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Neighbors describe West Linn man who killed wife as 'easy-going'
12:39 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A neighbor told KGW it seemed that the man who shot and killed his wife Tuesday afternoon in West Linn had never recovered after separating from his wife.
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Newton Bill McMurtrey and Lisa McMurtrey separated about a year ago.
Neighbor Dusty Calliham said the pair had moved into a Damascus home across the street from her in the mid-1990s and at one point even ran a floral business before separating.
“My husband was good friends with him, he used to go over lately to help him get over the blues,” Calliham said, “but I never expected anything like that to happen.”
Original story: Man kills wife outside West Linn police station
She described Bill McMurtrey as an easy-going man who often helped his neighbors.
“He’d pick up our mail when we were on vacation, take care of our dog, because he had a dog, too, and was just a real fun, happy guy,” she said.
“I never ever would have expected that of him, never,” she added.
KGW has learned that Lisa McMurtrey did not have a restraining order against her estranged husband.
Bill McMurtrey had a DUII but no other criminal history.
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