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Woman kills ex-landlord with hammer after he confronted her about forged checks, prosecutors say
NBC ^ | Sept. 30, 2022 | By Marlene Lenthang

Posted on 09/30/2022 5:52:03 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A Massachusetts woman allegedly beat her former landlord to death with a hammer and wrapped his body in a curtain after he found out she was forging checks in his name and had stolen over $40,000, officials said.

Xiu Fang Ke, 43, of Newton, was arrested and arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday in connection with the death of her former landlord Leonard Garber, 65, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: hammer; landlord; xiufangke

1 posted on 09/30/2022 5:52:03 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Conflict resolution gone awry.


2 posted on 09/30/2022 5:57:45 PM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III (WW)
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To: ConservativeStatement

As a landlord in the country-fied south if I have any discomfort with a renter and I must enter their house, I will try to have a friend with me. As for confronting a thief, what, exactly was the point? You won’t get the money back. When I have problems, and it’s usually because they’ve gotten into drugs, I let the sheriff handle it. Confronting someone is pure idiocy.


3 posted on 09/30/2022 5:57:55 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: ConservativeStatement

Another chink looking for her piece of the American Pie.


4 posted on 09/30/2022 6:35:09 PM PDT by LouAvul (Complacency is the enemy of courage.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Gotta love it when the media identifies some newly arrived non Americanized name as a homeboy. “Mr. Gczigtd Floozx Waptoobing of Newton, Mass. Where are those crotchety Ellis Island guys now that we need ‘em? “That’s a dumbass unpronouncable name, sir. You’re now Joseph Smith. Welcome to America, Joe!”


5 posted on 09/30/2022 6:37:27 PM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: Gen.Blather

I agree and suspect MS Fang was paying the landlord in more than rent and that is how she got access to his checkbook.


6 posted on 09/30/2022 9:29:23 PM PDT by robowombat
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“It was later determined that Garber and Ke had been spending time together”

When you are in your 60s and a person more than 29 years younger starts to show an interest in you, put aside your ego and see the reality of the situation.

7 posted on 09/30/2022 9:45:48 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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“When you are in your 60s and a person more than 29 years younger starts to show an interest in you, put aside your ego and see the reality of the situation.”

Yes. Like the girls on the corner always told me: “It ain’t never free, baby.”


8 posted on 09/30/2022 10:08:27 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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