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Article: New Englandin brief
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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MATTAPOISETT
Elderly couple found dead in home
The bodies of an elderly couple were discovered at a home in
Mattapoisett yesterday, authorities said. Bridget Norton Middleton,
spokeswoman for the Plymouth district attorney, said that when
police responded to a home on Tallman Street at about 2 p.m., they
found Joseph Battistelli, 78, in the basement, where he appeared to
have hanged himself and also suffered a gunshot wound, Middleton
said. His wife, Shirley, 74, was found upstairs, on the floor of the
one-story home. There was no sign of forced entry, and investigators
do not believe there is a threat to the general public. Autopsies
will be conducted.
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