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30th November 2013, 11:58 AM
What kind of degenerate chimp would do such a thing?
NANTICOKE — A 97-year-old woman was killed in an apparently random home-invasion robbery on Thanksgiving night, according to state police.
The body of Gertrude Price, was found in her 23 E. Grand St. home by her family Friday morning, Trooper Martin Connors said. No arrests have been made.
“I know a lot times we say there is no cause for concern because it doesn’t look random,” Connors said. “This, unfortunately, is exactly the opposite of that. It looks as if this poor lady, 97 years old, lived her whole life and has to leave this world this way.”
Price last spoke with her family about 10:20 p.m. Thursday, but around 11 p.m., when Price would normally be asleep, neighbors reported seeing lights on in the house, he said.
Family members discovered her body Friday morning, he said.
“They were unable to get her on the telephone,” Connors said. “Obviously, being 97 years old, she doesn’t answer her phone, family was concerned. From what I understand, they live nearby. They came over and found her in the house.”
The 911 dispatch center got the call at 9:45 a.m. Friday.
Connors said it appeared the killer entered the house through a basement window that had been broken out. It appears the motive was a burglary that escalated to a homicide, he said.
“The home was ransacked,” Connors said. “We’re still trying to determine if anything was taken. Being the state of the disarray, we don’t know if anything is missing yet.”
Police did not release how Price was killed.
Distraught family members who remained on the scene Friday morning declined to comment.
The investigation prompted police to close East Grand Street from South Market to South Prospect streets for much of the day. A state police forensics team could be seen taking measurements and photographing evidence at the scene. Yellow evidence tags were set up next to the broken basement window.
http://citizensvoice.com/news/police-woman-beaten-to-death-in-random-home-invasion-1.1593183
NANTICOKE — A 97-year-old woman was killed in an apparently random home-invasion robbery on Thanksgiving night, according to state police.
The body of Gertrude Price, was found in her 23 E. Grand St. home by her family Friday morning, Trooper Martin Connors said. No arrests have been made.
“I know a lot times we say there is no cause for concern because it doesn’t look random,” Connors said. “This, unfortunately, is exactly the opposite of that. It looks as if this poor lady, 97 years old, lived her whole life and has to leave this world this way.”
Price last spoke with her family about 10:20 p.m. Thursday, but around 11 p.m., when Price would normally be asleep, neighbors reported seeing lights on in the house, he said.
Family members discovered her body Friday morning, he said.
“They were unable to get her on the telephone,” Connors said. “Obviously, being 97 years old, she doesn’t answer her phone, family was concerned. From what I understand, they live nearby. They came over and found her in the house.”
The 911 dispatch center got the call at 9:45 a.m. Friday.
Connors said it appeared the killer entered the house through a basement window that had been broken out. It appears the motive was a burglary that escalated to a homicide, he said.
“The home was ransacked,” Connors said. “We’re still trying to determine if anything was taken. Being the state of the disarray, we don’t know if anything is missing yet.”
Police did not release how Price was killed.
Distraught family members who remained on the scene Friday morning declined to comment.
The investigation prompted police to close East Grand Street from South Market to South Prospect streets for much of the day. A state police forensics team could be seen taking measurements and photographing evidence at the scene. Yellow evidence tags were set up next to the broken basement window.
http://citizensvoice.com/news/police-woman-beaten-to-death-in-random-home-invasion-1.1593183