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Murder-suicide discovered in Braintree motel

April 30, 2009 06:30 PM Email| Comments (23)| Text size +

By Stewart Bishop, Globe Correspondent

A worker at a roadside motel in Braintree found the bodies of a man and a woman, who were killed in what prosecutors said was a murder-suicide.

At around 11:46 a.m. Wednesday, Braintree Police responded to the Motel 6 on Union Street, just off of Route 3, and discovered the two, who were both pronounced dead at the scene.

Autopsy results indicate that Linda Auger, 42, of Braintree was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in the room they were sharing, the Norfolk district attorney's office said in a statement.

The boyfriend, Luis Garcia, 52, of Braintree died of asphyxiation from hanging himself, the medical examiner's office found.

Prosecutors did not know when the killings occurred or the motive.

“The murder of Ms. Auger was the murder of a mother of four children, whose lives are forever changed,” said Norfolk District Attorney William Keating. “They have suffered a tremendous loss from this act of domestic violence.” Keating said Auger’s children are safe with their father.

Keating said it was the sixth alleged domestic homicide in the county in five weeks, something he had not seen in his 10 years as district attorney.

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23 comments so far...
  1. Sadly, these things are happening more and more everywhere in the USA these days. Economics, fear of change, desperation....it's a "perfect storm" of
    unhappiness and anger. From the accounts I have read, the male is the aggressor about 99% of the time. Stay safe out there, ladies!

    Posted by Mari April 30, 09 10:27 AM
  1. I guess he saw his bill and didn't react well. Wuhh Wuhh Wuhh Wuhhh...

    Posted by Bob April 30, 09 10:54 AM
  1. Why is this story buried way down on the page like it was a side item instead of a breaking news item? That makes it even sadder.

    Posted by BirdieKate April 30, 09 10:58 AM
  1. Mari -

    You are exactly right. It's always men that do this. If they are so upset, why can't they just kill themselves and leave their loved ones alone.

    Posted by Doug April 30, 09 11:33 AM
  1. Leave it to a guy, like Bob, to make a joke about murder. Why do these men find murder/suicides to be so very entertaining? OK. If it's such a funny thing, Bob, maybe you should select another man who is into this kind of "humor", kill him and then off yourself. Very funny! We'll all laugh like mad when it's your body being pulled out of the crime scene. NOT!
    Grow up, Bob. It could be your mother, sister, daughter or wife getting murdered this way next.

    Posted by Mari April 30, 09 11:51 AM
  1. Because they are cowards, Doug. Angry, frustrated, out of control and afraid to die alone. They appear to believe they have the right to kill women and children first. As if it's the "manly" thing to do. No. It's not manly, it's insane.
    Thanks for noticing this trend, Doug. It's people like you and BirdieKate and me who must keep the focus on this evil outbreak.
    So far, it is much deadlier than the Swine Flu and spreading at a faster rate.

    Posted by Mari April 30, 09 12:03 PM
  1. Just want to let everone know this was my aunt and she left 4 kids behind. this is very hard for our family.

    And for the person who wrote:guess he saw his bill and didn't react well. Wuhh Wuhh Wuhh Wuhhh...
    Dont know why you would ever say somthing like that I hope you never have to go thru anything like this but if you do just think how you would feel if someone said that bought your family member.

    Posted by ME April 30, 09 12:14 PM
  1. i knew the man......and the crcumstances....
    please......do not judge

    Posted by margie April 30, 09 12:26 PM
  1. NO circumstances, except self defense or defense of a helpless other party justifies murder. Perhaps the woman was the agressor and found out about a relationship between her husband and a mysterious "other woman" named margie, whose personal guilt manifests itself in her plea for understanding.
    And to those who say it's ALWAYS the man... how many woman have drowned, strangled or shaken their small children to death?
    It's more accurate to say it's always the STRONGER or BETTER ARMED.

    Posted by JS Boston April 30, 09 01:32 PM
  1. Hey "Me" it's about, not bought, learn the language

    Motel 6, can't get any lower than that dump....must have been dismal circumstances to end up there.....sad it had to end that way.

    Posted by RI Madman April 30, 09 01:35 PM
  1. I just stayed there at the motel 6 on saturday! I am speechless! what is this world coming to?

    Posted by Lou Ronca April 30, 09 08:16 PM
  1. i knew the man......and the crcumstances....and the syntax apparently.

    Oh Margie, I wonder what your future holds. Q? What does Chap 11 have to do with this. You know Margie, you know...

    Posted by Tguy April 30, 09 08:34 PM
  1. She Was my sister and I hope we can all not judge if you didnt know her.

    Posted by Diane April 30, 09 09:32 PM
  1. I'm tired of hearing about how the economy is "driving" people to do this kind of thing. As mentioned elsewhere here, it is not a function of stress but of cowardice. It's one thing to make the decision (however disturbed) for yourself, but a whole other issue to decide someone else should die too.
    There are many painful reasons for suicide but for murder? None.

    Posted by Fran April 30, 09 09:44 PM
  1. JS Boston: nice try, but there were no children involved here. Men killing their female partners happens 4 times as often as the other way around. And when women kill their male partners, more than 50% of the time it is in self defense. And the leading cause of death for pregnant women? Murder, usually by the father of the child. Look it up, the numbers are easy to find.

    It is accurate to say in domestic violence it is ALMOST ALWAYS the man. Even in same sex relationships, the violence between two males happens 3-4 times more frequently than between two women. These numbers are also easy to find.

    Posted by Fran April 30, 09 09:58 PM
  1. We can't judge because you knew the man, Margie? I think it's safe to say that someone who stabs another person to death, then kills himself, is a murdering low life. Why didn't he just kill himself, rather than selfishly deprive the victim's family of their loved one? That is the most infuriating thing about murder-suicides - the selfishness of the murder. Sickening.
    Bob - what an idiotic comment.

    Posted by JChris May 1, 09 01:13 AM
  1. I am disturbed that 'Bob' or 'RI madman' would actually make a joke about such tragedy.

    Posted by Paul May 1, 09 01:23 AM
  1. uh, "ME", do you really know the family in question? Or are you just saying that?. . . if you do, you would know the background of Linda like I do. A terrible mother who lost her three sons and a daughter over a custody battle. This was most likely a drug-induced rage that both parties were involved in. That's not to say this isn't a horrible, terrible event that should never have taken place, but due to the circumstances surrounding it, was inevitable.

    Posted by TRBLPARDSE May 1, 09 10:27 AM
  1. crazy thing is.. I know the whole family...

    Posted by T May 1, 09 01:20 PM
  1. I dated one of the sons , and his mother was funny , and nice . It was never an affair , and I'm pretty sure the whole family knew about her boyfriend . The father didn ' t care she had a boyfriend . So , don ' t just go and assume these things . No one deserves to be murdered although I only seen their mother 1-2 at the time .

    Posted by miszbbyj May 1, 09 02:58 PM
  1. I know the son of the woman who got murdered. Extremely hard for the family, excluding the father though. He thinks she deserved it, as harsh as that might sound.

    Posted by Anonymous May 1, 09 04:17 PM
  1. the youngest son of this family is one of my best friends...

    Posted by Anon May 1, 09 04:52 PM
  1. Rip Aunt Linda, you will be missed, you will never be forgotten!!!! To everyone that had something to say that was rude, I hope you never have to go thru this type of thing but if you do I hope you realize what you have said about my aunt, and how you might feel if it was said about your family. That man had no right to take my aunts life. She left 4 beautiful children behind that I know she loved more then anything. I wish my question could be answered, WHY WHY WHY!!! I will never get to know that. I Love you Linda

    Posted by ME May 4, 09 10:47 PM
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