on Tuesday but I had missed the call, so I called him back at around 9:30 a.m.,' Mike Wergenbauer, Mortimer's supervisor at M&R Consultants Corporation, told.

Mortimer last was heard from on Tuesday morning when he called in sick to the software company where he was hired less than month ago as a senior sales account executive. Mortimer Described as 'Calm' and 'Very Cool'Ĭauses of death have not yet been determined, according to authorities. Mortimer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning. 'This is just another occasion in marital discord that has occurred between the two for quite some time now,' he said. 'Thomas came home and the argument continued. 'At the end of the work day, Thomas and Laura had a disagreement on the phone that became argumentative,' said Leone. His wife, son and mother-in-law were found scattered down a hallway in the home and his little girl was found upstairs in a pool of blood.Īuthorities believe an argument over the phone late in the day on Monday may have led to the murders. What they found was shocking: the lifeless bodies of Mortimer's 64-year-old mother-in-law Ragna Ellen Stone, his wife, Laura Stone Mortimer, 41, and his two children, Charlotte, 2, and Thomas V, 4. Leone said they were asked to do a well-being check on the Mortimer family after relatives had not been able to contact them since Monday night. 'Having been in that scene, it was horrific, disturbing and unspeakable,' said Leone. The arrest warrant for Mortimer was issued earlier today, a day after the bodies of Mortimer's two young children, his wife and mother-in-law were found scattered through his colonial-style home in Winchester, Mass. 'The officer attempted to pull the defendant over, but the defendant tried to flee and the officer stayed with him and was able to apprehend him.' today, the police observed the defendant's car in traffic,' said Leone.

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