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  • Thursday, February 26, 2009

    Family tragedy

    (AP)
    Police: Miami piano teacher kills kids, wife, self

    Pablo Amador was a "regular dad" who made music with his children and shared his gift teaching kids to play piano, a man known for a friendly wave and lending a hand to jump-start a car. And those who knew him say they can't understand why he apparently shot and killed his two daughters, wife and then himself.

    TV satellite trucks surrounded the gray-trimmed, white ranch home Wednesday as authorities carried out the family, whom police identified as Pablo Josue Amador, 53; his 45-year-old wife, Maria; and their youngest daughters, Prescilla and Rosa, 14 and 13.
    A teenage son escaped the shootings uninjured, calling 911 at 5:58 a.m. as he fled the home, police said. Those who saw him regularly along the quiet, modest street of homes could only wonder what happened.

    In response to the outpouring of sympathy from the community for the Amador family, the University of Miami has established a fund to assist Bea and her brother, Javier. Anyone wishing to contribute to this fund should send a check payable to:

    The University of Miami,
    PO Box 248073
    Coral Gables, FL 33124.

    Please include on the checks that funds are for the benefit of the Amador Family.

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