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| MA Father Arrested For Killing Own Family |
| By boston.com |
| Published: 06/18/2010 |
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The 43-year-old Winchester sales executive accused of killing his family, including his two young children, was caught in a small, rural town just south of the Vermont border yesterday, a day after fleeing his home, where police said he left letters confessing to the crime and describing his marital and financial problems. Thomas Mortimer IV was arrested in Bernardston on four counts of murder in the deaths of his wife, mother-in-law, 2-year-old daughter, and 4-year-old son, whose bloodied bodies were found in the house by firefighters and emergency medical technicians, said District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. Leone appeared shaken during a press conference following Mortimer’s arrest. Two identical, typed letters that Mortimer left in the house described problems he was having with his wife, Laura Stone Mortimer, 41, the DA said. “There can be no rationale or reasoning for someone taking the life of a child,’’ Leone said. “But the writings do reveal whatever warped and twisted rationale he had.’’ Read More. |
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