The statement of the case involving the Thomas Mortimer, IV, murder case was released to the public on Tuesday. And on Thursday afternoon, the final four lines were made avaliable.

In the four lines that Mortimer's defense attorney, Denise Regan, tried to have impounded, it said that his four-year-old son, Thomas "Finn" Mortimer, V, witnessed the killings.

"I especially sorry to Finn that he had to witness these horrid acts," said the letter Mortimer left at the scene. "It was not supposed to be this way. I disgust myself."

The Associated Press and Boston Globe filed an appeal after Regan tried to impound the four lines. She had until 5:30 p.m. on Thursday to file an appeal, which she withdrew. Regan was concerned that if the statement got out it would jeopardize Mortimer's safety in prision, as well as hurt his chances at a fair trial.

According to the rest of the nine-page document, Mortimer and his wife, Laura Stone-Mortimer, fought about a bounced check on the day Mortimer allegedly murdered his family. It was a federal liability check to the IRS for $2,499. Mortimer's parents were there babysitting when the argument took place and in speaking to them later, Mortimer said that he wish they would have stayed.

It is believed that at some time between 9:05 p.m. the night of June 14 and 7:10 a.m. of June 15, Mortimer murdered his wife, 41-year-old Laura Stone Mortimer, her two children, 2-year-old Charlotte Mortimer and 4-year-old Thomas Mortimer V, and Laura's mother, 64-year-old Ragna Ellen Stone.

Upon the police investigation, they found a letter that was typed at approximately 11 p.m. on June 14 before the laptop was turned off at 3:19 a.m. In it, Mortimer admitted what he had done.

"Ultimately, I did these horrible things because I could not cope with the responsibilities I took upon myself," Mortimer wrote. "I was too cavalier with life, especially others lives. What I have done is extremely selfish and cowardly. I took the easy way out."

In the letter that Mortimer wrote after he allegedly murdered his family members, he stated that he should have written a book about his frustrations instead of taking it out on his family.

The morning of June 15, Mortimer called his son, Thomas' school, to inform them that Thomas would not be attending school. He then stopped at the Hess gas station along Cambridge Street at 7:44 a.m. to fill up the gas tank of his Toyota Highlander and buy some food and something to drink.

Laura Stone's sister, Debra Stone Sochat, tried to reach Laura and her mother on numerous occasions, but was unable to. On her last call to Laura's number, at a little before 9 a.m. on June 15, Thomas Mortimer answered and informed Debra that her sister would not be able to talk to her. When she asked him to have her call back, Thomas informed her that "it will be a while."

On June 16, Debra went to the house on 2 Windsong Lane, noticed an oriental rug that was missing and saw blood on the wall. When she couldn't enter the house, the police were called.

Upon entering the house, the Winchester Police saw the bodies of Laura Stone-Mortimer and Thomas "Finn" Mortimer, V. In the living room was the body of Ragna Ellen Stone. Police believed she was attacked at the front doorway. The officers then followed a trail of blood upstairs where they found the body of Charlotte.

Mortimer continued in the letter to say, "I do have remorse with what I have done. I wonder what life would be like if I did not chicken out."

"What have I done? I hate myself more than ever. I now wish I accepted responsibilities for my actions, dealt with Laura [maturely], divorced her and was a good role model for Finn and Charlotte."

In the kitchen the police found a bloody knife with a bent handle in the trash.

"I am ashamed, frightened, relieved, surprised that I murdered my family, disgusted with myself," Mortimer wrote. "Looking forward to peace but already missing terribly Finn and Charlotte. That will be my 'hell'. I know that they are in a much better place than they could ever be living with Laura and living with me."

After being arrested Mortimer spoke to his parents and when they asked him if this was about money, he said that was a part of it. Mortimer aslo said that he "just lost it." When his mother asked if he "snapped", Mortimer replied, "yea."

Mortimer was arrested June 17 after he was seen in Montague, MA at approximately 11:45 am by a father and son. The witnesses then copied the plate number of the vehicle Mortimer was driving and reported it to local police.  Mortimer was apprehended in Bernardston after attempting to flee and was arrested by members of the Bernardston Police Department. Mortimer is currently being held without bail at the Billerica House of Corrections.