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Mass murder victim's husband speaks out - Gilbert

Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
01/13
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Hugo Mederos talks to reporters concerning the murder of his ex-wife, their daughter and the daughters year and a half old baby girl. Mederos' youngest daughter escaped the shooting and will be returning to Florida with her father.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
02/13
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Hugo Mederos talks to reporters outside the house where his ex-wife, their daughter and the daughters year and a half old baby girl were murdered. Mederos' youngest daughter escaped the shooting and will be returning to Florida with her father.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
03/13
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Hugo Mederos talks to reporters outside the house where his ex-wife, their daughter and the daughters year and a half old baby girl were murdered. Mederos' youngest daughter escaped the shooting and will be returning to Florida with her father.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
04/13
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An unidentified man helps move the belongings of the of victims of a mass murder in Gilbert, Arizona. A total of five bodies were found in the Phoenix suburb, including that of the reported assailant.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
05/13
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Hugo Mederos flanked by friends and family members walks towards reporters. His ex-wife, their daughter, the daughter's year and a half old daughter, and the daughter's boyfriend were allegedly murdered by extremest whom she shared the house with.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
06/13
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Hugo Mederos talks to reporters concerning the murder of his ex-wife, their daughter and the daughters year and a half old baby girl. Mederos' youngest daughter escaped the shooting and will be returning to Florida with her father.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
07/13
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Hugo Mederos talks to reporters concerning the murder of his ex-wife, their daughter and the daughters year and a half old baby girl. Mederos' youngest daughter escaped the shooting and will be returning to Florida with her father.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
08/13
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Hugo Mederos talks to reporters concerning the murder of his ex-wife, their daughter and the daughters year and a half old baby girl. Mederos' youngest daughter escaped the shooting and will be returning to Florida with her father.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
09/13
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Hugo Mederos talks to reporters concerning the murder of his ex-wife, their daughter and the daughters year and a half old baby girl. Mederos' youngest daughter escaped the shooting and will be returning to Florida with her father.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
10/13
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A make shift memorial stands outside of the home where neo-nazi, J. T. Ready took the lives of his girl friend and three others including a year and half old baby girl.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
11/13
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A make shift memorial stands outside of the home where neo-nazi, J. T. Ready took the lives of his girl friend and three others including a year and half old baby girl.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
12/13
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A make shift memorial stands outside of the home where neo-nazi, J. T. Reading took the lives of his girl friend and three others including a year and half old baby girl.
Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
13/13
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A make shift memorial stands outside of the home where neo-nazi, J. T. Reading took the lives of his girl friend and three others including a year and half old baby girl.
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert
  • Mass murder victims husband speaks out  Gilbert

Hugo Mederos returned to the home where his ex-wife Lisa, and daughter were allegedly murdered by Neo-Nazi J. T. Ready. Ready is reported to have murdered four in the house in what was believed to be a domestic dispute.

Hugo Mederos returned to the Gilberthome where his ex-wife, Lisa, and daughter were allegedly murdered by neo-nazi J. T. Ready. Ready is reported to have murdered four in the house that in what is believed to be a domestic dispute. Mederos's ex-wife, their daughter, Amber, her boyfriend, and Amber's year and a half old daughter were victims of the fatal shootings.

Mederos, a neighbor and relatives arrived with a rental truck to take care of his ex-wife and child's personal belongings.

Mederos said the hardest part was going into the house and finding his daughter's shoes. He is grateful that his youngest daughter survived. She was in the house when the shooting began and then ran to a nearby neighbor's house. He told reporters that he intended to take his surviving daughter back to Flordia with him.

Reading was a know neo-nazi who claimed to have left the organization and was working with a militia group, the border guard. While the group had no official standing, it did conduct military style patrols checking for illegal immigrants. Reading had announced his plans to run for Sheriff in an adjacent county.

The mass murder took place in Gilbert a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.

No suicide note has been found.

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