John Thomas Sweeney entering court on Dec. 14, 1982, for a preliminary hearing into the death of actress Dominique Dunne. AP Photo/Wally Fong Sweeney was charged with first-degree murder, to which ...

Far worse was watching the trial of [her murderer] John Sweeney and how the defense tried to make him out to be the victim." ... Monsters Revisits Dominique Dunne Murder 4 Decades Later 1.

Dunne’s daughter Dominique was a 22-year-old rising actor fresh off a lead role in 1982’s “Poltergeist.” She was strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend John Sweeney after their breakup on ...

Months before her death, Dominique was in a relationship with sous chef John Thomas Sweeney, whom she met at a party in 1981. The pair had a whirlwind romance and moved into a rented house ...

'Monsters' referenced Dominique Dunne's tragic death as her father, Dominick Dunne, ... John Sweeney and how the defense tried to make him out to be the victim. ...

The judge not only accepted the apology he even told the defendant: “We know what a strain you’re under, Mr. Sweeney.” Meanwhile, Dominique’s aunt and uncle, Didion and John Dunne, chose ...

Dominique Dunne was at her West Hollywood home on October 30, 1982, when her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, showed up at her place. Although actor David Packer was with her at the time ...

Dominique Dunne was murdered by her ex-boyfriend John Sweeney, who served little prison time. At a 1981 party, Dominique Dunne met John Thomas Sweeney, a sous chef at the glamorous L.A. eatery Ma ...

In 1982, Dominique Dunne, a 22-year-old actress, was murdered in front of her home in West Hollywood. ... The year 1981 brought her acquaintance with John Sweeney, with whom she quickly moved in.