December 5, 2007
Wife's Actions Investigated in Firefighter's Murder
As authorities investigate the murder of Fire Marshal Douglas Mercereau, found in his Staten Island home with three bullets in his head Sunday morning, his wife Janet Redmond-Mercereau as a suspect, though the police have declined to officially name anyone as a suspect. The couple had been having marriage problems - the Post describes her as being "estranged," though living in the same house.
Redmond-Mercereau, a teacher at Tottenville High Scool, called 911 around 8:30AM, saying, "Oh my God! My husband was shot!" But by the time police arrived, Mercereau's wounds were dried and blood was found under Redmond-Mercereau's fingernails. According to the Staten Island Advance, sources think Redmond-Mercereau shot her sleeping husband around 6AM, "wiped the weapon clean of prints, removed her clothes and threw them in the washing machine and took 'several showers' to get rid of any incriminating gunpowder residue," before calling 911. And their two young daughters were sleeping in another room during the incident.
One hypothesis why Redmond-Mercereau could have snapped is that Mercereau apparently teased her about her weight. Sources say "They were always fighting about her weight. It had been going on for years," and describe the wife as "hefty" and a "large woman." Plus Redmond-Mercereau hired a lawyer an hour after calling 911. Another interesting fact: Earlier in their marriage, Mercereau had taken his wife to a shooting range to teach her how to fire a gun.
While there were no signs of forced entry, Redmond-Mercereau's lawyer Mario Gallucci says that a key to the front gate was missing and there were footprints in the snow. He said his client is innocent and pointed out that Mercereau's job as a fire marshal, "investigating crimes," could have created enemies. Mallucci adds that Redmond-Mercereau was helping plan her husband's funeral.
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She totally did it. (thunk! - thunk!)
Sounds like the truth's going to come out sooner or later, once the time of death is determined. How she's going to propose she slept through three shots fired next to her, I wonder.
I doubt if they slept in the same bed.
"Oh my God! My husband was shot!"
Did she read that from a script?
I believe in hindsight that given the circumstances the guy would probably never had taken his fat bitch to the gun range. Strange but she didn't look that fat in her wedding picture.
Did she use a silencer? How could the kids sleep through the noise of three gunshots? Is the neighborhood that bad that early morning gunshots are a common everyday occurence?
Three to the head in his own bed and the wife is the only one home?
Clearly suicide.
I'm sorry.
Friends, forgive me in advance, please. Save the flames for the Guiliani posts.
But when I read the end of the post, I had to laugh. I know, I'm a bad person.
But you taught your wife how to use a gun and then were teasing her about her weight?
See, it was suicide.
Three to the head in his own bed and the wife is the only one home?
Clearly suicide.
I'm sorry.
Friends, forgive me in advance, please. Save the flames for the Guiliani posts.
But when I read the end of the post, I had to laugh. I know, I'm a bad person.
But you taught your wife how to use a gun and then were teasing her about her weight?
See, it was suicide.
Not to nitpick, but it is hardly an "interesting fact" that she fired a gun once in her life, especially seeing as how firing guns at a firing range is perfectly legal. I mean, hell, even my grandmother would be a killer if that was the only criteria necessary to implicate a person for murder.
Not to nitpick, but it is hardly an "interesting fact" that she fired a gun once in her life, especially seeing as how firing guns at a firing range is perfectly legal. I mean, hell, even my grandmother would be a killer if that was the only criteria necessary to implicate a person for murder.
Not to nitpick, but it is hardly an interesting fact that she fired a gun once in her life, especially seeing as how firing guns at a firing range is perfectly legal. I mean, hell, even my grandmother would be a killer if that was the only criteria necessary to implicate a person for murder.