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John Tassinari's Love of Guns Had Nothing to Do with Wife's Murder

By David Lohr

"My wife has been cheating on me, and I just shot her dead. Please come arrest me. . . I'm sorry." Twenty-nine-year-old John Tassinari spoke those chilling words to an Abington, Massachusetts police dispatcher last Tuesday evening, just moments after he shot his wife, 29-year-old Barbara Tassinari, over a dozen times, in what police have described as a jealous rage. According to police, the couple, who married in November 2004, had no history of trouble with the law. Tassinari has been described in the press as a science prodigy who excelled in high school and went on to graduate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Following graduation, he became an engineer in his father?s machine firm. Barbara graduated from Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).