Man Arrested in Slaying of Family at Mass. Home [View All]

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http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/4-found-dead-in-horrific-scene-at-home-in-winchester-mass/19520265
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A man accused of killing his wife, two young children and mother-in-law in their suburban Boston home was captured by police Thursday, hours after he was charged with four counts of murder.

Thomas Mortimer IV, 43, was charged with killing Laura Stone Mortimer, a 41-year-old economist; her 4-year-old son, Thomas Mortimer V; her 2-year-old daughter, Charlotte Mortimer; and her 64-year-old mother, Ellen Stone. Their bodies were found Wednesday at their in home in Winchester, a community north of Boston where the median household income is about $120,000.
Thomas Mortimer, IV,who wanted for four counts of murder in the death of his wife, two children and mother-in-law on Wednesday
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Thomas Mortimer IV, seen here in an undated Massachusetts driver's license photo released by the Middlesex district attorney's office, was charged Thursday with killing his wife, two children and mother-in-law.
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How do you kill your own toddlers? Why didn't he just kill himself?

Authorities would not say how the victims died, but District Attorney Gerry Leone described it as a "horrific, disturbing and unspeakable" scene.