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Mount Laurel NJ June 20 2013 A 47-year-old doctor from Mount Laurel was shot to death Tuesday afternoon at her Pennsauken office by her husband, who then turned the gun on himself, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said.
The well-liked couple, who have two children, were identified as Michelle and Christopher Liggio of Brookwood Road.
Christopher Liggio, 58, went to his wife’s family medicine practice on Maple Avenue around lunchtime, and the two began arguing about her seeking a divorce, sources said. Minutes later, office employees reported hearing Michelle Liggio saying, “No, no, no,” before five gunshots rang out.
Employees ran outside, and someone called 911. Police and a SWAT team arrived, but the couple were found dead inside.
By early Tuesday evening, teddy bears and flowers were placed outside Liggio’s office.
“It’s unbelievable; it’s like incomprehensible,” said Dr. Larry Cohen, a general surgeon who knew Liggio for nearly 20 years and has a private practice in Cherry Hill five minutes away from her office.
Cohen described her as a person who was popular among her patients and friends.
“She was engaging and friendly and somebody you wanted to be around,” he said. “She treated people nicely, and patients really liked her."
Cohen said Liggio referred some of her patients to him.
“You never heard a bad thing about her from anybody.”
Liggio attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's School of Osteopathic Medicine and graduated in 1993.
“I met her when she was starting out as a resident,” Cohen recalled.
He said Liggio had her Pennsauken practice for about 14 years.
Liggio was affiliated with Kennedy University Hospital, where Cohen has been on the staff since 1974, and at Virtua.
Cohen was at his office when he heard the news.
“One of the girls saw something pop up on her phone, and somebody said, ‘Dr. Liggio was just killed,’ ” Cohen said. “I couldn’t imagine why somebody would do that to her.”
He said although he considered Liggio a friend ever since he met her, they did not interact socially. He said he met Christopher Liggio fleetingly “once or twice.”
Cohen said his encounters with Liggio’s husband were not long enough to allow him to form an impression.
“I just remember one time (meeting him) at a restaurant,” Cohen said. “We (he and other members of a group) were eating at a table, they walked in, I said, ‘Hello.’ And she said something like, ‘This is my husband, Chris.’ ”
Cohen said that he spent more time talking with Liggio than with her husband, and that the couple had stopped at Cohen’s table for only a couple of minutes.
“It’s tragic,” he said. “I know she has some kids. I can’t imagine what they’re going through.”
Peggy Leone, a spokeswoman for Virtua, also expressed sadness.
“We’re deeply saddened by the tragedy, and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and her friends,” Leone said.
Sadness also spread throughout the upscale neighborhood where the Liggios had made their home when residents learned what had happened.
A couple of hours after the shootings, teenagers were seen sobbing as they went to the spacious, well-manicured Liggio home to offer help. Other neighbors driving to and from their homes stayed in their cars to avoid the media as police guarded the Liggios' residence awaiting the arrival of relatives.
One of the doors of the three-car garage was open and a motorcycle could be seen inside.
“Oh my God. Oh my God,” one woman said as she learned of the tragedy while driving by.
Neighbor Dan Sternberg stood outside, reflecting on the couple he had known for almost 20 years.
“I knew Chris since we moved here in 1966,” Sternberg said. “He was always friendly.”
He said Liggio operated his own lawn care business and had been cutting the Sternbergs’ lawn for 15 years. Others said Liggio also did work around his wife’s office.
Sternberg said Liggio was in the fruit import business but since that work was seasonal, his wife had wanted him to seek other employment, so he started a landscaping business.
Employees liked working for Liggio, Sternberg said.
“They were loyal," he said. "I sensed he took care of them.”
Sternberg’s wife, Phyllis, said, “He (Liggio) was kind.”
She noted that he would shovel the Sternbergs' walkways when it snowed without charging them because he knew her husband had a medical condition.
“He was very happy to get a midlife-crisis Corvette, a yellow Corvette,” Sternberg recalled.
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Mount Laurel NJ June 20 2013 A 47-year-old doctor from Mount Laurel was shot to death Tuesday afternoon at her Pennsauken office by her husband, who then turned the gun on himself, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said.The well-liked couple, who have two children, were identified as Michelle and Christopher Liggio of Brookwood Road.
Christopher Liggio, 58, went to his wife’s family medicine practice on Maple Avenue around lunchtime, and the two began arguing about her seeking a divorce, sources said. Minutes later, office employees reported hearing Michelle Liggio saying, “No, no, no,” before five gunshots rang out.
Employees ran outside, and someone called 911. Police and a SWAT team arrived, but the couple were found dead inside.
By early Tuesday evening, teddy bears and flowers were placed outside Liggio’s office.
“It’s unbelievable; it’s like incomprehensible,” said Dr. Larry Cohen, a general surgeon who knew Liggio for nearly 20 years and has a private practice in Cherry Hill five minutes away from her office.
Cohen described her as a person who was popular among her patients and friends.
“She was engaging and friendly and somebody you wanted to be around,” he said. “She treated people nicely, and patients really liked her."
Cohen said Liggio referred some of her patients to him.
“You never heard a bad thing about her from anybody.”
Liggio attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's School of Osteopathic Medicine and graduated in 1993.
“I met her when she was starting out as a resident,” Cohen recalled.
He said Liggio had her Pennsauken practice for about 14 years.
Liggio was affiliated with Kennedy University Hospital, where Cohen has been on the staff since 1974, and at Virtua.
Cohen was at his office when he heard the news.
“One of the girls saw something pop up on her phone, and somebody said, ‘Dr. Liggio was just killed,’ ” Cohen said. “I couldn’t imagine why somebody would do that to her.”
He said although he considered Liggio a friend ever since he met her, they did not interact socially. He said he met Christopher Liggio fleetingly “once or twice.”
Cohen said his encounters with Liggio’s husband were not long enough to allow him to form an impression.
“I just remember one time (meeting him) at a restaurant,” Cohen said. “We (he and other members of a group) were eating at a table, they walked in, I said, ‘Hello.’ And she said something like, ‘This is my husband, Chris.’ ”
Cohen said that he spent more time talking with Liggio than with her husband, and that the couple had stopped at Cohen’s table for only a couple of minutes.
“It’s tragic,” he said. “I know she has some kids. I can’t imagine what they’re going through.”
Peggy Leone, a spokeswoman for Virtua, also expressed sadness.
“We’re deeply saddened by the tragedy, and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and her friends,” Leone said.
Sadness also spread throughout the upscale neighborhood where the Liggios had made their home when residents learned what had happened.
A couple of hours after the shootings, teenagers were seen sobbing as they went to the spacious, well-manicured Liggio home to offer help. Other neighbors driving to and from their homes stayed in their cars to avoid the media as police guarded the Liggios' residence awaiting the arrival of relatives.
One of the doors of the three-car garage was open and a motorcycle could be seen inside.
“Oh my God. Oh my God,” one woman said as she learned of the tragedy while driving by.
Neighbor Dan Sternberg stood outside, reflecting on the couple he had known for almost 20 years.
“I knew Chris since we moved here in 1966,” Sternberg said. “He was always friendly.”
He said Liggio operated his own lawn care business and had been cutting the Sternbergs’ lawn for 15 years. Others said Liggio also did work around his wife’s office.
Sternberg said Liggio was in the fruit import business but since that work was seasonal, his wife had wanted him to seek other employment, so he started a landscaping business.
Employees liked working for Liggio, Sternberg said.
“They were loyal," he said. "I sensed he took care of them.”
Sternberg’s wife, Phyllis, said, “He (Liggio) was kind.”
She noted that he would shovel the Sternbergs' walkways when it snowed without charging them because he knew her husband had a medical condition.
“He was very happy to get a midlife-crisis Corvette, a yellow Corvette,” Sternberg recalled.
Source -phillyburbs.com