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Police: Dispute over personal hygiene led to Hayward murder-suicide

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HAYWARD — An on-going dispute over his personal hygiene led to a 38-year-old man to shoot both his parents inside the home they shared before fatally shooting himself, authorities said. The 70-year-old father, Robert Baltrip Sr., initially survived the Aug. 10 shooting, but died from his wounds Aug. 26, authorities said. The 71-year-old mother has since been released from a hospital. The shooting happened about 7 p.m. on Aug. 10 inside the famil…

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Police: Dispute over personal hygiene led to Hayward murder-suicide

A Hayward-murder suicide in August resulted from a dispute over personal hygiene, police said.

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