tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post8671256037230250850..comments2024-03-26T16:11:40.327-07:00Comments on Behind The Blue Wall: [NY] FDNY Fire Marshal Douglas Mercereau shot, killed at homeBehind The Blue Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429113203939514642noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-59749928607371380612008-04-02T19:13:00.000-07:002008-04-02T19:13:00.000-07:00Go easy? No matter how bad things are, you don't m...Go easy? No matter how bad things are, you don't murder the father of your children.<BR/><BR/>you get divorced. my prayers are with the children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-74987095512104225182008-03-22T10:37:00.000-07:002008-03-22T10:37:00.000-07:00PLEASE GO EASY ON JANET. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS THE D...PLEASE GO EASY ON JANET. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS THE DYNAMICS OF A TYPICAL FAMILY, UNLESS YOU'RE LIVING WITH THEM 24/7.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-15947961016407268892007-12-28T21:28:00.000-08:002007-12-28T21:28:00.000-08:00A deadly riddle in vicious murder of Staten Island...A deadly riddle in vicious murder of Staten Island fire marshal<BR/>by Staten Island Advance <BR/>Wednesday December 12, 2007, 11:35 PM<BR/>[Excerpts] ...An initial examination of Mercereau's death inside his Oakwood home on Dec. 2 suggested suicide... An autopsy quickly dispelled that assumption. The city medical examiner concluded that three shots from that 9 mm handgun had been fired into Mercereau's head at close range while he slept in his bed, and placed the time of death at about 6 a.m., or two and a half hours before his wife, Janet Redmond-Mercereau, called 911... A day laborer who showed up that morning to carry out renovations to the home allegedly told detectives that Mrs. Redmond-Mercereau dismissed him before she made the 911 call... But while the 38-year-old widow is the sole suspect in her husband's killing, she has yet to be charged, and sources said the case won't be presented to a grand jury until after the new year, at the earliest. A similar case on Long Island -- in which an NYPD officer [Alexis Chaparro] is also the sole suspect in the Sept. 29 killing of his fiancee [NYPD Officer Sonia Garcia] -- has just recently gone to a grand jury after an investigation of more than two months. An arrest has yet to be made in that case... As with most cases, the Mercereau killing hinges on circumstantial evidence rather than direct evidence or eyewitness testimony. Investigators will have to make their case by disproving every other theory and eliminating every other suspect but Mrs. Redmond-Mercereau, sources said. With a combination of DNA tests, crime-scene analysis (like the sound test of the bullets fired during a re-enactment at the Tarring Street home this past weekend), legal documents and testimony from key witnesses, they hope to provide strong evidence of motive and opportunity... Most killers are sloppy and leave a mountain of evidence at the scene. However, most also know their victims, which explains why some evidence -- like skin cells, blood or hair found at the scene -- can be inconclusive. That's one of the reasons why only about half of all homicides yield convictions...<BR/>http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2007/12/a_deadly_riddle_in_vicious_mur.html<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Wife gave kids ear plugs before Bravest husband slay? Detectives think so<BR/>New York Daily News<BR/>By BOB KAPPSTATTER and JONATHAN LEMIRE<BR/>Friday, December 21st 2007<BR/>[Excerpts] Investigators believe the wife of a slain FDNY fire marshal gave her daughters earplugs so they would sleep while she allegedly pumped three bullets into her husband, sources said Thursday. Detectives found two earplugs in the bedroom that Janet Mercereau - the prime suspect in the murder - shared with her children the morning her husband Douglas Mercereau was killed, law enforcement sources said. "The belief is that she gave the kids the earplugs so they wouldn't hear the gunshots," a law enforcement source told the Daily News. "She didn't want them waking up while she was pulling the trigger." If prosecutors prove Janet Mercereau gave her children the earplugs, it could suggest the murder was premeditated... Detectives believe she used the two hours between the shooting and the 911 call to clean up the scene, put a blanket over her husband's head and place the murder weapon - the marshal's service revolver - back on a shelf. She also sent away a day laborer who showed up at the Oakwood house to work before she called 911... "If she was asleep like she says, how could she be telling this guy there wouldn't be work that day?" the source said... Janet Mercereau filed for divorce last year only to stop the proceedings months later, officials said. She told detectives her husband was abusive and that she took out an order of protection against him last year.<BR/>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/12/21/2007-12-21_wife_gave_kids_ear_plugs_before_bravest_-2.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-25876962518432241522007-12-11T10:43:00.000-08:002007-12-11T10:43:00.000-08:00COPS PROBE FIRED MAN IN MARSHAL SLAYNew York Post,...COPS PROBE FIRED MAN IN MARSHAL SLAY<BR/>New York Post, NY<BR/>By JAMIE SCHRAM and ANDY GELLER<BR/>December 11, 2007 -- Cops are eyeing a fired construction supervisor in the murder of a Staten Island fire marshal, the lawyer for the victim's wife said yesterday.<BR/><BR/>About a week before his death, Fire Marshal Douglas Mercereau axed the supervisor of day laborers doing renovation on the second floor of the couple's home in Oakwood, lawyer Mario Gallucci told The Post.<BR/><BR/>"I understand the guy who was replaced was very disgruntled about it," the lawyer said. He said the worker could had gotten into the home via a ladder left by the current crew.<BR/><BR/>The NYPD had no comment.<BR/><BR/>Gallucci is the lawyer for Janet Redmond-Mercereau, whom authorities have said is the leading suspect in the Dec. 2 killing of her husband. Douglas Mercereau was shot in the head three times at about 6:20 a.m. with his service revolver as he slept. His wife has said she was sleeping in another room and didn't hear the shots.<BR/><BR/>Authorities said Redmond-Mercereau was angry at her husband because he made remarks about her weight. <BR/><BR/>http://www.nypost.com/seven/12112007/news/regionalnews/cops_probe_fired_man_in_marshal_slay_14379.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com