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CANTON, Mass. – Investigators have discovered that a newspaper on triple murder suspect Amy Bishop's bedroom floor when she killed her brother more than 20 years ago described an incident strikingly similar to what she did that day, raising questions about her claim it was an accident.
Norfolk District Attorney William Keating said investigators found the date of the newspaper after enlarging a police photo of the scene. He said the newspaper contained an article about a shotgun killing in which the suspect stole a getaway car from a dealership.
Bishop, now accused of killing three colleagues at an Alabama university this month, said she accidentally killed her teenage brother with a shotgun at their suburban Boston home in December 1986. She then went to a car dealership body shop and tried to commandeer a car at gunpoint, police said.
"We were struck by how parallel the circumstances were," Keating said. "That could go to the state of mind of Amy Bishop at the time."
Keating declined to be specific about the incident in the paper. Boston newspapers were reporting the incident was about the November 1986 killing of the parents of actor Patrick Duffy, who starred in the TV series "Dallas." They were slain with a shotgun during a robbery attempt at a Montana bar they owned. The two teen suspects then stole a truck at gunpoint from a car dealership. They were arrested after a high speed chase.
On Thursday, Keating ordered an inquest into the shooting of Bishop's brother, Seth Bishop, saying there are new questions about whether it was the accident investigators concluded at the time.
The handling of the case has been under scrutiny since Amy Bishop was accused of killing three faculty colleagues and wounding three others in a shooting Feb. 12 at the University of Alabama-Huntsville.
Keating said the inquest would allow a judge to subpoena Bishop's parents, who refused to talk with state troopers who went to their home last week, saying they had retained an attorney.
"Had they cooperated and we thought their answers were forthright and truthful," Keating said, "this might not have been necessary."
Bishop's mother was the only other witness to the killing. An attorney for the Bishops, Bryan Stevens, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Thursday.
Judge Mark Coven, presiding judge in Quincy District Court, will conduct the closed-door inquest and report his findings to Keating, who would then decide whether to pursue an indictment. The only possible charge that could be filed is murder because the statute of limitations on all other counts, including manslaughter, has expired.
The fact that the only other eyewitness says the shooting was an accident is "a huge burden to overcome," Keating said.
Police reports released by Keating last week said Amy Bishop told police she accidentally fired the shotgun in her bedroom, then went downstairs to ask her brother for help unloading the gun, which her father bought after a break-in.
She said after the gun accidentally went off again, hitting her brother, she fled, believing she dropped it, the reports said. She was arrested with the shotgun at gunpoint. She said she did not remember anything from when she fired the gun the second time until she was at a police station later.
Bishop was released after her mother went to the police station, and police didn't question Bishop or her family for 11 days, among the serious errors Keating said were committed in the 1986 investigation.;_ylt=AjePbHc2g7hjgszS_C7SRoqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTN1OTk3cWVmBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwMjI2L3VzX2F... more
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Not long after Amy Bishop was identified as the professor who had been arrested in the shooting of six faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Feb. 12, the campus police received a series of reports even stranger than the shooting itself.
Several people with connections to the university’s biology department warned that Dr. Bishop, a neuroscientist with a Harvard Ph.D., might have booby-trapped the science building with some sort of “herpes bomb,” police officials said, designed to spread the dangerous virus.Not long after Amy Bishop was identified as the professor who had been arrested in the... more
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BAGnewsNotes Given the sensationalism of American media, the fact of the shootings isn't a surprise. The surprise, apparently, is found in the alleged perpetrator, University of Alabama assistant professor Amy Bishop. Amy Bishop - Ephphatha More details about Amy Bishop's past crimes - Half Sigma Ex-chief Reverses: Has Serious Questions Over Earlier Amy Bishop Case - Riehl World View See all 44 blogs.BAGnewsNotes Given the sensationalism of American media, the fact of the shootings... more
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University of Alabama shooting suspect ‘killed brother’
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The biology professor charged with shooting dead three staff at an Alabama university on Friday is alleged to have also killed her brother 24 years ago.
Amy Bishop shot her 18-year-old brother in the chest, according to the current police chief of the Massachusetts town of Braintree where this occurred.
For the Full Story on UoA Killer Amy Bishop Shot Brother 3 Times....VIDEO...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/amy-bishop-university-of-alabama-shooting-suspect-killed-brother-accidentaly-shot-3x-video/
The case was logged as an accident and never came to court, Paul Frazier said.
Earlier, local media reported that Ms Bishop had opened fire during a faculty meeting after being denied a promotion.University of Alabama shooting suspect ‘killed brother’
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Three faculty members at the University of Alabama at Huntsville were shot to death and three other people were critically wounded during a biology faculty meeting on Friday afternoon, university officials said.
The Huntsville Times, quoting university officials, reported that a biology professor was being held in the shooting. WAAY-TV in Huntsville reported that the professor had been denied tenure.
For the Full Story and VIDEO on Dr Amy Bishops Murderous Rampage and Interviews with the Witnesses/Survivors...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/dr-amy-bishops-rampage-shoots-6-kills-3-in-university-of-alabama-campus-shooting-video/Three faculty members at the University of Alabama at Huntsville were shot to death... more
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