04-14-2012, 08:26 AM
GREENLAND -- Chief Medical Examiner Thomas Andrew has concluded suspected cop-killer Cullen Mutrie killed his girlfriend before taking his own life.
BERWICK, Maine — Twenty-six-year-old Brittany Tibbetts was worried enough about boyfriend Cullen Mutrie's mental state in the weeks before Thursday's horrific shooting in Greenland, N.H., that she returned to her family's local farm and ended her relationship with him.
However, she returned to Mutrie's side just days before the shooting because she was concerned for his safety, Tibbetts' mother, Donna, said Friday.
"She was worried about his mental state. That's why she went back," Tibbetts said in an interview at the family's dairy farm off Blackberry Hill Road in Berwick. "That's why she went back."
It was a mistake, her mother said, that proved fatal.
the family is shocked by her death.
Tibbetts' cousin, Michael Tibbetts, said he did not know whether his cousin would kill herself over her boyfriend's actions but added it was a possibility. "(If) you're a witness to that, how are you going to live with that the rest of your life?" he said. "That's a hell of a thing to live with."
He said his cousin sent a text message to a friend Thursday night indicating "her life was ending."
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BERWICK, Maine — Twenty-six-year-old Brittany Tibbetts was worried enough about boyfriend Cullen Mutrie's mental state in the weeks before Thursday's horrific shooting in Greenland, N.H., that she returned to her family's local farm and ended her relationship with him.
However, she returned to Mutrie's side just days before the shooting because she was concerned for his safety, Tibbetts' mother, Donna, said Friday.
"She was worried about his mental state. That's why she went back," Tibbetts said in an interview at the family's dairy farm off Blackberry Hill Road in Berwick. "That's why she went back."
It was a mistake, her mother said, that proved fatal.
the family is shocked by her death.
Tibbetts' cousin, Michael Tibbetts, said he did not know whether his cousin would kill herself over her boyfriend's actions but added it was a possibility. "(If) you're a witness to that, how are you going to live with that the rest of your life?" he said. "That's a hell of a thing to live with."
He said his cousin sent a text message to a friend Thursday night indicating "her life was ending."