Admires, respects police Nov 14, 2009
Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Theresa Chance says the 74-minute delay before officers were sent to the home where William Maxwell shot and killed his wife and their two children on Monday is part of an internal investigation. Police say Maxwell shot and killed his wife, Kathryn, and their two teenage children, Connor and Cameron, before killing himself. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Police say North Carolina real estate developer shot and killed wife, 2 teen children and self Nov 4, 2009
Authorities would not hint at what might have driven William Maxwell to kill his wife and two children Monday night ... William Maxwell was a builder and land developer who built residential subdivisions in Cumberland and Harnett counties, said John McKinney of Fayetteville, who described himself as Maxwell's business partner and friend for more than a decade ... William Warren, the principal at Village Christian Academy, said William Maxwell was excited about the upcoming basketball season. (FOX61, CT)
CHEEVER: A LIFE Mar 22, 2009
But by the mid-1970s he had alienated most of his friends and colleagues through his drinking and destructive behavior: accusing his former New Yorker patron William Maxwell of having swindled him, pursuing covert relationships with his male students, making unwanted passes at faded actress Hope Lange. His drinking eventually landed him in the Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center in Manhattan, after Cheever's brother Frend found him "naked and incoherent" in his squalid apartment. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Writer Hortense Calisher dies at 97 Feb 7, 2009
Prize-winning authors author was known for dense, unskimmable prose. Wyatt Counts / APIn this Nov. 26, 1997 file photo, author Hortense Calisher poses for a portrait at her apartment in New York. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
