Sergeant Leading ‘Double Life’ Held in Slayings of 3
LOWELL, Mass. — A married Air National Guard technical sergeant leading a “double life†killed his girlfriend and their two children, then drove 73 miles to his air base, where he stuffed the boys’ bodies inside his locker, police said.
Peter Contos, 31, was arrested Sunday in the killings of his 35-year-old girlfriend, Catherine Rice, and their sons, 4-year-old Benjamin Rice and 2-month-old Ryan Contos.
A neighbor’s discovery of Catherine Rice’s body in the bathroom of her apartment on Saturday led police on a frantic all-night search for the children.
Peter Contos walked into the police station after being telephoned by detectives, but would not disclose the fate or the location of the two boys, according to police. The hunt ended early Sunday during a search at the Otis Air National Guard Base, where Contos served as a technical sergeant.
Police did not provide a motive, but said Contos has been married for a year to another woman who was unaware he had a girlfriend and two children. And his girlfriend, the police said, didn’t know he had a wife.
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