The sister of the late Wall Street swindler, Bernie Madoff, was found dead along with her husband at their residence, in what police in Florida, United States, have classified as an apparent “murder-suicide .” ”.
Sondra Wiener, 87, and her husband, Marvin, 90, were found unconscious and with gunshot wounds inside their Boynton Beach home by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies Thursday afternoon. Today the couple was identified by the authorities, and the results of the analysis of the Medical Examiner’s Office are still awaited to determine their cause of death.
“Detectives from the Violent Crimes Division arrived at the scene to investigate further. Upon further investigation, it appears to be a murder/suicide,” the Sheriff’s Office statement said. “Upon arrival, the agents located an elderly woman and a man who had died from a gunshot wound, ” the officials detailed, according to The New York Post .
The relatives were contacted by the AP News Agency, a woman who identified herself as David Wiener’s daughter, asked for privacy “in this moment of mourning”, to later clarify that they would not comment on it. According to The New York Post, it is still unclear who killed whom, but the Wiener Clan asked authorities to protect Marvin’s name, citing Marcy’s Law, in order to protect the names of crime victims.
Madoff’s sister and her husband were among the victims of the scammer who, through a Ponzi scheme, carried out a massive deception for almost 65 million dollars. The couple lost $3 million after the scam collapsed in 2008. “They lost millions on this whole thing,” a source told The Post in 2009.
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