On this episode of devil we know. A child of 12 named Garrett Phillips is cut down early in life by a mystery killer. He's found in a small town apartment alone suffocated and unresponsive. Police find Clues though. They find things strewn about in the apartment. And they find one of the windows damage from what looks like a speedy exit whoever the culprit is. They were heard just minutes after their crime by the patrolman waiting outside the door. It's clear though that homicide is the most likely scenario. So police seek out there man. They ignore the evidence. They find in the apartment instead following a lead given to them by the mothers X. He convinces them that the culprit is her other ex. In a wild true tale small town corruption and police misconduct a man of color in a white Community finds himself stuck in the ever tightening grip of a criminal investigation gone wrong. You were listening to devil. We know a true crime podcast which may contain adult themes explicit language and graphic depictions of violence portions of the show may be traumatic for those under 18. Listener discretion is advised. In the North End of Upstate New York far removed from any major American cities lies the tiny college town of Potsdam New York Potsdam whose closest major city is in fact Ottawa Ontario is home to a State University of New York satellite school and a Clarkson University a private university naturally, although it's situated at a near two-hour Drive. From Ottawa people still tended to congregate there. Not many mind you the population still totals under 9,000. But it was and is enough to be able to sustain the community surrounding the college. Families are still born of this small community and one of these was the family of Garrett Phillips. Born in 1999. Garrett was a Potsdam native born and bred Garrett's family consisted of himself at 12 years old a younger brother named Aaron Collins and his mother Tandy Cyrus. Tandy had a Motley of interest in occupations, including her interest in training and police Fork her work as a bartender and a teller and her brief ownership of a coffee shop in the area. But she contributed to just one side of Garrett's Lively and Hands-On personality Garrett's Father Robert Phillips jr. Was a well-known and well-liked worker at SUNY Potsdam. However, he died early on and Garrett's life. And so Garrett's Uncle often played the part of the strong male role model and Garrett's and Erin's life. The Uncle Brian Phillips treated Garrett as one of his own and gave a lot of care to the son of his late brother. Robbie. Garrett was known for spending a lot of time writing his RipStik a skateboard like vehicle with only two wheels. He attended a a Kingston Middle School where he found himself with many friends. Considered well-mannered Garrett was one of many kids in the small town that would tend to congregate in large groups. There was not much to do in a town like this after all so they had to keep each other entertained in the ways. They knew how when he was keeping himself occupied Garrett most often took to the outdoors. The RipStik was one such method of play, but Garrett enjoyed riding his four-wheeler as well as camping and fishing. He played Sports to which included but we're not limited to football lacrosse and soccer. He had a hard time maintaining decent grades while in school. But he still was encouraged to do the work and get the greatest bomb was certain he deserved. Garin short stay busy as many 12 year old boys tend to do. In addition when he wasn't in Potsdam Garrett often spent a lot of time at his paternal grandparents home as they lived only 14 minutes away in Parish Ville, New York a village even smaller than the boys Hometown Parish Phil was also where Tandy Garrett's mother grew up and between the two towns. There was not a lot of drama not a lot to worry about Will Town life agreed with Tandy and with Garrett? For Garrett. In fact, it was a quiet peaceful Family Life filled with those days of camping and fishing Sports of All Kinds in the usual trappings of a life as a preteen boy. Peaceful that is safe for the love life of his mother. Tandy who lived as a single mother working to support her two boys had a telling history with men that she dated and that history has been called into question by many an argument in the years to come first. There was Garrett's father whose untimely death occurred after he failed to recover from a brain aneurysm later Tandy met and married Casey Collins who maintained a relationship with Garrett and his own son with Tandy Aaron even after they separated and later divorced. There is one ex-boyfriend after that marriage Johnny Jones Junior who had been a sheriff's deputy and Potsdam. The two had interest in police work with John being a deputy and Tandy having been trained at the police academy herself. They also work together to own & Co run a cafe nearby, but John and Tandy weren't in complete Bliss that much was clear from the reports. She made the relationship. There was at least at one point under a lot of extensive pressure John who used to live together with Tandy and her two kids had in fact been violent multiple times. With an account of her being pushed by him during the course of their relationship. She had reported other incidents of abuse and eventually Tandy also issued a formal complaint over John's treatment of her stating in a letter that she was scared for the lies of her and her children. John who had not ended his indecent behaviors here. Apparently set Tandy threatening text messages that scared Dandy. It was also during the last and most volatile days of tandi's relationship with John that she found companionship with a man named oral, Nick Hillary. Nick a celebrated soccer coach at Clarkson University had met Tandy while she was tending bar at half tons bar a local Watering Hole where he went to socialize with fellow coaches in the area. Their interactions grew friendlier over the stretch of time and John noticed it for himself. In fact, he claimed to be in the right place at the right time when he saw Tandy on an early morning drive with none other than Nick Hillary. John claim to enjoy that Tandy received much attention stating that he enjoyed that aspect of dating a woman. He said was attractive to many however, John's reaction belied his true feelings on the subject and Nick was often accosted by local police during his times out on the town with them telling him. You better not be seen John's girl. John upon stocking Tandy and seeing the two together on that drive then approached Nick at his home saying that if he found out he was sleeping with Tandy that he would kick the door in. He demanded to know what was going on between them and though he claimed to have been civil about it. Nick claimed that the encounter was anything but Nick who at the time was living with his children and the mother of his children Stacia lie told him that nothing was going on that they were just friends. And that if he had a problem he also take it up with Tandy. It was at this time though that John not only started sending the threatening text messages to Tandy, but he also effectively kicked handy and her kids out of the place where and they all were living at the time. He grabbed tandy's possessions along with all the things belonging to poor Garrett and Aaron leaving them outside for Tandy to discover. The threatening text messages were sent repeatedly and tandi's opinion as a means of intimidation. John had started following Tandy abusing his capacity as an officer of the law to see for himself if something was going on between the two. He had even seen fit to call Stacia seeing how she was doing with the news of Tandy and Nick whom he made out to be a couple station then began to cut up Nick's clothes and stir them about the yard a dispute for which she even got arrested. Soon Stacia was gone, and Nick was left alone with his kids. John in a couple of Yanks of the yarn had already begun to unravel not one but two relationships these incidents, of course were only the beginning of John's harassment of Tandy who a month later had begun to see Nick on a more regular basis. Nick and Tandy for their part were enjoying the relationship they had begun and soon they started traveling to foreign countries together living together and even sharing responsibilities with each other's families. Nick who had kids with him was now living with Garrett and Aaron alongside their mother and although the time on trips and sending lovey-dovey messages to each other was quite intoxicating. It was hard to ignore the trouble going on at home. Garrett who had lived his life with a certain set of expectations already was particularly ornery and response to the standards that Nick had helped set. Garrett who had been experiencing recent trouble with school work was encouraged by Nick to set aside entertainment so that he could focus on his studies. As expected a preteen with a frustrating report card in the middle of a new relationship with his mom and another guy who wasn't his dad had a hard time accepting the new rules. Apparently Tandy wasn't keen on the rules either and soon there was trouble for the couple whose relationship was barely even one year Young. In addition there was talk in the town handy who was living her life in the predominantly white rural town of Potsdam ran into gossip and people taking issue with her moving in with a man of color. Some of these people even passed their prejudices on to their children and in fact Garrett had come across ridicule in his own school on the basis of his mom's new relationship. According to tandi's report one of the kids made a snide comment about Garrett's mom being with a black man an issue. Which Garrett apparently took to heart It was during this time together that Tandy and Nick fell victim to the pressure of the town of their which had very few interracial couples in the two separated after close to a year together. First it began with Tandy moving out of the shared home. Nick had readied for her and her boys. John Jones, as fate would have it decided to step in and insert himself as an apparent savior contacting owners of apartments in the area to secure Tandy a place to live. This place at 100 Market Street was a straight shot a little under a third of a mile from John's home. At the same time John expected Tandy to be single and he was disappointed to learn that she was still in continuous contact with Nick for a while after moving out. It wasn't long though before Tandy and Nick realize that under separate rows. It would benefit both families more to Simply bring the clandestine relationship to an end as well. They chose friendship instead and according to Nick the breakup was amicable. Tandy then claimed that she began to date another man while also reconnecting a bit with John the former lover of hers before Nick, however, the quietude of tandy's life and separation from her. Most recent ex-boyfriend was not destined to be a long one. In fact on October 24th of 2011 tandy's life as well as Nick's ended up in Freeze Frame. They would remain long in one another's life after the events of that day with reasons that no mother would ever want to hear. We will be right back after these short messages the day for Tandy for her neighbors and likely for Garrett began like any other if there were any extraordinary circumstances before the afternoon of October 24th, 2011 and Potsdam New York. Nobody would be able to tell you so today the events that certainly did occur where these Firstly Tandy spoke with Garrett on the phone at approximately 4:30 p.m. That day telling her that he had been playing basketball. Tandy said that Garrett typically didn't have basketball until later in the day. But since it was raining Garrett had gone ahead and played Tandy though suggested he had on home and get started on his homework. Soon Garrett begins writing his RipStik all the way home. It's a short trip only one mile from Kingston Middle School by taking the shortest combination of streets. At around 450 he is seen on camera skating across the parking lot area outside of Potsdam high school. He would likely have been home in four minutes from there where he'd climbed to the second floor of his building and enter Apartment 4. In a neighboring apartment a couple was getting ready to enjoy supper. Marissa Vogel who had arrived home at about 4:15 or 4:20 p.m. Was greeted at home by Sean Hall her boyfriend. The two college students began preparing for dinner and it wasn't long before they had retired to the bedroom to watch Dexter. One of the shows. They were used to enjoying during that time of day. However, shortly after 5:00 the couple stated that they heard something generally they had learned to ignore the occasional sounds of skating the bumping in the voices that came from next door or two young boys ran rowdy. However, the sound they heard on that day at that time was something else entirely they heard a small scared voice utter the word help followed by a no or a cow. Sean later said that this kind of noise was classified as one not to be ignored and soon Marissa had approached the front door of apartment for with a knock hoping to make sure that everything was all right. At that moment though. There was a wrestling from inside the apartment followed by a loud. Click the click of the front door locking. It was then that Marissa decided to call the authorities she told dispatchers that she was unsure of whether it warranted a call, but you wanted to be certain making the call just in case. At the same time other building tenants had heard similar noises Shannon Harris and her then boyfriend Andrew Carranza were changing the tire on Andrews truck outside. The space that Andrew had parked in was only a couple yards away from the window of Garrett Phillips is place of residence the couple looked up after hearing a distinct ripping noise according to their statements with police. It was then that they looked up and around them seen nothing and after finishing their Ask they left the area leaving it free and clear. Meanwhile, Marissa awaited the arrival of a police officer at the behest of the nine one one dispatcher. Soon enough patrolman Mark Wentworth had shown up at the apartment in response to the call Marissa placed. He knocked on the door fully expecting someone to open up for a patrol officer. However, instead Wentworth heard a noise inside the apartment as though someone were moving inside the police then requested the landlord to come back to the building and provide his key which took close to 20 minutes. Wentworth once again takes to beating on the door with his Patrol stick and he reports the sound of a single person walking around inside the apartment at 5:24 p.m. At 5:33 the landlord appears and Wentworth is able to enter the apartment there. He sees Garrett limp and unresponsive lying inside the apartment with no one else visible on the scene. They're Wentworth attempted CPR while the landlord Rick Doom has tried to coax him back to life. The hospital was a hop and a skip away from the home and so went Garrett to the ER while officers ascertain that the mystery boy is mom's name was Tandy Cyrus sending for her and working hard to get information on whom they had just found lying lifeless in the apartment. Tandy soon headed down to the hospital and in a fit of Tears. She called John Jones her ex. I'm she begged to come with her in her time of need. Soon Garrett's grandmother, Patricia Phillips was also on her way and at the hospital the family waited to see their boy revived. The hospital attempted resuscitation but to no avail and at 7:18. Garrett was pronounced dead. The police at first glance were unsure what they had come across that day. Clearly the deceased child had died of something unnatural investigators found the apartment in a state of disarray and the boy had been found near a bra on the floor among other things when window of the apartment which opened on to the area where Shannon and Andrew had been fixing their car also had signs of tampering. In fact the Windows screen and blinds or bent outward as though someone had left in a hurry through the window just minutes after bringing Garrett to desk doorstep. The window also had latent fingerprints along with hair and tissue samples and markings on the windowsill. More than that though. Please found that the tile line ledge of the concrete below that specific window had sustained a crack. The crack suggested to those looking into the case that someone had likely jumped down from the window and landed on the ledge. It also meant to them at least that they ought to be looking for someone with an injury. Thanks to their two-story leap onto a concrete and tile ledge. It wasn't much true, but the police were fairly confident after their poke around the apartment that this was a homicide. The state police even brought their special crimes unit up to investigate one member of the New York State Police Gary Snell even made a trip to see Tandy and the Phillips family and Parish Ville where he also resided on his way home that night. The police made their suspicions of Foul Play clear when they invited Tandy to the police station where they discussed the discovery. There were of course questions to help clear up what they saw in the apartment, but eventually the questions came to a head. I'll tandi was present. She had been sitting and holding hands with her former boyfriend John whose presence during this event was later. Very puzzling too many to say the least John had even stayed the night with Tandy supposedly to offer her comfort in this trying time his involvement in these dark moments for Tandy were perhaps considered helpful. If not for the fact that he showed up to the meeting the following morning with Tandy to discuss the case at hand. It was very much against protocol for an officer with a connection to a case to be sitting in like that. However, that wasn't all that occurred. When Lieutenant Mark Murray the investigative head in this case look back on the fact that he allowed John into the room. He admitted that he would not have done it in the same way if he had another chance at it. However, his denial that John's presence affected. The investigation could not have been true. Murray and police chief Ed tischler while in the presence of Tandy and her Entourage ask a few more questions in order to clear up the timeline of her son's death. While asking these questions they also had a few updates to share with Tandy another poor decision based on the present company of the station. After alerting them to the cases status as a homicide investigation the police told Tandy and therefore John that they were looking into talking with Nick Hillary. Apparently during Gary Snell's visit with the Phillips family and Parish Ville. He learned that the family had their own suspicions on who could do such a thing to Garrett. as in life, he had expressed a particular dislike of Nick the family, of course during the time of this meeting were accompanied by John who had elected to stay with Tandy after learning The Awful Truth About Garrett and his untimely death Nick who had spoken with police a bit the night before had simply been notified of the deaf Murray and tishler however expressed interest in questioning him after having discussed snails impression when visiting the Philips home. It was clear that his relationship with Tandy was of a significant interest to them even though John also had a relationship with Tandy. In fact, John seemed to have been considered not a person of interest at all in the case given his ability to Sit in with Tandy the morning after the murder. Lieutenant Murray admitted that many persons were precluded for various reasons already. However, it was interesting to note that there were no good reasons for their dismissal of John during the time that they began their investigation, but for some reason they did think Nick was interesting enough to pursue. The police though interested in questioning. Nick hadn't asked anything of John to ascertain his whereabouts during the time of the crime. And in fact John pulled Marie close at the end of the meeting to share with him some clandestine thoughts while Tandy prepared to leave. Meanwhile police came to the door of Ian fairly Nick's fellow coach and close friend asking him about a compilation of security videos outside of the schools and hospital near Garrett's home. When showing this to him, they told him that the footage hadn't been edited yet and to ignore the timeline. They showed what appeared to be Nick's Honda CRV rolling into the parking lot of Potsdam. Hi. The video then showed Garrett gliding Along on his RipStik headed home. Finally the video showed Nick leaving the parking lot taking the opposite direction. He would usually take to get home. The police later brought this compilation in as evidence that Nick in fact was pursuing Garrett and heading toward his apartment for the final showdown. This however was one wild assumption based on a video of Nick being somewhere. He usually was the high school. Since his daughter went to the high school. He had every reason to be there. And yet for some reason the officers found it worth mentioning. It was later that night the night of the 25th when Lieutenant Murray himself shows up at a soccer game of Nick's where he captures video of Nick walking. while the video clearly showed Nick walking normally and in fact faster than most of his team Marie claim that the video was proof of Nick favoring one leg a Telltale sign that someone had in fact had a very harsh fall the night before It wasn't much to go on considering the videos contents clearly told a different story from the one Marie told but that Wednesday morning the following day. Nick is called and asked to come to the station under the guise of needing him to look over Garrett's class roster. About an hour into his visit though. Nick noticed that the officers were grilling him about his relationship with Tandy without having brought out any such roster and they had even suggested reading Nick his Miranda Rights. Nick knew upon hearing this that something wasn't right. Ian showed up at the station at this point also being questioned about Nick's recent relationship with Tandy. It was clear that the usual divide and conquer method was being applied to Nick when he didn't even know he was there to be questioned. He soon asked Lieutenant Murray if he could instead go home and keep working which he had been doing before they came to his door. Murray insisted though that Nick's Day and although he had told them he was not under arrest he and Snell began to make Nick very uncomfortable. They read him his rights. Anyway, regardless of not being under arrest and upon further questioning Nick decided to exercise his sixth amendment rights. He stated that he was calling for a lawyer based on the type of discussion. They were having now and the two officers became downright belligerent. They blocked his exit and eventually coerced him into turning his phone over. He had shown up voluntarily under the impression that he was going to look at a school document. Now though it seemed as though he was being detained under false pretenses. Being treated as a common criminal in the office. Nick had been able to get a call out to his friend a lawyer named menai Safari menai then drove seven hours to Potsdam to stand in for Nick. By then though, the officers had managed to complete their demoralizing routine. Nick spent eight hours in the police station and while awaiting Council he was forced to strip completely for photography of his person. The police claim that they were on the lookout for an injury consisting with the fall taken by Garrett's aggressor two nights ago. However, according to Ed tischler the police chief strip searches were uncommon and no criminal suspects had been photographed fully nude in over 20 years until the case against Nick Hillary. Nick who had at that point maintain further silence in order to protect himself was without clothes or a phone by the end of the grueling eight hours and the only injury the police discovered on his body was an older looking scab on his ankle not even slightly consistent with a fall from a two-story building two nights ago. Vani upon arrival learned of the treatment that Nick received and it was clear that he was being backed into a corner. Had he attempted at all to resist he would have been nailed for resisting arrest according to him. Whatever the case Nick was clearly the police chosen scapegoat after only one day of looking for Garrett's killer and for Nick they were pulling out all the stops. They were not going to make this easy. In fact, it was during this time at the police station that Clarkson University decided to fire Nick. He hadn't even been arrested nor had he been read any charges. However Clarkson simply wanted nothing to do with him afterward traveled of his role as a person of interest and Garrett's murder and as we all know of small towns word travels fast. However, Nick was prepared to make his move as well as much as the police in the town of Potsdam were moving to dehumanize him for even facing him head-on for the crimes. They swore he committed Nick was strong enough to withstand it. If not for himself. His stalwart defense was made in an effort to protect his children whose knowledge of the goings-on only grew once the town made it clear who's had they wanted. Nick in response decided to sue the city of Potsdam for their mistreatment including crimes against him such as defamation and emotional distress. It wasn't much but he deserve retribution for the illegal misconduct that was and continue to go on with the Potsdam police and the New York State Police. In fact, the legal suit was effort toward getting the other thing that Nick deserved the thing which all of Potsdam was denying him a fair and speedy trial and that in itself wouldn't happen for years. Nick Hillary wasn't the only theoretical killer for the record there were circumstances that implicated other situations and other suspects equally or even more so than the circumstances implicated Nick. One theory that was dismissed early on and light of the much preferred investigation against Nick was the theory that there was a mishap in the apartment was some fellow children Garrett according to Witnesses like Shannon Harris apparently was said to have trouble with some of the other kids. Although she claimed later that it's a fact rarely mentioned today still there were rumors that Garrett had received a beating from such children in his apartment and when all went awry the kids bailed through the window of the apartment. No children, though were taken in for questioning. No children's prints were run through the database against the latent prints and DNA samples found at the scene of the crime. It's strange to consider that the police involved in this investigation did not as investigators are advised follow up on all possibilities suggested by the evidence found. The officers did not follow up at all on this and several other theories. One other such Theory involving kids was the idea that Garrett and some kids accompanying him were playing a dangerous game known as knockout or blackout. This game involves one participant pressing against their own carotid arteries as they hold their breath. The object of this game is to reach the point where the one plane passes out cold at least for a few seconds and it is often a spectator sport with on looking kids reacting with shock and awe as their companions enter the netherrealm for a measure of time. The fact that Garrett's cause of death was asphyxiation lent itself to the theory among others one Theory even had Garrett performing auto-erotic asphyxiation on himself as there was a bra on the floor where Garrett had been found suffocated. All of these theories though had been readily thrown to the side not pursued at all. And thoroughly ignored once the Phillips families suspicions of Nick had risen to the surface. The police acted on this Theory alone even including John Jones. Tandi's other former lover in the investigation. John who is clearly too close to the case will still acting on the forces behalf suggesting locations and Witnesses in overall 18, Marie and leading the investigation directly toward neck with no substantial evidence available. In fact, they even included John and fabricating portions of the investigation. Lieutenant Murray explain later that the force did in fact photograph John's person as well. Although the very few pictures that were there did not include John's face. The photos also were clearly taken while John's clothes were still on a courtesy that the police had been unwilling to extend to Nick Murray admitted that these photos were not taken on an official capacity. In fact, he said that the only reason they were taken was so that they could say that Nick Hillary wasn't the only one How one could possibly continue this investigation without realizing the severe failings of law enforcement and Potsdam is unclear. But what is clear is this the string of injustices was only the beginning of what Nick was to experience according to many opinions. There was no question that Nick was the murderer of 12 year old Garrett, but the profession of law enforcement was meant to explore every Avenue of that question. When in the end they explored only one pouring their Essence into the demonization of one man. A man once celebrated by the whole town. It's not clear what happened in that apartment nearly eight years ago. It's not clear who was there with Garrett in his last moments. And in fact to this day, it's not even clear whether the events were the result of murder. Whatever the case though. One thing is clear. The case was mishandled the police who began this investigation were for whatever reason inclined to take the word of the victim's family and of a jealous ex over the evidence and the ability to suppress bias in the pursuit of an answer to the crime in question. Jon Jones The Man who'd lost Andy to Nick had been a sore loser. He threatened manipulated and forced his way into tandy's life on more than one occasion and yet again, he was there suggesting and helping along the investigation against his former competitor. The ego is fragile indeed for a lover spurned can spend the most interesting tales and we know from past experiences that John was not above using his position in law enforcement for personal gain. It's talk and manipulate Tandy and threaten neck using his connections and without a doubt. There was a reason to suspect him in the murder of Garrett. However, Nick was the one under the magnifying glass. The one being ostracized by his own town. He was no longer welcome. The town had sided with John but Nick knew this. Maintaining persistence and declaring his innocence even in the face of heckling was going to be the best thing for his family. He knew the truth, of course, but with his name being dragged through the mud it was unclear if others would ever believe him. But he had begun to fight. And fighting of course is sometimes the only way to get what you rightly deserve. And that part is especially true when what you deserve is justice. Thank you for listening to part 1 of Garrett. Phillips has tragic death. We will be back next Friday with part two. 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Garrett Phillips was a small-town boy in upstate New York. His mother, Tandy Cyrus, had just broken up with a man of color, one of the only in this predominantly white town. She even had begun rekindling with a cop she dated once before: a cop who had stalked her, abused her, sued her and threatened her during and after their relationship. Needless to say, Garrett's life wasn't as quiet as the small-town boy's life should be. But on October 24, 2011, Garrett's life would be snuffed out by a mystery hand, and suddenly, Tandy's track record in dating calls into question the first and only suspect for a homicide investigation gone bad.By David Wayne YoungSOURCES:W.T. Eckert of NNY360https://www.nny360.com/news/tunnel-vision/article_2c317a90-1d97-5970-b8a8-1b6e83c901af.htmlhttps://www.nny360.com/news/nick-hillary-found-not-guilty-in-murder-trial/article_e8bf5bf5-4184-5412-9cdf-3c346acd095b.htmlTim Grierson of MEL Magazinehttps://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/nick-hillary-who-killed-garrett-phillips-interviewDateline NBChttps://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/five-year-journey-garrett-phillips-case-n657616Jordan Ritter Conn of Grantland Magazinehttps://grantland.com/features/a-nightmare-in-potsdam-nick-hillary-soccer-coach-clarkson-university-trial-garrett-phillips-killing/Liz Garbus’s HBO docu-series, Who Killed Garrett Phillips?https://play.hbonow.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXQzpogISIRVyiQEAAAJBhttps://play.hbonow.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GXQJfXgd098N3wwEAAAA1Jesse McKinley of the New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/nyregion/murder-of-garrett-phillips-in-potsdam-new-york.html 