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June 18, 2010 12:26 p.m. EST
Topics: homicide, crime, crime, law and justice, United States
Kris Alingod - AHN News Contributor
Boston, MA, United States (AHN) - Thomas Mortimer IV, the Massachusetts man accused of killing his wife, two young children and mother-in-law, was arraigned on Friday.
Mortimer was arraigned in the Woburn Superior Court four counts of murder. He was ordered held without bail.
The once likable 43-year old salesman was arrested on Thursday, after a man helping him jumpstart his vehicle recognized him and alerted police about his whereabouts.
Investigators had released information about Mortimer and his vehicle, a silver Toyota Highlander. They said the suspect had an argument with his wife on the day of the murders, in what was an "ongoing marital discord."
The bodies of his wife Laura Stone Mortimer, 41, their sons, Thomas, 4, and Charlotte, 2, and his mother-in-law, Ragna Ellen Stone, 64, were found on Wednesday.
A sister-in-law, Debra Stone, concerned about not having heard from her mother and sister, arrived at Mortimer's upper-class suburban home to find blood near the front door. She called police and fire personnel, who found Mortimer's wife and his son in a pool of blood in the hallway and Ragna Stone covered by Oriental rug in the living room. Charlotte was discovered after a trail of blood led up the stairs to her crib.
The victims "were killed by what appears to be a combination of blunt trauma and wounds that were caused by sharp objects," Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said in a press conference Thursday night.
Leone described the deaths as "brutal and unspeakable" and said there were signs that Mortimer had attempted suicide after he killed his family.
Investigators also found two typed, identical letters from Mortimer. Leone paraphrase a portion of the letter. "I did these horrible things. What I've done is extremely selfish and cowardly. I murdered my family," Mortimer is believed to have written.
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