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And yet another Murder in Rehovot
Rehovot man kills wife, then himself, after argument over his medication
By Roni Singer-Heruti
A man killed his wife in Rehovot yesterday and then himself. Yitzhak Tzoref, 68, shot his wife Lili, 65, and then turned the gun on himself in their home in Rehovot, over what police suspect was an argument over medication.
Family and friends were shocked to learn of the murder-suicide and one of the neighbors described them as "a normal, warm and loving family."
Rehovot police investigating the case said yesterday that Yitzhak had called his daughter, one of the couple's three children, sounding very upset.
"From what we understand the father was very upset on the phone and told his daughter of the argument he was having with her mother, about medicine he needed to take because of the state of his health. It is not clear what happened but he claimed that she is not giving him the medicines or that she is not organizing the medicines he needed," the commander of the Shfela District Police, Yifrach Duchovny said yesterday.
The daughter also spoke with her mother and it is believed that she told her daughter that everything would be fine, that she would give Yitzhak his medicines and that she would calm him down.
But the daughter was still worried and felt that the argument was unusual for her parents. She then called her brother and asked him to visit the parents' home to see if everything was alright.
The son arrived at his parent's home to find them both laying dead in the living room.
He immediately called for emergency services and the police. The police, in turn, rushed to inform the couple's middle child, a police officer himself, of the sad news before he heard it over the police's radio.
"We entered the living room and saw a man sitting on an arm chair, with blood stains on his head, without a pulse and not breathing," says Alon Herlinger, one of the first paramedics to arrive at the scene. "A woman was laying on the floor and the emergency services tried to revive her because we believed that she was still alive. She suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, but after a while it was clear that she was dead. A doctor was called in to confirm that they were both dead."
Police found the gun used in the shooting near Yitzhak, who was licensed to carry the weapon. Investigators say that there was no history of violence between the couple and there had been no previous complaints from either of them.
Source: Roni Singer-Heruti. Rehovot man kills wife, then himself, after argument over his medication. Haaretz.com (10 July 2007) [FullText]
By Roni Singer-Heruti
A man killed his wife in Rehovot yesterday and then himself. Yitzhak Tzoref, 68, shot his wife Lili, 65, and then turned the gun on himself in their home in Rehovot, over what police suspect was an argument over medication.
Family and friends were shocked to learn of the murder-suicide and one of the neighbors described them as "a normal, warm and loving family."
Rehovot police investigating the case said yesterday that Yitzhak had called his daughter, one of the couple's three children, sounding very upset.
"From what we understand the father was very upset on the phone and told his daughter of the argument he was having with her mother, about medicine he needed to take because of the state of his health. It is not clear what happened but he claimed that she is not giving him the medicines or that she is not organizing the medicines he needed," the commander of the Shfela District Police, Yifrach Duchovny said yesterday.
The daughter also spoke with her mother and it is believed that she told her daughter that everything would be fine, that she would give Yitzhak his medicines and that she would calm him down.
But the daughter was still worried and felt that the argument was unusual for her parents. She then called her brother and asked him to visit the parents' home to see if everything was alright.
The son arrived at his parent's home to find them both laying dead in the living room.
He immediately called for emergency services and the police. The police, in turn, rushed to inform the couple's middle child, a police officer himself, of the sad news before he heard it over the police's radio.
"We entered the living room and saw a man sitting on an arm chair, with blood stains on his head, without a pulse and not breathing," says Alon Herlinger, one of the first paramedics to arrive at the scene. "A woman was laying on the floor and the emergency services tried to revive her because we believed that she was still alive. She suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, but after a while it was clear that she was dead. A doctor was called in to confirm that they were both dead."
Police found the gun used in the shooting near Yitzhak, who was licensed to carry the weapon. Investigators say that there was no history of violence between the couple and there had been no previous complaints from either of them.
Source: Roni Singer-Heruti. Rehovot man kills wife, then himself, after argument over his medication. Haaretz.com (10 July 2007) [FullText]
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