The son of a US hedge fund founder(Thomas Gilbert Snr. who founded the hedge fund Wainscott in 2011, that focuses on the biotech and healthcare industries)who was shot dead over
the weekend has been charged with his murder, which police describe as a staged
suicide.
The body of 70-year-old Thomas Gilbert Snr was found by his wife on Sunday at
their New York home with a single bullet wound to the head.His son, Thomas Gilbert Jr, 30, has now been arrested on charges of murder and criminal possession.
Police said the two had been arguing over Gilbert Jnr's allowance.
Gilbert Jnr visited his parents on Sunday afternoon, and asked his mother to get him some food, according to New York Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce.But while out, the woman got a "bad feeling" and decided to return.There she found her husband shot in the head with a gun resting on his chest.
Police were unconvinced it was suicide, describing it as a "staged crime scene".
The Gilbert Jnr was arrested at his apartment, where officers discovered ammunition matching the gun found at the scene.
(culled: BBC news Us and Canada)
Wonders shall never end? Why would a son want to kill his father? Well investigations are underway....
what goes around comes around.. he cant eat his cake and have... let him pay for his crime..may the soul of the departed rest in peace.. Amen
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