100-year-old woman shot dead in her East End home

Police are investigating Monday after an elderly woman was found fatally shot inside her home on the East End. Police say 100-year-old Jessie Burke was shot in the head while in her house on Payne Avenue

News 12 Staff

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Sep 1, 2008, 10:32 PM

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Updated 5,947 days ago

Police are investigating Monday after an elderly woman was found fatally shot inside her home on the East End.

Police say 100-year-old Jessie Burke was shot in the head while in her house on Payne Avenue in North Haven Sunday. Burke?s body was discovered by her 76-year-old daughter who lived with her.

Police say the daughter, Jean Burke, was shopping Sunday afternoon and then returned to the home to find her mother dead. They have ruled out suicide and say there weren?t any signs of forced entry.

Burke?s family and police describe the victim as alert and fairly independent. Neighbors speculate Burke?s death may have had to do with money or real estate.

?When somebody like that dies and they're living in the Hamptons, it's generally real estate and family related,? resident Seth Kelley says.

Detectives are looking for leads in the case and asking anyone with any information to contact the homicide squad or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.