Boys left without parents in wake of tragedy
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Article about a murder-suicide in Bradford of Bill Burton and Heather Burton on March 23, 1999.
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Boys left without parents in wake of tragedy
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Article about a murder-suicide in Bradford of Bill Burton and Heather Burton on March 23, 1999.
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Family, community in shock after murder-suicide
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"Police search for clues in death of popular couple
BOND HEAD - A family and a community are struggling to understand why Bill Burton would kill his wife and then himself. Police say Burton, a 44-year-old agricultural supply representative, shot his wife Heather, 43, to death on Monday before turning the gun on himself." ...
Toronto Star
Husband Slays Sleeping Wife, then Kills Self; Bradford baker Shoots Wife, Suicides
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"Bradford, Jan. 21 - Tragedy struck deep in a Bradford family shortly after midnight, Saturday, when Frank W. Stephenson, 32-year-old baker, shot and killed his sleeping wife and then sent a rifle bullet crashing into his own brain..."
The Globe & Mail
Scene of Double Murder is Believed Near Bradford
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"The brutal murder of Robert McKay, young RCAF veteran and his wife, Gloria, on Monday evening [August 1, 1949] of last week, has aroused the people of this province as few such tragedies have ever done before and the setting for this crime appears to be definitely established in the Bradford area..."
Describes the events leading up to Mr. and Mrs. McKay's murder. The two were shot to death and found in Toronto. The killer, Stanley Buckowski, was found in Los Angeles as a serial robber and murderer, where he was charged and executed in 1952 by gas chamber. He was never charged for the McKays murder, though admitted to the crime and of another murder of RCAF veteran, Alfred Edward Layng, in Toronto on July 30, 1949.
Bradford Witness
Wife Shot, Husband Dead, Baby sleeps on in crib
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"Bradford, Jan 22 - A few hours after Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stephenson had been happily skating at the community rink here their bodies were found in their bedroom by their five-year-old daughter, Joan..."
Toronto Daily Star