High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Christopher Porco (born July 9, 1983) is a convicted murderer; he was convicted of killing his father and attempting to murder his mother on November 15, 2004. He was tried in Goshen, Orange County, New York, on charges of second degree murder in the murder of his father, Peter Porco, and second degree attempted murder in the severe wounding and disfigurement of his mother, Joan Porco, in Delmar, New York . The trial lasted 21 days and was one of the most thoroughly covered Capital District news events in recent history.