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John P. Bourque
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John P. Bourque

April 14, 1961

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John P. Bourque, 21, of Lowell Street, Lawrence, is shown being led into police station after he telephoned them telling that he killed his wife, 17-year-old Sheila Bourque. The teenage mother who married a "problem child" because she was sorry for him was strangled by him and dumped into the bathtub in a sloppy attempt to make it look as if she had drowned, police here reported today.

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