Crime & Safety
Northborough Murder-Suicide: Husband, Wife ID'd
Authorities said Thomas Blasko shot his wife, Debra, to death then turned the gun on himself.
NORTHBOROUGH, MA — The District Attorney's office has identified the victims of a murder-suicide in Northborough that left two people dead Tuesday night. According to District Attorney Josephy Early's office the victims were a husband and wife — Debra and Thomas Blasko — both were 57. Police were called to a home on Pond View Way late Tuesday. According to the DA's office, Thomas Blasko shot his wife Debra and then turned the gun on himself.
According to the DA's office, one person was pronounced dead at the home and the second died at UMass Memorial Hospital. The couple lived at the home on Pond View Way, the DA's office could not confirm if anyone else lived int he home.
State Police and Northborough police said there is no additional threat to the public.
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Police still on scene of this death investigation in Northborough. The neighborhood on Pond View Way remains blocked. PD not saying much, only that it happened around 10:30pm & that the Worcester DA’s Office has taken over. We expect an update later this AM @7News #7News pic.twitter.com/piVzyCa6kU
— Nathalie Pozo (@Nathalie7News) April 24, 2019
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