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Prominent Boston surgeon is accused of killing missing wife whose remains are found near their home, two days later – Ingolf Tuerk and Kathleen McLean reportedly, were in divorce proceedings

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;472e2e&semi;"><strong>Prominent Boston surgeon arrested for murdering his missing wife whose remains are found near their home  in Dover&comma; Massachusetts&comma; two days after she went missing <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;472e2e&semi;"><strong>Urologist Ingolf Tuerk&comma; 58&comma; was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife&comma; Kathleen McLean Tuerk&comma; 45&comma; who was missing since Thursday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;472e2e&semi;"><strong>Tuerk was charged after Kathleen&&num;8217&semi;s remains were found in an outdoor area near the Valley Road home they shared after 11 p&period;m&period; Saturday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;472e2e&semi;"><strong>Tuerk was taken into custody overnight and is expected to be arraigned Monday in Dedham District Court  <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;472e2e&semi;"><strong>Ingolf Tuerk and Kathleen M Tuerk reportedly&comma; were in active divorce 1B proceedings&comma; or a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;contested no-fault divorce” in Norfolk County Family Court<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;472e2e&semi;"><strong>A hearing took place in the divorce last Monday&comma; according to court records<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6><strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346227" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Ingolf-Tuerk-right-was-accused-of-killing-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-left-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ingolf Tuerk&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean &lbrack;left&rsqb; 1" width&equals;"681" height&equals;"681" &sol;>Ingolf Tuerk&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean Tuerk&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; whose remains were found in an outdoor area near their Valley Road home in Dover late Saturday&period; The manner of death has not been disclosed<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">A 58-year-old surgeon in Massachusetts has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife whose remains were found in an outdoor area near the home they shared in Dover<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Kathleen McLean went missing earlier this week&comma; four days later authorities announced that the prominent Boston surgeon has been arrested in the murder of his missing wife after her remains were found near their home&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities in Massachusetts have accused Dr&period; Ingolf of killing his wife Kathleen McLean&comma; 45&comma; whose remains were found in an outdoor area near their Valley Road home in Dover late Saturday&period; the manner of her death died has not disclosed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;McLean&comma; who was last seen in her home&comma; had been missing since Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;By the weekend&comma; Norfolk District Attorney Michael W&period; Morrissey&&num;8217&semi;s office issued a statement calling McLean&&num;8217&semi;s disappearance &&num;8216&semi;suspicious&&num;8217&semi; and said an investigation was underway&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346228" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Kathleen-McLean-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kathleen McLean 1" width&equals;"657" height&equals;"811" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Kathleen McLean Tuerk&&num;8217&semi;s  remains were found in an outdoor area near her Valley Road home in Dover on Saturday&period; She was married to <strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Ingolf Tuerk&comma; who is now accused in her death<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346231" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Ingolf-Tuerk-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ingolf Tuerk 1" width&equals;"661" height&equals;"660" &sol;><strong>Boston surgeon Ingolf<&sol;strong> <&sol;span><&sol;span><strong style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Tuerk &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was taken into custody on Saturday and is expected to be arraigned Monday in Dedham District Court  <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Massachusetts State Police joined cops from Dover and Dedham and developed information about McLean&&num;8217&semi;s possible when they located her remains sometime after 11 p&period;m&period; Saturday&comma; authorities say&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Massachusetts State Police&comma; as well as police departments in Dover and Dedham began investigating McLean’s disappearance after she went missing on Thursday&comma; the report said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey on Saturday issued a statement calling McLean’s disappearance &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;suspicious”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tuerk was arrested that night after police &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;developed information” about the whereabouts of the body and found her&comma; the outlet said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tuerk who describes himself in his twitter profile s a &&num;8216&semi;robotic surgeon&&num;8217&semi; was born in Germany&period; He obtained his degree from Humboldt University in Berlin&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A family portrait has the couple posing with four youths on Facebook and while the couple each describe themselves on social media as parents&comma; it was not clear if they had children together&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346236" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Ingolf-Tuerk-left-was-accused-of-killing-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-right-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ingolf Tuerk&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean &lbrack;right&rsqb; 3" width&equals;"665" height&equals;"653" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Ingolf Tuerk &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Kathleen M Tuerk  <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">&lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; <&sol;span>reportedly&comma; were in active divorce 1B proceedings&comma; or a contested no-fault divorce&period; <span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Ingolf <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"> was arrested Saturday and is expected to be arraigned Monday in Dedham District Court on charges related to the death of his wife Kathleen <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">LinkedIn lists a surgeon by the same name as Tuerk serving as chief of urology at St&period; Elizabeth&&num;8217&semi;s Medical Center&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Tuerk while working at St&period; Elizabeth&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; was accused of falsely <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">billing Medicaid&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A statement from the office of AG Maura Healey&&num;8217&semi;s offices states that Tuerk&comma; &&num;8217&semi;caused improper billings to MassHealth of over &dollar;31&comma;000&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The fraud case was resolved under the terms of a settlement reached in November&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>He agreed to pay &dollar;150&comma;000 to resolve the allegations under the terms of the settlement&comma; according to the office of the Attorney General&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346237" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Ingolf-Tuerk-left-was-accused-of-killing-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-right-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ingolf Tuerk&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean &lbrack;right&rsqb; 4" width&equals;"681" height&equals;"669" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;span><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Dr&period; Tuerk seen &lbrack;left&comma; with his wife&rsqb;&comma; previously faced allegations of falsely <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">billing Medicaid and agreed to pay &dollar;150&comma;000 as restitution under the terms of a settlement struck in Nov&period;&comma; 2019<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Tuerk also agreed to implement a multi-year compliance program at his own expense if he continues to practice medicine in Massachusetts after 2019&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;False billing is a serious issue that hurts people in need of health care&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said AG Healey in the statement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It is important that all doctors follow the law&comma; and our office will aggressively pursue those who overbill our health care system&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The reports of the fraud compiled by the attorney general&&num;8217&semi;s office  details how Dr&period; Tuerk allegedly &&num;8216&semi;instructed his residents and fellows at the hospital to document the use of ultrasound probes during partial nephrectomies &lpar;kidney removal&rpar; in patient medical records&comma; even when they had not been used during surgeries&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-346240" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;Ingolf-Tuerk-and-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-in-family-portrait-posing-with-four-youths&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ingolf Tuerk and his wife Kathleen McLean in family portrait&comma; posing with four youths" width&equals;"722" height&equals;"536" &sol;><strong>Ingolf Tuerk and his wife Kathleen McLean &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; in family portrait&comma; posing with four youths<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Tuerk also was alleged to have billed MassHealth for office visits that &&num;8216&semi;used billing codes indicating he was present or supervising other medical professionals&comma; despite patients only being seen by an unsupervised resident or fellow&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">The surgeon prior to the deal had been credited for removing a cancerous tumor discovered in Massachusetts man after he was he was injured in a shark attack in 2015&period; Tuerk was chief of urology at St&period; Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston&comma; where he has worked for nearly 12 years until he was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;formally terminated” in February&comma; officials at Steward Health Care&comma; which runs the hospital&comma; said in a statement Sunday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bostonherald&period;com&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;17&sol;dover-man-charged-with-murdering-his-wife-after-police-find-her-remains-near-home&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"> Boston Herald<&sol;a> Ingolf Tuerk and a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kathleen M Tuerk” were in active divorce 1B proceedings&comma; or a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;contested no-fault divorce” in Norfolk County Family Court&comma; according to state records&period; Court filings indicate a hearing took place in the divorce last Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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