Doctor accused of killing wife, sinking body in bond, expected to testify
- Ingolf Tuerk, a Dover urologist, stood trial in Dedham on Tuesday, accused of murdering his wife.
- Prosecutors allege Tuerk strangled Kathleen McLean in May 2020 after a heated argument at their Dover home.
- Police found Tuerk passed out in a hotel room he booked for several days near a pond at a construction site.
- Tuerk testified he grabbed McLean's neck until she passed out, stating, "I snapped, I kind of blacked out."
- Tuerk admitted to dumping McLean's body in a pond, but his lawyer claims it was a panicked act, not premeditated murder.
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Jurors hear closing arguments in trial of Mass. doctor charged with wife’s killing
Ingolf Tuerk, a doctor from Dover, admitted to killing his wife inside their home in May 2020 during his murder trial on Tuesday. Tuerk has never denied killing her and previously admitted to it in a police interview after she died.
Former Dover doctor admits to killing wife, dumping her body in pond - Boston News, Weather, Sports
A former Dover doctor who was once the Chief of Urology at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton admitted to killing his wife and getting rid of her body in a pond. Ingolf Tuerk, 63, strangled his third wife Kathleen McLean in their home in 2020. He recounted the night McLean saw a text from another woman and hit him over the head with a glass. While testifying, Tuerk said the two got into an argument while drinking. Tuerk says he “snapped”…
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