Postal worker killed on route; ex-neighbor confesses, cites poisoning

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October 8, 2021

COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. Charlotte — A previous neighbor has confessed to fatally capturing a U.S. Postal Assistance worker in Pennsylvania for the reason that he believed the mail carrier poisoned him and his household with cyanide, a federal official mentioned.

Eric Kortz, 53, turned himself in to the Carnegie Borough Police Section on Thursday in the killing of Louis Vignone in Collier Township, according to Stephen R. Kaufman, the acting U.S. lawyer for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Before, investigators reporting to the scene discovered Vignone in his USPS car or truck with numerous gunshot wounds, together with one particular to the head. They also located a firearm and seven used shell casings in a nearby yard.

Kortz advised authorities that he and Vignone had been after neighbors and that he believes Vignone and his household poisoned Kortz and his spouse and children with cyanide.

Kortz reported he found Vignone on his mail route and stopped his van in front of Vignone’s USPS vehicle, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. Kortz then claimed he “went to put some bullets in him.”

Kortz mentioned he then dropped the gun and drove to the Carnegie Borough Law enforcement Section, where he confessed.

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