Monroe murder being investigated
By Chris McKenna
and Kristina Wells
Times Herald-Record
cmckenna@th-record.com
kwells@th-record.com
Dozens of law enforcement officers are investigating the apparent murder of a 45-year-old Monroe woman whose body was found in her apartment on Ash Street last night.
A neighbor who was friendly with Suzanne Timmoney saw her body through a window and called Village of Monroe police about 8:05 p.m., police said. The neighbor had been called by Timmoney's son, who had been trying unsuccessfully to reach his mother by phone, according to police.
Authorities are looking for Robert Elliot, 56, a self-employed painter who, according to neighbors, lived off and on with Timmoney. Police want to question Elliot, but said they had no evidence linking him to the crime.
"He might be a suspect, or he might have information leading to a suspect," state police Lt. Keith Corlett said.
This morning, investigators could be seen searching Timmoney's apartment and the yard outside 11 Ash St., a white, two-story building with four apartments on a quiet side street near downtown Monroe. Ash is a short road off of North Main Street, near North Main Elementary School.
About two dozen investigators from Monroe and state police and the Orange County District Attorney's Office were working on the case, Monroe Police Chief Dominic Giudice said.
Police won't discuss for now how Timmoney was killed or the condition in which her body was found. An autopsy was scheduled for noon.
Neighbors said Elliot could often be heard shouting at Timmoney. Some feared for her safety.
"Anybody within earshot of them in the summertime would know he was mean to her," said one woman, who asked that her name be withheld. "He was always yelling."
"They were always fighting," said another neighbor, who also didn't want her name used.
Police wouldn't comment on whether the couple had a history of domestic violence.
Neither Timmoney nor Elliot was working, investigators said. Elliot was on disability, they said.
Neighbors said they last saw Timmoney on Thanksgiving. Her son, who is 15 or 16 years old, had been staying with relatives in the Bronx for the holiday and hadn't returned home, said a neighbor.
By Chris McKenna
and Kristina Wells
Times Herald-Record
cmckenna@th-record.com
kwells@th-record.com
Dozens of law enforcement officers are investigating the apparent murder of a 45-year-old Monroe woman whose body was found in her apartment on Ash Street last night.
A neighbor who was friendly with Suzanne Timmoney saw her body through a window and called Village of Monroe police about 8:05 p.m., police said. The neighbor had been called by Timmoney's son, who had been trying unsuccessfully to reach his mother by phone, according to police.
Authorities are looking for Robert Elliot, 56, a self-employed painter who, according to neighbors, lived off and on with Timmoney. Police want to question Elliot, but said they had no evidence linking him to the crime.
"He might be a suspect, or he might have information leading to a suspect," state police Lt. Keith Corlett said.
This morning, investigators could be seen searching Timmoney's apartment and the yard outside 11 Ash St., a white, two-story building with four apartments on a quiet side street near downtown Monroe. Ash is a short road off of North Main Street, near North Main Elementary School.
About two dozen investigators from Monroe and state police and the Orange County District Attorney's Office were working on the case, Monroe Police Chief Dominic Giudice said.
Police won't discuss for now how Timmoney was killed or the condition in which her body was found. An autopsy was scheduled for noon.
Neighbors said Elliot could often be heard shouting at Timmoney. Some feared for her safety.
"Anybody within earshot of them in the summertime would know he was mean to her," said one woman, who asked that her name be withheld. "He was always yelling."
"They were always fighting," said another neighbor, who also didn't want her name used.
Police wouldn't comment on whether the couple had a history of domestic violence.
Neither Timmoney nor Elliot was working, investigators said. Elliot was on disability, they said.
Neighbors said they last saw Timmoney on Thanksgiving. Her son, who is 15 or 16 years old, had been staying with relatives in the Bronx for the holiday and hadn't returned home, said a neighbor.
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