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Man killed family then stayed to write confession, prosecutors say

Thomas Mortimer IV, accused of killing four family members, stood with his lawyer, Denise Regan, during his arraignment in Superior Court in Woburn yesterday. Thomas Mortimer IV, accused of killing four family members, stood with his lawyer, Denise Regan, during his arraignment in Superior Court in Woburn yesterday. (Bizuayehu Tefaye/Associated Press)
By John R. Ellement
Globe Staff / September 3, 2010

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A Winchester man killed four members of his family and then spent hours in the house with the victims’ bodies as he composed a letter confessing to the crime, a prosecutor said yesterday. (Full article: 533 words)

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