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Police: Suspicions of theft triggered Palo Alto's murder-suicide

Original post made on Apr 1, 2015

The Palo Alto man who police said fatally shot the apartment manager at the Alta Torre Apartments before killing himself in the building's elevator believed that the manager was stealing items from his apartment, the police investigation concluded.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 10:31 AM

Comments (6)

Posted by parent
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Apr 1, 2015 at 11:03 am

Mental illness and easy access to guns caused this murder.


Posted by @ Parent
a resident of Castro City
on Apr 1, 2015 at 12:05 pm

" Mental illness and easy access to guns caused this murder."\

At least you got 50% correct. It was mental illness that caused the murder. Easy access to guns did not make a differences since this feud had been brewing for quite some time


Posted by Logic Police
a resident of Stierlin Estates
on Apr 1, 2015 at 2:09 pm

You're 100% correct parent.
Without easy gun access and it's a whole new story with a 69 year old and a 70 year old wresting in the hall.


Posted by David Harkness
a resident of Shoreline West
on Apr 1, 2015 at 2:46 pm

@Logic

Riiiight, because when you're out to murder someone but don't have a gun, wrestling is your only other option.

Or were you being sarcastic?


Posted by Logic Police
a resident of Stierlin Estates
on Apr 2, 2015 at 5:27 am

I was simply pointing out that it's much much easier for a 69 y.o. to use a gun to kill without needing to be in close contact w/ the person who could then maybe fight back. That's what I meant. Do you understand now?

Just because you can knife someone doesn't mean we should allow guns, bombs or any other devise used to kill to be readily available to even the mentally unstable. Faulty logic in that argument.


Posted by Observer
a resident of another community
on Apr 2, 2015 at 10:14 am

The apartment manager had threatened to evict Mr. Miller on many occasions. The apartment manager had ridiculed and made fun of Mr. Miller on many occasions. Mr. Miller lived alone. Did the police take fingerprints to determine if someone other than Mr. Miller such as that apartment manager was inside Mr. Miller's apartment? The items missing were a Medicare card, Social Security card and family mementos. Why wouldn't Mr. Miller be aware of the location of these items and if they were missing?
The apartment manager was said to be inventive and charitable. Why didn't he help Mr. Miller, his neighbor of five years, get his car fixed instead of banishing Mr. Miller's car from the parking lot and into the street where parking is very difficult?
Even though they say there were no robberies or burglaries at this Senior complex, it is not uncommon for staff at senior complexes stealing from the elderly residents, threatening them, ridiculing them and even assaulting them. Please do an Internet search for details.
A little patience, kindness, helpfulness and charity could have saved two lives in the wealthiest county in California.


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