Yesterday around supper time a family member went to check on their 74 year old parents and found them hacked up in little pieces in their home. This article doesn't explain how they died as it's a few hours older than the information I heard.
FREDERICTON ? Gregory Allan Despres of 354 Slope Road in Minto appeared in a Massachusetts court Wednesday afternoon after being arrested in connection with a double murder in Minto.
The Mattapoisett Police department in southern Massachusetts picked him up early Wednesday morning without a struggle.
* FROM APRIL 27, 2005: Police make arrest in Minto murders
Despres was charged with being a fugative from justice and then taken to the Plymouth House of Correction in Massachusetts, where he is being held without bail.
The bodies of 74-year-old Frederick Fulton and his wife, Verna, were discovered in their Minto home at 358 Slope Road Tuesday afternoon.
Police haven't said how they died, though they described the crime scene as bloody and gruesome.
Despres was to be sentenced in Fredericton on Tuesday for uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and for threatening to use a weapon.
He didn't show up.
Despres had been found guilty of those charges on March 16 in a trial before Judge Patricia Cumming.
The person Despres had threatened was not one of the people found killed on the Slope Road.
Also on March 16, Despres was found guilty of possessing an unregistered firearm and of having a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
Canadian authorities have initiated the procedure to have him returned to New Brunswick to face further charges.
The killings have shocked people in Minto, a community of about 2,700 located 50 kilometres east of Fredericton.
Residents say Fred and Verna Fulton were well known and well liked.
Fred Fulton played guitar with the Rhythmaires, a local country band that played legions and dance halls for more than 30 years. He was named to the Minto Country Music Wall of Fame for his musical talents and for his willingness to help younger players.
Minto Mayor Gary Dipaulo said Fred and Verna Fulton were friends of his.
He said it's hard to understand why anyone would hurt them.
"To me, it's incomprehensible how someone could inflict harm on such gentle people that went out of their way to help so many other people ? to try to imagine someone harming them even in a sane manner is just not something I can grasp yet."
FREDERICTON ? Gregory Allan Despres of 354 Slope Road in Minto appeared in a Massachusetts court Wednesday afternoon after being arrested in connection with a double murder in Minto.
The Mattapoisett Police department in southern Massachusetts picked him up early Wednesday morning without a struggle.
* FROM APRIL 27, 2005: Police make arrest in Minto murders
Despres was charged with being a fugative from justice and then taken to the Plymouth House of Correction in Massachusetts, where he is being held without bail.
The bodies of 74-year-old Frederick Fulton and his wife, Verna, were discovered in their Minto home at 358 Slope Road Tuesday afternoon.
Police haven't said how they died, though they described the crime scene as bloody and gruesome.
Despres was to be sentenced in Fredericton on Tuesday for uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and for threatening to use a weapon.
He didn't show up.
Despres had been found guilty of those charges on March 16 in a trial before Judge Patricia Cumming.
The person Despres had threatened was not one of the people found killed on the Slope Road.
Also on March 16, Despres was found guilty of possessing an unregistered firearm and of having a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
Canadian authorities have initiated the procedure to have him returned to New Brunswick to face further charges.
The killings have shocked people in Minto, a community of about 2,700 located 50 kilometres east of Fredericton.
Residents say Fred and Verna Fulton were well known and well liked.
Fred Fulton played guitar with the Rhythmaires, a local country band that played legions and dance halls for more than 30 years. He was named to the Minto Country Music Wall of Fame for his musical talents and for his willingness to help younger players.
Minto Mayor Gary Dipaulo said Fred and Verna Fulton were friends of his.
He said it's hard to understand why anyone would hurt them.
"To me, it's incomprehensible how someone could inflict harm on such gentle people that went out of their way to help so many other people ? to try to imagine someone harming them even in a sane manner is just not something I can grasp yet."
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