A family run business since 1948, Oaks Jewelers is owned by father-daughter team of Jeff and Melissa Accornero, April 14, 2021 Photo: Pete Rosos
For 72 years, three generations of Accorneros have fixed watches, repaired jewelry and helped customers pick out their engagement and wedding rings at Oaks Jewelers, at 1783 Solano Ave. Henry Accornero and his half-brother, Bob Zavattaro, opened the store in 1948. At that time, the brothers also sold toasters, shavers, lighters, small appliances and silver pieces for wedding gifts in a shop half the size of the store today. Henry’s wife, Angie, later joined the team to work at the store and the couple eventually had four children.
‘She didn’t deserve this’ Grandmother killed in potential murder-suicide in Garden City
Family loses beloved grandmother two days before Christmas
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GARDEN CITY, Mich. – Police are investigating what they believe is a murder-suicide in Garden City that left a 77-year-old grandmother dead.
It happened Wednesday at a home on Rosslyn Avenue, just north of the intersection of Cherry Hill and Venoy roads.
Police said they found the body of Maria Ortega, a grandmother of 10 and also a great-grandmother, inside the home.
“She was the most generous person we know of and she was always there when we needed her,” said Sandy Quintana. “She would never yell at you, she was just always happy to be with you. Family would make her day because her life is family.”
Police find 2 dead, 1 injured at Garden City home after apparent murder-suicide 911 call
Maria Ortega, 77, found dead on Rosslyn Avenue, police say
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Officials said they received a call at 10:52 a.m. Wednesday that led them to the home. The 911 call came from an unidentified man who told dispatch he was going to kill himself and that the location should be tracked, officials said.
The caller hung up and police tracked him to a home on Rosslyn Avenue. When they got inside, police found three people two dead and one injured.
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It’s believed the person who made the call was a relative in their 20s. That person was one of the two found dead in the home, according to authorities. Maria Ortega, 77, was the other person killed, police believe.
Garden City apparent murder-suicide: Grandparents killed after man makes concerning 911 call
Grandparents, man in 20s dead, officials say
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GARDEN CITY, Mich. – Sources and Garden City police told Local 4 three people have died
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After the man hung up the phone, police tracked the call to a home in the 32500 block of Rosslyn Street in Garden City, authorities said.
The scene of an apparent murder-suicide in Garden City on Dec. 23, 2020. (WDIV)
When officers got inside, they found two people dead: Maria Ortega, 77, and a man in his 20s, police said. Officials believe the man in his 20s is the person who made the initial 911 call.
Elderly woman found stabbed to death, husband wounded in their Garden City home
By Camille Amiri and FOX 2 Staff
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GARDEN CITY, Mich. (FOX 2) - A gruesome scene in Garden City where a 77-year-old woman was found dead, her husband sent to the hospital.
Loved ones found out the matriarch of their family, Maria Ortega, was stabbed to death inside her home. Police say the call came in around 10:50 a.m. Wednesday on Rosslyn Street.
Tragic stabbing leaves one elderly person dead, a second injured
A 77-year-old woman was found dead, her husband sent to the hospital in Garden City Wednesday.