Posted on 02/25/2010 3:42:54 PM PST by freespirited
Saying he had questions about the original investigation, Norfolk District Attorney William Keating today requested an inquest into the death of Seth Bishop, who was killed by his sister, Amy, in 1986.
The incident, ruled an accident at the time, has been under scrutiny since Amy Bishop allegedly went on a shooting rampage at the University of Alabama.
Keating said this afternoon that he filed a request for the inquest at Quincy District Court.
He said he was seeking the inquest because he was not getting cooperation from Bishop's parents, Judith and Samuel Bishop.
"They have refused upon our efforts to speak to investigators," Keating said.
Keating also said there were inconsistencies in the police reports, including two different accounts of Seth Bishop's body position when he was found, with one saying he was face up and another saying he was face down.
And he said that a crime scene photo from that era showed that next to the shotgun shells found in Amy Bishop's bedroom, there was a newspaper with an article that chronicled a similar attack to the one she allegedly committed.
Keating said he questioned whether the shooting was truly accidental, and he said an inquest could lead to a homicide charge against Amy Bishop....
Attorney General Martha Coakley welcomed Keating's announcement, saying that in recent weeks, "it has become clear that there was a need for an independent third party review of what happened ... We are pleased that the District Attorney Keating has initiated this inquest and believe it is the appropriate course of action."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
I hope that young man gets some justice soon.
No one accidentally shoots somebody, what was it, three times?
No, the gun went off three times, he was hit once
Boy, if this is true, premeditation to commit murder is written all over it.
“In a shocking new detail, Keating added a photo from the crime scene showed a newspaper clipping in Amy Bishop’s bedroom chronicling a murder featuring a 12-gauge shotgun and an attempted escape using a car stolen from a car dealership. That clipping was next to rifle shells, he added.
Amy Bishop also used a 12-gauge shotgun and attempted to take a car from a the auto repair shop at Dave Dinger Ford in Braintree in 1986, police said. She was later cornered and caught by cops.
That clipping, Keating said today, “so parallels events that occurred” that fateful December day. Keating said investigators zoomed in on that clipping to detect the stunning parallel.”
And thanks to the failure to do anything, three people are dead and three more wounded.
Naturally, the DA who failed to take action is a member of Congress.
Did she try to kill her parents and her brother got in the way? Was she re-enacting a newspaper story? Very, very weird.
U.S. Rep. William Delahunt shells out $500G from coffers
Boston Herald
By Jessica Van Sack
Friday, February 26, 2010
U.S. Rep. William Delahunt blew nearly $560,000 in campaign cash last year - much of it on lavish meals and a family-friendly payroll that includes his ex-wife, son-in-law and daughter - stoking speculation the Quincy Democrat is emptying his war chest and won’t seek re-election.
Nickolai Bobrov, who is married to Delahunt’s daughter Kara, has raked in $47,732 since landing on the payroll as the congressman’s campaign manager in July, including a $10,000 payment that month marked retroactive for “consulting services April-July,” according to campaign finance records . . . continued here
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