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Related: About this forumU.S. Open tennis umpire allegedly killed husband with coffee mug
LA Times:
A high-ranking umpire on the U.S. professional tennis circuit arrested Tuesday in New York allegedly bludgeoned her 82-year-old husband to death with a coffee mug in Woodland Hills and then tried to make it look like he fell down the stairs, authorities said.
Lois Goodman, 70, was arrested at her New York hotel and charged with murder by the L.A. County district attorney's office. She was in New York to officiate at U.S. Open tennis matches.
Goodman, a well-known tennis official who has received dirty looks from John McEnroe, apologies from Andre Agassi and kindness from Pete Sampras, initially told police her husband, Alan Frederick Goodman, took a deadly tumble April 17 down the stairs of their Woodland Hills home. She reported it at 7 that evening.
But Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday that Goodman was killed with a coffee mug. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/top-tennis-umpire-accused-of-killing-husband-with-coffee-mug.html
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U.S. Open tennis umpire allegedly killed husband with coffee mug (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2012
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. Doesn't say how long they were married...and at that age the motive
that initially popped into my mind was that he was sick and this might have been a compassion killing of some sort...I'm guessing because there's no real details about that.
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)3. Compassion killing by coffee mug?
He probably told her to bring him coffee one too many times.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)4. Beer stein?
Use whatever's handy.
Thing is, she's 70, he was 82, they had to have been married a long time...so, why now?
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)5. Asked and answered.
you'd think at that age she could've just tripped him or something. The coffee mug seems like overkill ... what a story.