Tag: Family

  • Out of the mouths of . . .

    My wife (Let’s call her LJ) and two boys (Gabriel, 10, and Aidan, 6 years old but turning 7 in five days) were walking on Hope St., by Spring, the other day when they came across a scene that was unusual enough they ran home to get a camera to record it: a Vulture eating…

  • FT. LEE DAD KILLS CHILD, 5, AND SELF

    By Michael O. Allen and Steven Crabill, Record Staff Writers | Saturday, May 9, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A01 A Fort Lee man reportedly depressed over marital problems shot and killed his 5-year-old daughter sometime before dawn Friday, then turned the gun on himself, Bergen County Prosecutor John…

  • FAMILY ID’S SON’S BODY, THEN LEARNS HE’S ALIVE

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, April 12, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 Members of John Howe’s family thought he had died in a train accident Thursday night. On Friday, they found out he hadn’t. His boss, his brother, and his parents on Friday identified…

  • 2 BROTHERS SHOT, THIRD IS CHARGED; Family Argument Erupts Into Gunfire

    By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, March 1, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A03 A feud between brothers spilled onto a front lawn, where an Oakland man fired nine shots at his two brothers, striking each once in the back, police said. The victims were spared…

  • GLOBAL SEARCH FOR FORT LEE BOY; DAD SUSPECTED IN ABDUCTION

    By Mary Jo Layton and Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writers | Thursday, October 10, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A01 An 8-year-old Fort Lee boy was snatched from a street corner and apparently taken to South Korea in a custody dispute, setting off a frantic international search,…

  • MOTHER, 3 CHILDREN DIE AS FIRE DESTROYS HOME

    After being driven back twice by heavy smoke and intense heat, a disoriented William McClain could do nothing but scream for help as a raging fire destroyed his home and family early Tuesday.

  • FATAL FIRE SEVERS THE TIES THAT BIND

    Two weeks ago, Bill and Joan Metz’s next-door neighbors and two couples from across the street brought them a cake to celebrate both their birthdays.

  • PRESS COVERAGE OF DEAD TEEN ASSAILED

    Fair Lawn residents said Saturday that autopsy results showing that alcohol played no role in the death of a local 15-year-old at a New Year’s Eve party also indicate that her family and the party hosts were treated unfairly by the press and the justice system.

  • FBI ARRESTS MAN IN FAKE DEATH SCAM

    A 40-year-old North Bergen man who allegedly faked his wife’s and son’s deaths, then tried to collect on a $2 million life insurance policy, has been arrested by the FBI.

  • SUSPECT HELD IN ASSAULT ON FAMILY IN FORT LEE

    A 22-year-old Bronx man was being held on $250,000 bail Tuesday on charges that he was one of five men who assaulted a borough family during a robbery about seven months ago, police said.