Town Treasurer Killed By Son In Murder-Suicide: DA | Patch PM

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The 68-year-old woman killed in a murder-suicide in Wayland on Monday was the treasurer for the town of Maynard, and was previously an elected member of the Wayland Board of Assessors.

Police responded to Cheryl Kane's 16 Adelaide Ave. home around 8 p.m. Monday and found her and her son, Richard Kane, 41, of Natick, dead of gunshot wounds in the garage. The Middlesex County District Attorney's office said Kane shot his mother as she stepped out of her car after work, and then turned the gun on himself.

Neighbors told authorities they heard loud bangs just before 5 p.m., according to the DA's office, but police didn't respond until another family member at the home called 911. The DA's office did not immediately say what may have motivated the killing.

The last murder in Wayland occurred almost a decade ago.

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