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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Top-10 Strangest and Worst Crimes of 2010 in Winchester

The Mortimer quadruple homicide and a hit-and-run were some of the worst crimes this year in Winchester.

(Editor's Note: Winchester Patch launched in the summer, but the community has seen an array of noteworthy stories since that time. What follows are a selection of those stories), 1. On Wednesday, June 16, police entered the home at 2 Windsong Lane . A relative had informed the police that she had not heard from her family in two days. That's when police discovered the bodies of 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. According to the statement of the case , 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 family. Upon the police investigation…

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