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WE'RE ALSO WORKING
NEW DETAILS --
IN A TRAGIC MURDER-
SUICIDE INVESTIGATION IN
WOONSOCKET.
WE NOW KNOW THE
NAMES OF----- THE MAN
AND WOMAN FOUND DEAD
HERE ON BLUESTONE
DRIVE SUNDAY MORNING.
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AND POLICE SAY IT
APPEARS TO BE A DEADLY
CASE OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO JOINS US LIVE
FROM WOONSOCKET NOW
WITH THE NEW DETAILS
SHE'S UNCOVERED.
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A 7-YEAR-OLD BOY IS NOW
WITHOUT PARENTS
TONIGHT AFTER
WOONSOCKET POLICE
SAY A MAN KILLED HIS
EX-WIFE AND THEN
HIMSELF IN WHAT POLICE
ARE CALLING A TRAGIC
MURDER-SUICIDE.
POLICE SAY GLENN BENVENUTI
SHOT AND KILLED HIS EX WIFE
MICHELLE BENVENUTI WHEN
SHE CAME TO PICK UP HER SON
FROM MR. BENVENUTI'S
BLUESTONE DRIVE HOUSE ON
SUNDAY MORNING.
WOONSOCKET POLICE CHIEF
THOMAS OATES SAYS MR.
BENVENUTI CALLED A FRIEND
TWICE AND TOLD HER WHAT HE
WAS DOING...
Chief Thomas Oates/Woonsocket
Police: He hung up from her to
say
that the ex wife had arrived at
the
house. He called her back very
shortly thereafter and said that
he
had just shot her and that he
was
going to shoot himself. And then
hung up the phone.
POLICE SAY BENVENUTI SHOT
HIMSELF A SHORT TIME LATER.
POLICE ON THE SCENE
ORIGINALLY DID NOT GO INSIDE,
NOT WANTING TO CONFRONT A
POSSIBLE ARMED MAN WITH A
CHILD...BUT AFTER NO ONE
RESPONDED TO A SWAT TEAM
OUTSIDE...THEY WENT IN...AND
FOUND THE TWO BODIES.
THE 7 YEAR OLD BOY IN A
DIFFERENT ROOM WAS
UNHURT, AND POLICE BELIEVE
HE DID NOT SEE ANY VIOLENCE.
Meddy Payette/Neighbor: I can't
imagine was kind of trauma he's
going to suffer from this
(butted) It's
just a shock that this happened.
You
hear it happening all over the
country but you don't think it's
going
to happen right next door to
you.
THE BENVENUTIS WERE
MARRIED IN 2008, ACCORDING
TO COURT RECORDS, AND
DIVORCED IN 2013.
CHIEF OATES SAYS POLICE
DON'T KNOW A MOTIVE FOR THE
ALLEGED MURDER.
Oates; t's awful. This woman is
the
victim of the ultimate crime of
domestic violence. She's been
murdered. You've got a 7 year
old
now who's missing both his
parents.(butted) it's just
tragic.
AND POLICE TELL US THEY
HAVE NOW REMOVED A
NUMBER OF FIREARMS
FROM THAT HOME...
POLICE HAD PREVIOUSLY
SEIZED MR. BENVENUTI'S
GUNS ABOUT 5 YEARS
AGO....WE'LL TELL YOU
WHY...AND WHY HE GOT
THEM BACK...COMING UP
NEW AT 6.
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THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY
MOBILE NEWSROOM ----
MOVING TO
WOONSOCKET NOW.
TONIGHT, POLICE SAY THE
DEATHS OF A DIVORCED
COUPLE -- APPEARS TO BE
A MURDER-SUICIDE.
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POLICE SAY THE
COUPLE'S YOUNG SON
WAS IN THE HOME WHEN
IT HAPPENED.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO HAS NEW
DETAILS AT SIX, ON PAST
INCIDENTS INVOLVING
THIS COUPLE --- SHE
JOINS US LIVE FROM THE
MOBILE NEWSROOM.
POLICE CALLED THIS A
TRAGIC SITUATION,
ESPECIALLY FOR A YOUNG
BOY WHO LOST BOTH HIS
PARENTS LAST NIGHT...
AFTER POLICE SAY A MAN
MURDERED HIS EX-WIFE
AND THEN KILLED
HIMSELF.
POLICE SAY MICHELLE
BENVENUTI WENT TO HER EX-
HUSBAND GLENN BENVENUTI'S
BLUESTONE DRIVE HOUSE TO
PICK UP THEIR 7 YEAR OLD SON
ON SUNDAY MORNING...
ONLY TO BE SHOT AND KILLED
BY HER EX HUSBAND WHO
THEN TURNED THE GUN ON
HIMSELF.
Chief Thomas Oates/Woonsocket
Police: It's awful. This woman
is the
victim of the ultimate crime of
domestic violence. She's been
murdered.
WOONSOCKET POLICE CHIEF
THOMAS OATES SAYS
BENVENUTI CALLED A FRIEND IN
BETWEEN SHOOTING HIS WIFE
AND HIMSELF AND TOLD HER
WHAT HE HAD DONE...
and said that he had just shot
her
and he was going to shoot
himself.
And then hung up the phone.
OFFICERS FOUND THE TWO
BODIES IN THE HOME...THE 7
YEAR OLD BOY UPSTAIRS,
UNHURT...NOW IN THE CARE OF
FAMILY.
ACCORDING TO COURT
RECORDS THE BENVENUTIS
DIVORCED IN 2013.
THE DIVORCE DECREE SAYS
THE CHILD WOULD LIVE WITH
HIS MOTHER...DROP OFF AND
PICK UP FOR VISITIATION WITH
HIS FATHER WAS TO TAKE
PLACE AT THE NORTH
SMITHFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
CHIEF OATES SAYS MS.
BENVENUTI DID HAVE A
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER AGAINST HER HUSBAND
IN 2013...POLICE SEIZED MR.
BENVENUTI'S GUNS BECAUSE
OF IT...
BUT IT EXPIRED A FEW WEEKS
LATER...NO CHARGES WERE
FILED AND NO OTHER
RESTRAINING ORDER WAS
SOUGHT...SO POLICE SAY THEY
LEGALLY HAD TO RETURN THE
GUNS.
AND POLICE SAID
BENVENUTI HAD ANOTHER
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER FILED BY A
DIFFERENT WOMAN IN A
PREVIOUS
RELATIONSHIP...AGAIN IT
WAS ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...
HE HAS NEVER HAD
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
POLICE SAY THEY DO NOT
YET KNOW A MOTIVE FOR
THIS ALLEGED MURDER.
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