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It was supposed to be first week of the rest of her life.
Carol Culleton, 66, had just retired from the public service and was in the process of selling her cottage near Combermere — she wanted to simplify her life — when she was killed by a gunman who claimed two other victims that same day.
A former millwright, Basil Joseph Borutski, 57, of Round Lake, faces three counts of first degree murder in connection with the killing spree.
The nature of the connection that existed between Borutski and Culleton is not yet clear, but the two knew each other for some time. Borutski may have been helping Culleton fix up her cottage, and he may have been living in a trailer on the property.
Neighbours had seen Borutski around the property for the past month. Borutski told one neighbour that he had met Culleton and her late husband, Bob, several years ago in Wilno.
“I’d don’t know how she was connected to that guy: I’d like to know that myself,” Culleton’s younger brother, Kevin, 59, said in a phone interview Wednesday from Edmonton.
Culleton said his sister had retired on Friday from her job as a compensation advisor with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada after about a decade in that position.
Two RCMP officers came to his house last night to tell him that his sister had been killed. “We can’t believe this is happening,” he said. “The last time I talked to her she said she was really looking forward to her retirement and getting all this real estate stuff straightened out.”
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Cobermere real estate agent Cathy Pitts found Culleton’s body on the floor of her Kamaniskeg Lake cottage.
Pitts had never met Culleton: they had spoken previously by phone on Monday. Culleton had asked Pitts, a Remax agent, to come out to the cottage to discuss the possibility of listing it for sale.
When Pitts arrived, however, she found the glass in the front door of the cottage shattered. There was no answer when she called Culleton’s name. Uncomfortable with entering the house alone, she went next door and asked a neighbour to accompany her on a search.
Inside the cottage, Pitts found Culleton lying on the floor of the bedroom at the foot of the bed. “At first, I thought it was a rolled up sleeping bag,” said Pitts. “But then I realized that it was a person curled up. I couldn’t even tell you if it was a man or woman lying there: I only saw them from shoulders down to the feet.”
They could get no response from Culleton and immediately called police. “We realized this was just not a normal situation with the broken window and everything,” Pitts said. “I knew this was out of my league: I need to call police.”
Friends and family were shocked by the news made public Wednesday.
Ike Bottema, 66, of Ottawa, befriended Culleton at Duffy’s Tavern in Richmond — a favourite destination of hers — last year. He travelled with Culleton to the cottage on Kamaniskeg Lake in the spring to help her clean the place and assess how to prepare it for sale.
Culleton, he said, also wanted to sell her house in North Gower and move into an apartment in the city. She also owned property in her hometown, Chalk River, that she wanted to sell.
“She was a great person: quiet but with a great sense of humour and a sparkle in her eye,” Bottema said.
Culleton grew up in Chalk River, where her father worked as a pipefitter; she was the second youngest of five siblings. Kevin Culleton said his sister worked for the government then quit to start a second-hand store with her husband, Bob McCarty, a real estate agent.
The business, however, struggled and eventually had to close so Culleton returned to work for the government. She loved to garden, play cards and socialize with her husband, Bob, who died in May 2012 from cancer.
A former high school friend, Geraldine Dunlevie said she reconnected with Culleton several years ago on Facebook. They were both recent widows and they enjoyed going out to dinner together.
“I know she retired just five days ago,” Dunlevie said. “And I thought that now that she’s retired, maybe we could get together more often. She was always was fun to talk to: We always had a lot to chat about.”
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Carol Culleton, 66, had just retired from the public service and was in the process of selling her cottage near Combermere — she wanted to simplify her life — when she was killed by a gunman who claimed two other victims that same day.
A former millwright, Basil Joseph Borutski, 57, of Round Lake, faces three counts of first degree murder in connection with the killing spree.
The nature of the connection that existed between Borutski and Culleton is not yet clear, but the two knew each other for some time. Borutski may have been helping Culleton fix up her cottage, and he may have been living in a trailer on the property.
Neighbours had seen Borutski around the property for the past month. Borutski told one neighbour that he had met Culleton and her late husband, Bob, several years ago in Wilno.
“I’d don’t know how she was connected to that guy: I’d like to know that myself,” Culleton’s younger brother, Kevin, 59, said in a phone interview Wednesday from Edmonton.
Culleton said his sister had retired on Friday from her job as a compensation advisor with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada after about a decade in that position.
Two RCMP officers came to his house last night to tell him that his sister had been killed. “We can’t believe this is happening,” he said. “The last time I talked to her she said she was really looking forward to her retirement and getting all this real estate stuff straightened out.”
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Cobermere real estate agent Cathy Pitts found Culleton’s body on the floor of her Kamaniskeg Lake cottage.
Pitts had never met Culleton: they had spoken previously by phone on Monday. Culleton had asked Pitts, a Remax agent, to come out to the cottage to discuss the possibility of listing it for sale.
When Pitts arrived, however, she found the glass in the front door of the cottage shattered. There was no answer when she called Culleton’s name. Uncomfortable with entering the house alone, she went next door and asked a neighbour to accompany her on a search.
Inside the cottage, Pitts found Culleton lying on the floor of the bedroom at the foot of the bed. “At first, I thought it was a rolled up sleeping bag,” said Pitts. “But then I realized that it was a person curled up. I couldn’t even tell you if it was a man or woman lying there: I only saw them from shoulders down to the feet.”
They could get no response from Culleton and immediately called police. “We realized this was just not a normal situation with the broken window and everything,” Pitts said. “I knew this was out of my league: I need to call police.”
Friends and family were shocked by the news made public Wednesday.
Ike Bottema, 66, of Ottawa, befriended Culleton at Duffy’s Tavern in Richmond — a favourite destination of hers — last year. He travelled with Culleton to the cottage on Kamaniskeg Lake in the spring to help her clean the place and assess how to prepare it for sale.
Culleton, he said, also wanted to sell her house in North Gower and move into an apartment in the city. She also owned property in her hometown, Chalk River, that she wanted to sell.
“She was a great person: quiet but with a great sense of humour and a sparkle in her eye,” Bottema said.
Culleton grew up in Chalk River, where her father worked as a pipefitter; she was the second youngest of five siblings. Kevin Culleton said his sister worked for the government then quit to start a second-hand store with her husband, Bob McCarty, a real estate agent.
The business, however, struggled and eventually had to close so Culleton returned to work for the government. She loved to garden, play cards and socialize with her husband, Bob, who died in May 2012 from cancer.
A former high school friend, Geraldine Dunlevie said she reconnected with Culleton several years ago on Facebook. They were both recent widows and they enjoyed going out to dinner together.
“I know she retired just five days ago,” Dunlevie said. “And I thought that now that she’s retired, maybe we could get together more often. She was always was fun to talk to: We always had a lot to chat about.”
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