12-18-2014, 10:13 PM
(12-18-2014, 03:17 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: Did Stone see any combat? I doubt he did. Wonder what his disability was? Sounds like he was moving like a ninja slaying six people in 3 locations in darkness.
Milking the taxpayers for $3K/mo. in disability benefits. Wow.
I wonder if his ex was going after more of his money and that's what prompted the murders?
I've seen conflicting accounts regarding Stone's military duty, like Duchess.
I kinda doubt he was ever engaged in physical combat too and tend to believe the two Marines who trained, deployed and served in Iraq with him -- they say he had an unstressful desk job and was always fighting with his then-wife, Nichole. I don't know how he managed to get $3,260 a month for years based on a PTSD diagnosis though. Something seems to be missing from the story.
Here are some new details/confirmations:
The suicide scene:
Strewn around the body of Montgomery County mass murderer Bradley Stone were two prescription pill bottles, a machete, a double-bladed ax and an energy drink bottle with white powder around the lip.
Any of the items "could have contributed" to the death of the ex-Marine Corps reservist who killed his former wife and five of her family members in an early morning rampage Monday, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said. But, Ferman added, the precise cause of his death won't be known until all post-mortem tests are complete.
No suicide note was found.
Hofman said Wednesday that the only injury on Stone's body was a wound on his left leg. "The wound would have bled some, but it was not on a major blood vessel and did not contribute to his death," Hofman said.
Ferman said the officers who found Stone's body saw what appeared to be cutting wounds, but the body was not thoroughly examined at the scene.
There was no evidence Stone shot himself, Hofman said. Toxicology reports will be expedited, he added.
Stone had been dead for an estimated 12 hours before his body was found, Hofman said. That means he was likely alive during the height of the manhunt Monday, while police were going door to door in Pennsburg.
Military Experience:
It remains unclear whether Stone's military experience contributed to the rampage. Records show he joined the Marine Corps Reserve in October 2002 and was on active duty until September 2008. Stone spent less than three months in Iraq in 2008, records show.
Gun Ownership / Monitoring:
County records show that when Stone was sentenced last year for drunken driving, he agreed not to own any "lookalike firearm, lethal weapon, explosives, and/or ammunition," according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. But it was unclear Wednesday if anyone sought to enforce that clause or even ask if Stone had a weapon.
Ref: http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-mo...story.html