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Old Orchard deaths investigated as murder-suicide

Published on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:03 pm | Last updated on Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:03 pm 4 Comments
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) - Maine state police say they are investigating the deaths of a husband and wife found shot to death in their home in the seaside town of Old Orchard Beach as a murder-suicide.

Sgt. Chris Harriman said a family friend found 55-year-old Bruce Savoy and 50-year-old Stacey Savoy inside their Pleasant Street home shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday. Nobody heard gunshots, but police think the shootings took place Monday around 6 p.m.

Harriman said Bruce Savoy worked as a code enforcement officer in Wells and as a volunteer firefighter in Old Orchard Beach, and that Stacey Savoy worked at Unum Corp.

Police said a gun has been recoveredby the bodies and three suicide notes were found inside the house written by Savoy, who cited the pending breakup of his marriage. The bodies were taken to the state medical examiner's office for examination.

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Mike04938's picture

It's a tragedy any way you

It's a tragedy any way you look at it . All our hearts and prayers go out to all involved during this holiday season http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control

tron's picture
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Another example of the

Another example of the necessity of ALL cops to have FULL and COMPLETE psychological exams BEFORE getting on the force. Volunteers included. When will Mainers rise up and demand accountability?

DonaldR's picture

What makes you think he was

What makes you think he was a "volunteer" police officer? A code enforcemnt officer has nothing to do with policing. The same could be said for folks who make random, meaningless comments on blogs...

tron's picture
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First I never said HE was a

First I never said HE was a volunteer, just all cops should be examined.
Second he was a cop for a couple of different cities, which you would know if you did any reading beyond this website, specifically the SJ's media partner, the right wing Channel 13. Perhaps we should also require psyche exams for posters who have a need to personally attack people, but then a lot of people would fail.

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