NATION : Divers’ Search Turns Up Gun
Divers looking for the revolver used in the wounding of Charles Stuart and the killing of his pregnant wife found a gun today in the river where his brother said Stuart dumped it, police said.
“It fits the description,” said police spokesman Larry Gillis. “Hopefully a major piece of the puzzle has fallen into place.”
Police had searched for the gun since Stuart, 29, committed suicide Thursday. He jumped from a Boston Harbor bridge after his brother Matthew implicated him in the slaying of Carol Stuart, whose premature baby died 17 days later.
Investigators were expected to perform ballistics tests to see if it is the murder weapon. FBI Agent Jack DeCourcy said it is possible to detect fingerprints on a gun found in salt water, depending on how long it was submerged, how rusty it was and whether it was found in silt.
Stuart, who is white, originally told police he and his wife were shot by a black mugger who forced his way into their car Oct. 23 as they left a childbirth class.
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