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Joanne Kearns

Case from Syosset, NY dated Aug 25, 2024

Victim Details

Joanne Kearns

Female

White / Caucasian

Syosset

NY

2024-08-25

69

Joanne

Kearns

06/26/2026

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In a quiet Syosset, New York neighborhood, a family gathering turned into a scene of unimaginable horror. Joanne Kearns, a 69-year-old female from Tampa, Florida, was shot and killed by her brother in a tragic murder-suicide. The incident, which claimed the lives of four family members before the gunman took his own, unfolded amid a dispute over the inheritance of their recently deceased mother's home.

The family had convened at the Wyoming Court residence following the funeral of their 9 ...
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  • Syosset murder-suicide gunman killed family over inheritance after mother's funeral, police say
  • FOX 5 New York: Syosset murder-suicide: Man kills 3 siblings, niece days after mother's funeral
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