Thursday, November 10, 2005
Who knows what part of this is the most shocking?:
TROY - Police found the bloody body of 73-year-old Mary Elacqua in the trunk of her car Thursday before 2 p.m. It was parked on Cpl. William A. Dickerson Place off of Hutton Street near Old Sixth Avenue.
Her husband, 80-year-old John Elacqua, was found stabbed to death on the living room floor of their Albany home Wednesday around 9 p.m. A concerned relative went to their home at 802 Washington Ave. and found the body.
Mary Elacqua and the couple's gold 2002 Honda Accord were missing until a Troy Police Department patrol officer spotted the car. It was parked clearly visible from the busy thoroughfare of Sixth Avenue as if whoever left it there didn't care if it were found.
The official cause of the woman's death has not yet been released, nor has it been determined if she was killed before or after being taken from her home. The question of why the two victims were found in different counties remains unresolved.
A broken door pane on the couple's house led police to believe the double murder resulted from a random burglary gone wrong, said Albany Police Det. Jim Miller. Police believe the murders took place late Tuesday into early Wednesday. It is unknown if the assailant took anything from the house.
"Only that person knows who did this," said Miller. "Maybe they panicked."
There are no suspects yet. Police are asking anyone who witnessed suspicious activity in the Washington Avenue neighborhood, or where the car was found in Troy, to report it. Tips can be phoned in to 462-8039.
Oh, boy! That's Troy! That's MY hometown.....
TROY - Police found the bloody body of 73-year-old Mary Elacqua in the trunk of her car Thursday before 2 p.m. It was parked on Cpl. William A. Dickerson Place off of Hutton Street near Old Sixth Avenue.
Her husband, 80-year-old John Elacqua, was found stabbed to death on the living room floor of their Albany home Wednesday around 9 p.m. A concerned relative went to their home at 802 Washington Ave. and found the body.
Mary Elacqua and the couple's gold 2002 Honda Accord were missing until a Troy Police Department patrol officer spotted the car. It was parked clearly visible from the busy thoroughfare of Sixth Avenue as if whoever left it there didn't care if it were found.
The official cause of the woman's death has not yet been released, nor has it been determined if she was killed before or after being taken from her home. The question of why the two victims were found in different counties remains unresolved.
A broken door pane on the couple's house led police to believe the double murder resulted from a random burglary gone wrong, said Albany Police Det. Jim Miller. Police believe the murders took place late Tuesday into early Wednesday. It is unknown if the assailant took anything from the house.
"Only that person knows who did this," said Miller. "Maybe they panicked."
There are no suspects yet. Police are asking anyone who witnessed suspicious activity in the Washington Avenue neighborhood, or where the car was found in Troy, to report it. Tips can be phoned in to 462-8039.
Oh, boy! That's Troy! That's MY hometown.....
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