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Couple charged in Christmas Eve shootings

Posted By Walter Schneider On December 29, 2007 @ 8:50 am In Women's Violence | No Comments

Los Angeles Times

The Seattle pair face six charges of aggravated first-degree murder in the deaths of her parents, her brother and his family.

From the Associated Press
December 29, 2007

Michele K. Anderson and Joseph Thomas McEnroe, both 29, confessed to detectives they had shot six members of Anderson’s family, according to court documents….([1] Full Story)

The LA Times story states that the reason for the murders may never be known.  Nevertheless, a related story in The Australian, also based on an Associated Press report, states:

Ben Anderson, who said he was the Andersons’ grandson, told reporters outside his grandparents’ property that money could have been a factor in the deaths. “She (Michele Anderson) felt she wasn’t loved enough and everyone didn’t appreciate her, and she was pushed out of everyone’s life,” he said….([2] Full Story)

It will be interesting to see what spin will be put on this, so that perhaps the “real” victim turns out to be Michele Anderson, who will thereby be able to avoid a sentence of life in prison without parole.


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[1] Full Story: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-slayings29dec29,1,7034535.s
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[2] Full Story: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22981860-2703,00.html

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