Retired NM judge, wife found dead (apparent murder-suicide)

[UrbScotty]

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-judge-deaths,0,437394.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

A retired state district judge and his wife were found dead in their Albuquerque home in what police said Saturday appeared to be a murder-suicide.

Homicide detectives said it appeared Gerald Cole shot his wife, Nancy, and turned the gun on himself. They said a handgun was found near the bodies and there was no sign of a struggle or forced entry.

Police spokesman John Walsh said the bodies would be sent for autopsies.

Authorities were called to the home early Saturday after a pest exterminator on a routine visit spotted two bodies in the living room. Police weren't sure how long the Coles had been dead or what might have prompted the shootings.

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[madeline_con]

1. What's going on in Bernalillo County, NM?????

Remember this? -----------

Sheriff says department helicopter was shot down
Wednesday, August 10, 2005; Posted: 7:21 a.m. EDT (11:21 GMT)

(CNN) -- A Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department helicopter that crashed Saturday in the yard of an Albuquerque home was brought down by a bullet, Sheriff Darren White said late Tuesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/10/copter.shootdown/


:wtf:

[President Kerry]

2. don't listen to them there libruls, they'll take yer gun away...

[Autumn Colors]

3. Dare we ask

the political affiliations of the deputy who survived the crash and the judge?

Wonder if the judge will turn out to be the shooter or the second "target" (and not really a murder-suicide but a double murder).

Tin-foil hat for one, please.

[niallmac]

4. Drugs?

[Autumn Colors]

5. No thanks.

I don't do them. :)

[Rainscents]

6. LOL

:rofl:

[Greeby]

7. Hmm

Dead judge? Pest exterminator? You don't even have to try, do ya? ;)

[wli]

8. what was that judge ruling on?

My guess is a lame cover for an assassination.

[LeahD]

11. He was a retired judge. n/t

[BQueen]

12. Often brought back to deal with conflict cases.

eg, all but two members of the Ohio Supreme Court had to recuse from "Coingate" I'm sure some of their replacements came from the ranks of retired judges. And there's a dispute between the county commissioners and the court offices in Cleveland that is being handled by a retired judge.

We often had retired judges sub when the sitting judge was unavailable for health reasons (so dockets wouldn't back up) and when one judge did his yearly month for the Army Reserves.

edit for typo

[LeahD]

13. Thanks for the additional info re "retired."

[ngGale]

9. Pest control shows up ...

and finds the bodies. Did they have a key? <very odd>

[merh]

10. Has there been any news on this incident?

Just wondering.