UK News 30-08-2001 Mysterious Tragedy Of PC Bluestone who: Kent policeman PC Karl Bluestone what: May have killed wife and children because of wife`s affair where: GRAVESEND when: Tuesday night snippet: "Tormented policeman Karl Bluestone tried to wipe out his whole family after his wife told him she was leaving him for another man," reports The Mirror this morning. "PC Bluestone, 36, murdered 31-year-old Jill, three-year-old son Henry and 18-month-old Chandler at their home with a hammer before hanging himself from the garage door." The alarm was raised by his six-year-old daughter Jessica, who ran to a neighbour in her nightie on Tuesday night screaming "My daddy`s trying to hurt me." "Chandler, 18 months, and Jack, 8, were rushed to hospital with severe head injuries," says The Times. "Chandler later died, while Jack was in a stable condition after being taken off the critical list." "There were rumours of work-related stress and depression," says The Independent, "but nobody could comprehend how a well-liked man who appeared to be devoted to his family could pick up a hammer and beat his wife and children to death." "One theory being probed by detectives last night is that he was tipped over the edge because Jill had found new love with a work colleague and wanted to be nearer to him," says The Sun. [... more]

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