Rhino
11-23-2007, 06:14 PM
5 Found Dead, Including 3 Children, at Maryland Park in Thanksgiving Murder-Suicide
Friday, November 23, 2007
LAYTONSVILLE, Md. — A gunman shot and killed his ex-wife, their three children and himself in a small-town park as the woman prepared to hand over custody, police said Friday.
Their bodies were found Thursday evening in the tiny community of Unity when Maryland-National Capital Park Police officers stopped in the deserted park after noticing two cars with their engines running, said Wayne Jerman, Montgomery County assistant police chief.
The bodies of Gail Louise Pumphrey, 43, of Woodbine, and the three children — ages 6 to 12 — were found in the cars, Jerman said. David Peter Brockdorff, 40, of Frederick, was found nearby...
...Pumphrey had met with Brockdorff to hand over custody of the children, according to investigators. Police did not know how long the children were to stay with their father.
Investigators did not know when the shots were fired, and no neighbors reported hearing gunshots, Jermain said.
The couple had a history of domestic violence, police said. They divorced in 2005....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312585,00.html
Friday, November 23, 2007
LAYTONSVILLE, Md. — A gunman shot and killed his ex-wife, their three children and himself in a small-town park as the woman prepared to hand over custody, police said Friday.
Their bodies were found Thursday evening in the tiny community of Unity when Maryland-National Capital Park Police officers stopped in the deserted park after noticing two cars with their engines running, said Wayne Jerman, Montgomery County assistant police chief.
The bodies of Gail Louise Pumphrey, 43, of Woodbine, and the three children — ages 6 to 12 — were found in the cars, Jerman said. David Peter Brockdorff, 40, of Frederick, was found nearby...
...Pumphrey had met with Brockdorff to hand over custody of the children, according to investigators. Police did not know how long the children were to stay with their father.
Investigators did not know when the shots were fired, and no neighbors reported hearing gunshots, Jermain said.
The couple had a history of domestic violence, police said. They divorced in 2005....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312585,00.html