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Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Burke Resident ()
Date: July 26, 2007 01:08PM

I heard there was a death by gunshot at Chase Commons Ct in Burke off Burke Commons. Has anyone heard about this? Any info? I heard it was an old man who died. His wife and dog are gone. Was it a murder or a suicide? I saw that old couple and their dog all the time.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: bdimag ()
Date: July 26, 2007 01:47PM

I'm guessing Burke Resident does..

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Burke Resident ()
Date: July 26, 2007 02:23PM

joe Wrote:
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> Burke Resident Wrote:
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> > Was it a murder or a suicide?
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> And, more importantly, who cares?

Uh let's see, which would you rather have happen next door to you?

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: joe ()
Date: July 26, 2007 02:27PM

Burke Resident Wrote:
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> Uh let's see, which would you rather have happen
> next door to you?

I really wouldn't care.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: MBF ()
Date: July 26, 2007 03:12PM

Call the west Springfield station and ask: 703-644-7377. Perhaps they can give you a general idea what happened.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: big burke redneck ()
Date: July 26, 2007 07:04PM

burke resident you ask a good question we should be told. As for you Joe-your an idiot.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: joe ()
Date: July 26, 2007 07:43PM

big burke redneck Wrote:
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> burke resident you ask a good question we should
> be told. As for you Joe-your an idiot.

Why? It doesn't matter to me if there were just a regular murder next door. As long as it wasn't a serial killing, I wouldn't feel any more scared.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2007 07:43PM by joe.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: July 27, 2007 06:17AM

Burke Resident Wrote:
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> I heard there was a death by gunshot at Chase
> Commons Ct in Burke off Burke Commons. Has anyone
> heard about this? Any info? I heard it was an old
> man who died. His wife and dog are gone. Was it a
> murder or a suicide? I saw that old couple and
> their dog all the time.


as it would turn out, the dog was playing with a pistol which then accidentally went off. the man was hit and the bullet penetrated some vital organ. he bled to death before paramedics arrived on the scene. later that day, the woman asked her neighbor to take care of her dog for a few days. she was found dead the next morning, having hanged herself.

life sure is stranger than fiction.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Anonymous ()
Date: July 29, 2007 02:58AM

It was a suicide, NOT a murder. It happened in the morning, his family was not home.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Dirty Jersey ()
Date: July 30, 2007 09:26PM

Anyone have a name? Use to work with someone who lived on that street

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Meade Skelton ()
Date: July 30, 2007 10:28PM

Gosh, I just sent that person one of my CDs a month ago. I have a lot of Burke fans as I am handsome and have a great voice. I'll devour a happy meal in remembrance, and send my CDs to everyone in the neighborhood.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Lurker ()
Date: July 31, 2007 09:39PM

The guy's first name is Herb. I heard his wife left him a few days before, and he shot himself in the head on his balcony, presumably so that somebody would find his body (or hear the gunshot). I saw a cleaning crew go in there a few days ago with yellow suits and masks.

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Re: Death in Burke Centre, murder or suicide?
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: August 03, 2007 01:34AM

Lurker Wrote:
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> The guy's first name is Herb. I heard his wife
> left him a few days before, and he shot himself in
> the head on his balcony,


talk about melodrama. well, that's just one more old person not sucking up social security funds.

"it happens, old people die, it's what they do."


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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