Tyrone N. Butts
APE Reporter
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Two Dead in Homicide/Arson/Suicide
Canton is reeling from the city's first murder of 2005. Two are dead after a murder and suicide involving arson Sunday night.
Hundreds watched as Canton police took the first body from a top floor apartment on West North Street. Police responded to a hostage call, but when they arrived shortly after 7:30, they found much more.
"Why it had to happen to her, only God knows why," said Willie Diamond, who says his sisiter Patricia Diamond was killed by her boyfiend, Henry Handy.
"It's hard, it's extrememly hard, right now we're just looking for anwers," said Diamond. Police are investigating, hoping to figure out how the pair died. "Details are sketchy at this point it's still under
investigation," said Canton Police Chief Robert Winn.
Police say it is clear t
hat some children were in the apartment when the murder took place. Diamond was mother to 7 children. "15,14,12,9,8, and 1," said Willie Diamond, listing the ages of his nieces and nephews. "They're losing both their parents, not just one but two."
"Why, why, why?," echoed across the parking lot of the crime scene, as tearful faces look to police to answer the questions lingering on Canton's lips.
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When this is confirmed, I'm moving it to the Mississippi TNB forum.
T.N.B.
Two Dead in Homicide/Arson/Suicide
Canton is reeling from the city's first murder of 2005. Two are dead after a murder and suicide involving arson Sunday night.
Hundreds watched as Canton police took the first body from a top floor apartment on West North Street. Police responded to a hostage call, but when they arrived shortly after 7:30, they found much more.
"Why it had to happen to her, only God knows why," said Willie Diamond, who says his sisiter Patricia Diamond was killed by her boyfiend, Henry Handy.
"It's hard, it's extrememly hard, right now we're just looking for anwers," said Diamond. Police are investigating, hoping to figure out how the pair died. "Details are sketchy at this point it's still under
investigation," said Canton Police Chief Robert Winn.
Police say it is clear t
hat some children were in the apartment when the murder took place. Diamond was mother to 7 children. "15,14,12,9,8, and 1," said Willie Diamond, listing the ages of his nieces and nephews. "They're losing both their parents, not just one but two."
"Why, why, why?," echoed across the parking lot of the crime scene, as tearful faces look to police to answer the questions lingering on Canton's lips.
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When this is confirmed, I'm moving it to the Mississippi TNB forum.
T.N.B.