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Catherine Willett

Case from Pittsburg, PA dated Jan 23, 2014

Victim Details

Catherine Willett

Female

Pittsburg

PA

2014-01-23

79

Catherine

Willett

07/07/2026

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In a quiet Bloomfield home in Pittsburgh, a tragedy unfolded that would leave a family shattered and a community in shock. Catherine Willett, a 79-year-old woman, was found dead on her bedroom floor from a single gunshot wound to the head. The initial belief that this was a 'mercy killing' quickly unraveled to reveal a darker story of a planned murder-suicide.

On the evening of Thursday, January 23, 2014, Catherine's two elderly sisters, who lived with her and her husband, Phillip Willett ...
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  • WTAE: Terminally ill man charged in wife’s death dies days after shooting
  • Cops: Pa. woman's death murder, not mercy killing
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