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Fucking bastardUpdated: September 22, 2010, 6:51 PM
Homicide investigators late this afternoon were at the scene of what was described as a murder-suicide at 54 Tuxedo Place in the city's Riverside neighborhood.
Police described the victims as a woman in her late 40s and man in his early 50s -- boyfriend and girlfriend. The violence, police said, erupted during a domestic dispute.
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Nevermind, guest. I found what you were referring to. I had no idea it was so recent. I almost was killed once because of domestic violence. I had a knife to my throat and thought I was going to die. I was lucky but Valerie and this unfortunate woman were not.
This was written by By T.J. Pignataro for the Buffalo News.A Tuxedo Place woman about to escape an abusive relationship was killed Wednesday by her estranged boyfriend, who then took his own life inside the apartment they shared, police said.
Loud quarrels between Joy Rizzo, 49, and Andrew Soos, 51, were said to have been frequent in their lower flat. Often -- and as recently as three days ago -- they ventured outside, in full view of neighbors, according to Trina Pena, Rizzo's friend.
"She was trying to leave him," Pena said. "She was scared. She feared for her life, and [Soos] took her life."
Neighbors said Rizzo was packing her belongings into boxes and planned to move to Florida with another man she had known since childhood and had befriended again on Facebook.
That was the reason for the loud quarrel that neighbors heard earlier this week.
"[Soos] was standing on his porch saying, 'Over my dead body,'" Pena said.
The other man, who neighbors called "Steve," was supposed to have been picked up by Rizzo earlier Wednesday. When Rizzo did not show up, he called her unsuccessfully before showing up on Tuxedo Place, which is north of Hertel Avenue, a few blocks east of Military Road.
When there was no answer at the apartment, police were summoned.
Northwest District officers responded after 2 p.m. to make "a welfare check" on the two, and the landlord arrived with a key to let them in.
"Police arrived on scene, gained access to the home, and, once inside, they found the bodies," said Michael J. DeGeorge, Buffalo police spokesman. "Right now, it appears to be an apparent murder-suicide that appears to be domestic in nature."
Police would not say what type of weapon was involved. However, neighbors described hearing two gunshots at about 1:45 p.m.
Authorities released few details of the crime, saying only that it remained "under investigation" by homicide detectives. Police did not release the names of the victims.
Nancy Young, a neighbor, said she had been friends with Rizzo since childhood. The two attended Hoover Elementary School and Kenmore West High School together and had remained friends ever since. Soos, Young said, was the first man Rizzo let abuse her.
"I was surprised she stayed with a violent man," Young said. "She never put up with it before. She tried to leave him several times. He had some kind of fear of God in her."
Young described Soos as a controlling man who once cut the brake lines to her vehicle to keep her and Rizzo from attending a concert together at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center. She said Rizzo liked the outdoors, including hiking in Zoar Valley, camping, volleyball and football.
The couple leaves behind a 12-year-old son who was met at school Wednesday by police. The child is now in the care of relatives. Neighbors said the boy would often be seen walking down the street and stopping to visit during quarrels between his parents.
Neighbors said Rizzo's older son from a previous relationship, Nick Rizzo, now 22, spent time in jail after coming to the defense of his mother by hitting Soos in the head with a baseball bat. The Nov. 22, 2004, police report states that the incident occurred at Chadduck and Ontario streets. Soos was taken by ambulance to Erie County Medical Center.
Nick Rizzo is now serving up to seven years in the Attica Correctional Facility for robbery, burglary and grand larceny, according to state Department of Correctional Services records.
Soos' wife of two years, the former Valerie Wilkins, 43, was found slain behind a Niagara Street bar in November 1996. Her ring finger was cut off after her death, but before authorities found her nude body in her car behind Campbell's Pub, 1591 Niagara St.
"Cold Case Squad detectives were recently looking into that cold case," Dennis J. Richards, chief of detectives, said late Wednesday, "and furthermore were conferring with homicide detectives who were at the scene of today's find."
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Unfortunately this women was not as "innocent" as she was shown to be on the news. Not saying that she deserved what happened. She was having an affair with Andrew when he was still married to Valerie. She was living in Valerie's house with Andrew by January right after Christmas of 1996. Contrary to what is listed in the news paper and on tv, this was not her first abusive relationship and she beat the shit out of him just as much as he did her. It was mutual drug abuse and violence between the two of them for the past 13+ years that spiraled out of control as time continued. This order of protection was one of many throughout the years. And in March of 2010 it is rumored she was seeking immunity for giving information to the Detectives on the Case of Valerie Soos.
09/20/2010 20:42 #52795
So cuteI would always be up for an (e:strip) cleaning by the river. They just don't have enough people to get everywhere.
nice shots
Crap. I wanted to go but I will be camping.
I love the 2nd from bottom picture. Thanks for sharing! I hope you get lots of people helping at the clean up.
They are pretty cute. :)
Don't forget we are cleaning our waterways this Sunday. See the Buffalo Niagara River Keepers site.
Please consider picking up trash along the waterways of Western New York! :::link:::
09/22/2010 21:26 #52814
Valerie A. SoosI suspected her husband but was afraid to say so, and I am glad he is dead. I'm sorry that he was able to kill another. Do you have the news story? I wasn't able to find it. I really want to express my sympathies to her daughters. I'm really surprised that the police weren't able to link him to the crime. Was there really no evidence or were they just not investigating?
I did pray for her and that she would get justice. I really wanted her murder to be solved. Every single time I ride by the place they found her body I think about her, thanks to the memorial...
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guest says: Andy just killed himself and his current wife it was on the news. That guy should rot in hell. Valerie was a close family friend. So sad. But its interesting how you went about investigating her. She was a sweet woman.
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For the background for this story see :::link:::
I'm really upset about these recent events and those of the past.
Believe me, I know EXACTLY how it smells. I used to deal with that smell about once every couple months (WAAAAAAAAAAYY back) when it would rain on Sunday in Delhi.
I wish I had some of it. I washed my hair a few days ago and I didn't have time to dry it and now it smells funny. (Uccck!) Tea Tree oil would fix everything. There's gotta be aplace around there that has some.
omg! my sis did that one xmas on a trip here when i still lived in the buff. i remember going with my mom to get her and she smelled really good, but so strong! a huge bottle of prada perfume broke in her suitcase. all of our gifts smelled like it and she smelled like it for many months...
This happend to me once in high school on a bunch of German books. Those books still smell today.