parental rights may soon be terminated
   March 20, 2008 — DiGirolamo charged with Giordano murder
   March 21, 2008 — Second man charged in connection with Giordano murder
   March 25, 2008 — More skeletal remains found during Giordano murder probe; genetic tests planned
   March 27, 2008 — Remains found in pond; DiGirolamo arraignment Friday
   March 27, 2008 — Remains found during murder probe; Millstone man charged in slaying
   March 28, 2008 — Prosecutor: Boyfriend killed Giordano in Hightstown apartment, then told friends
   March 28, 2008 — Attorney: Client only guilty of ‘big mistake’ with affair
   April 3, 2008 — Grim details outlined in Giordano murder case
   April 3, 2008 — DiGirolamo’s new accommodations
   April 3, 2008 — DNA expert explains task; routine items, water are key
   April 7, 2008 — Prosecutors say Russo helped clean murder scene
   April 24, 2008 — DiGirolamo relative may adopt son he abandoned
   April 24, 2008 — Body parts identified as those of Giordano; Defense attorney claims conclusion is ‘sad’ but doesn’t incriminate client
   Nov. 26, 2008 — DiGirolamo home for Thanksgiving; $1 million bond releases accused killer
   Jan. 9, 2009 — DiGirolamo indicted in Giordano murder
   Jan. 14, 2009 — Millstone man indicted on murder charge
   March 9, 2009 — DiGirolamo pleads not guilty
   March 11, 2009 — DiGirolamo pleads not guilty in murder, dismemberment case
   March 13, 2009 — Not-guilty plea filed in Giordano murder case
   June 26, 2009 — Judge: Share evidence in DiGirolamo case
   Dec. 3, 2009 — No trial date in sight for DiGirolamo
   Dec. 3, 2009 — Russo could see charges dropped; N.Y. man accused of helping dispose of Giordano body parts
   March 25, 2010 — DiGirolamo case inches ahead, 2-plus years later
   July 1, 2010 — DiGirolamo nixes plea
   Nov. 11, 2010 — Murder trial set to start
   Dec. 30, 2010 — Murder trial starts Monday; DiGirolamo faces life if found guilty
   Jan. 3, 2011 — Murder suspect DiGirolamo makes a deal
Compiled by Evan Grossman, managing editor.