tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post3232524468101718335..comments2024-03-26T16:11:40.327-07:00Comments on Behind The Blue Wall: [NY] Recently retired Corrections Officer Collins & wife Freddy are goneBehind The Blue Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429113203939514642noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-34765056271252065942008-12-29T17:30:00.000-08:002008-12-29T17:30:00.000-08:00Apparent Murder-Suicide in AuSable ForksWCAX NewsJ...Apparent Murder-Suicide in AuSable Forks<BR/>WCAX News<BR/>Jack LaDuke <BR/>laduke@wcax.com<BR/>AuSable Forks, New York - December 29, 2008<BR/><BR/>The small, rural village of AuSable Forks was in mourning Monday for Otis and Fredricka Collins of French Road. Their two bodies were found shortly before 10 a.m.<BR/><BR/>Otis Collin's body was found near a side entrance to the home. His injuries were consistent with a self-inflicted gun wound. It appeared his wife also died of gunshot wounds.<BR/><BR/>Police were at the house all day investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide.<BR/><BR/>Vickey Trombley is a neighbor who went through school with Mrs. Collins. She said the news was a shock.<BR/><BR/>"Freddie and I went through school together," Trombley said. "We've known each other through grade school and high school here."<BR/><BR/>Otis Collins retired from the New York State Correctional Facility last year after more than two decades there as a corrections officer.<BR/><BR/>Community members who knew them said that the couple was generous and they didn't come any better.<BR/><BR/>"They were very giving people," Missy Doner said. "They gave to the Christmas barrel here in town for the kids... Very nice people."<BR/><BR/>"It is definitely shocking to the town," Paul Drake said. "It's not what anyone here would expect to happen here."<BR/><BR/>Town residents said that Otis Collins had coffee with friends early Monday morning and seemed happy and content. What happened later in the morning that brought about this tragic event about might never be known.<BR/><BR/>http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=9591558&nav=4QcSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-68505946375765861092008-12-29T17:26:00.000-08:002008-12-29T17:26:00.000-08:00Collins Correctional FacilityP.O. Box 490, Middle ...Collins Correctional Facility<BR/>P.O. Box 490, Middle Rd<BR/>Collins, New York 14034-0490<BR/>(716) 532-4588 (Erie County)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com