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Doctor 'with her whole future ahead of her' found slain in Philadelphia home
CNN ^ | January 23, 2013 | Sarah Hoye

Posted on 01/23/2013 3:13:29 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

Philadelphia (CNN) -- Andrew Cattaneo is still in shock.

It's been only a day since his neighbor across the street, Melissa Ketunuti, was found dead in the basement of her row home Monday afternoon, her hands and feet bound, her body set on fire.

Standing in the doorway of his home, Cattaneo watched as police detectives returned to the scene Tuesday while news reporters huddled nearby trying to stay warm on the blustery January afternoon.

"She was very pleasant, very nice, very friendly and quiet," Cattaneo said, looking across the street. "It's very upsetting."

Although authorities were awaiting the final autopsy report, Philadelphia Police Capt. James Clark, homicide commanding officer, said at a news conference Tuesday morning that Ketunuti, a 35-year-old physician, apparently was strangled. There were no immediately obvious signs of sexual assault, Clark said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: doctor; melissaketunuti; murder; pennsylvania; philadelphia
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1 posted on 01/23/2013 3:13:47 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

To bad she didn’t have a handgun for protection.


2 posted on 01/23/2013 3:18:36 AM PST by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: exnavy

I’d be going back to college years and guys that she turned down for a date. Someone held a big grudge.


3 posted on 01/23/2013 3:21:29 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

RIP.


4 posted on 01/23/2013 3:25:55 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Why would anyone with a future waste it in Philadelphia?


5 posted on 01/23/2013 3:37:20 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
Why would anyone with a future waste it in Philadelphia?

Why would anyone with a future waste it in Afghanistan? Iraq? Viet Nam? Korea? France? Germany? Some gawdaful malarial Pacific Island?

Yes, I know ... I'm calling Philthydelphia a war zone, and some folks might be upset that I'm insulting war zones ...

6 posted on 01/23/2013 3:44:27 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
A real? doctor in a row house in Phullofdogfeces?

Drug Deal gone awry

7 posted on 01/23/2013 3:49:44 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Liberals want all of us to be disarmed, too.


8 posted on 01/23/2013 3:52:22 AM PST by GnL
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To: knarf; All
I replied without researching.

It seems the lady IS a real doctor, and she doesn't appear to live in a "bad" neighborhood.

The death scene is obviously torture and evidence coverup.

The doctor looks Asian and her name is unusual to me.

9 posted on 01/23/2013 3:58:12 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The “City of Brotherly Love” is a crime-infested sh*t hole on the model of our recently admired and much-praised Kenya.

Wonder what happened in such a climate....


10 posted on 01/23/2013 4:10:09 AM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I really never knew anyone who’s future was behind them. Just sayin’.


11 posted on 01/23/2013 4:20:56 AM PST by mc5cents
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The victim.
This is the type of horrible crime a feral 'Amish' would commit.
12 posted on 01/23/2013 5:06:36 AM PST by Bon mots (Abu Ghraib: 47 Times on the front page of the NY Times | Benghazi: 2 Times)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

There is true evil in the world.

For this we have a right to self defense, and 6 rounds often isn’t enough.


13 posted on 01/23/2013 5:07:45 AM PST by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I'm sure her Daddy's heart is broke. He may never recover


14 posted on 01/23/2013 5:10:19 AM PST by BBell (And Now for Something Completely Different)
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To: knarf
A real? doctor in a row house in Phullofdogfeces? Drug Deal gone awry

The "Center City" section is very middle/upper-middle class. The term "row house" does not mean "dilapidated slum house". In this context it just means a house that shares common walls with the neighboring house. She was a resident/research fellow, and was likely making good money, but would not be making huge money until after she passed her boards.

15 posted on 01/23/2013 5:20:17 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: knarf
The doctor looks Asian and her name is unusual to me.

Looking at her dad in the picture, I'm guessing Hawaiian or some other flavor of Pacific Islander.

16 posted on 01/23/2013 5:23:15 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: knarf
I checked out the surname "Ketunuti" in the world names profiler

http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/

And it came up as strongly western Austria, specifically the region around Landeck, Austria.

17 posted on 01/23/2013 5:24:52 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("When you come to a fork in the road, take it." - Yogi Berra)
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To: PapaBear3625

My #9


18 posted on 01/23/2013 5:25:06 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

BAN MATCHES.


19 posted on 01/23/2013 5:29:36 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: PapaBear3625

Many of us don’t make big money even after passing boards and practicing for 25 years or so


20 posted on 01/23/2013 5:35:53 AM PST by Mom MD (A million people attended Obamas inauguration. 14 of them actually missed work)
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