What led deputies to Amy Hogan's Penfield home before Joseph Petrella was charged with murder?

 The discovery of 60-year-old Amy Hogan inside a Penfield, New York, residence began with what deputies had first been told was a burglary. On Sunday, September 13, Monroe County sheriff’s deputies were sent to the Penfield Trailer Court area after a resident reported that someone had entered a vehicle and home and that property was missing. What investigators encountered during that response would turn the case toward Hogan and her son. The early report set the investigation in motion before the full nature of the case became known.

Authorities identified Hogan as the woman found dead at the Ewald Drive residence, where she lived with her 39-year-old son, Joseph Petrella. Petrella has been charged with second-degree murder, second-degree burglary and petit larceny in connection with the case. The charges connect him to an investigation that initially began with a report involving missing property and an alleged entry into a vehicle and home.

The first call brought deputies to the neighborhood at approximately 3 p.m. on Sunday. A resident had reported that someone entered a vehicle and a home and that property was missing, prompting investigators to begin examining what had happened in the Penfield Trailer Court area. Investigators then reviewed security-camera footage as they worked to identify a possible suspect.

That footage led investigators toward Joe Petrella as a possible suspect in the burglary investigation. Petrella lived at the Ewald Drive residence with Hogan, giving the investigation a direct connection to the home where authorities later identified Hogan as the deceased woman. The information provided does not describe the specific property reported missing or detail what the security footage showed. That footage became a significant step in directing investigators toward Petrella during the inquiry.

According to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Michael Fowler, deputies then questioned Petrella at his residence. During that conversation, Petrella invited investigators inside, where deputies noticed circumstances they considered unusual and concerning. Those observations became part of a developing investigation as deputies continued examining the situation at the Penfield home. The source does not specify which circumstances deputies found unusual or concerning inside the residence.

The available account places the investigation at the Ewald Drive residence after deputies had initially been dispatched for a reported burglary. It establishes that Hogan, 60, lived there with Petrella, 39, and that investigators were directed toward Petrella after reviewing security-camera footage. It also identifies the charges filed against him, while the circumstances behind Hogan’s death are not fully described. Those missing details leave the precise sequence leading to Hogan’s death unspecified in the provided account.

For investigators, the case moved from a neighborhood burglary report to a homicide investigation involving a woman found dead in her residence. The sequence began with a report of missing property, continued through security-camera review and questioning of Petrella, and included deputies entering the home after he invited them inside. Chief Deputy Fowler’s account provides the reported observations from that encounter. The provided information does not say what happened next inside the residence or describe additional investigative findings.

Amy Hogan’s name is now at the center of a Penfield investigation that began with a reported burglary and led authorities to her Ewald Drive home. Her death, the charges against Joseph Petrella, and the investigative steps described by Monroe County sheriff’s officials form the confirmed outline of the case. Further details about Hogan’s life, the circumstances of her death, and the allegations have not been provided. The investigation described here remains ongoing at this stage now.