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| Nunes | Robert
Miguel Nunes |
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Birth
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Death
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Interred
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Cause
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August 11, 1958 |
May 20, 1981
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Strangulation
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| Parents: Robert A.
Nunes & Helen L. Gomes |
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Somerville, MA |
Death Place:
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Somerville, MA |
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Robert Miguel Nunes 10 Waverly Pl. Nunzie . . . Remembers partying at the pond . . . Favorite teacher is Miss Brown . . . Enjoys Alvin Lee . . . Pastimes include camping and partying . . . Future plans include D.I.M.C. |
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Obituary NUNES - of Somerville, formerly of
Melrose, May 20, Robert M., son of Mrs. Helen L. Gomes
of Melrose and Robert A. Nunes of Somerville. Brother
of James R. Nunes of Melrose, Elaine Towne of Woburn,
John P, Nunes of Medford and Lana Gomes of Melrose. Funeral from the Gately Funeral Home, 70
West Foster St., MELROSE, Saturday, May 23, at 8:15
am. Funeral Mass at St. Mary's Church, Melrose, at
9:00. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours
Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM. |
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| Man found
hanged in police cell Somerville police said they took Robert Nunes 22, into protective custody because of excessive drinking about 1 a.m. yesterday. Fifteen minutes later they found him hanged in his cell. He was dead on arrival at Somerville hospital. "He was a handsome kid, a good kid. He'd help me anytime I needed him." said Aino Labadine, an elderly invalid whose apartment at 12 East Cross st., Somerville, is in the same three-decker where Nunes lived. Nunes and some friends were partying in his third floor apartment, the three neighbors said, when just before midnight his car, parked across the street, was towed by police. It did not have an inspection sticker as required by May 15, police said. Later, Nunes tried to remove his car, an old Mustang, from the Somerville garage to which it had been towed, without paying the towing fee, according to Lt. Louis Carucci. Police took him into protective custody, but did not arrest him, Carucci said. Nunes who had worked odd jobs since losing his job recently as an auto mechanic, was put into a cell at the police station. Fifteen minutes later, he was found hanging by his shirt which had been tied to a cell bar. He died from "Asphyxiation caused by self-inflicted strangulation" according to the Middlesex County Medical Examiner Jose Sanchez after an Autopsy. Nunes' survivors include his mother, Helen Gomes of Melrose, and a sister. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night. Boston Globe May 22, 1981 |
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