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<h6><span style="color: #3d2e2e;">Ingolf Tuerk, 58, Monday was charged with the murder of his wife, Kathleen McLean Tuerk, 45, who had been missing since last Thursday </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d2e2e;">Tuerk pled not guilty during his arraignment in Dedham District Court. He was denied bail</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d2e2e;">Prosecutors said Tuerk confessed to investigators that he strangled his wife to death and dumped her body in a wooded area near his home</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d2e2e;">The couple had been together two years before tying the knot in December</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d2e2e;">Records have revealed, just months before her murder, mother-of-three Kathleen McLean Tuerk, told police her husband repeatedly abused her during their five-month marriage</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d2e2e;">McLean had confided in friends about Ingolf&#8217;s controlling behavior and was in the process of getting a divorce</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d2e2e;">Court records reveal McLean took out a restraining order against Tuerk and was &#8216;afraid&#8217; of her husband&#8217;s &#8216;abuse&#8217; &#8211; she told officers she wanted a divorce but was scared how Tuerk would react </span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-346237" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ingolf-Tuerk-left-was-accused-of-killing-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-right-4.jpg" alt="Ingolf Tuerk, [left], was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean [right] 4" width="661" height="649" /><strong>Records have revealed, just months before her murder, mother-of-three Kathleen McLean Tuerk, [right] told police her husband Ingolf Tuerk [left], repeatedly abused her during their five-month marriage</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A prominent Massachusetts surgeon allegedly, admitted to investigators that he strangled his wife to death and then left her body in a pond near their Dover home.<br />
Boston area urologist Ingolf Tuerk told investigators he strangled his wife to death after a fight at their home and then dumped her body in a nearby pond, prosecutors said in court Monday<br />
However, arraigned before the Dedham District Court for murdering his wife, 58-year-old Ingolf Tuerk, entered a plea of not guilty. He was denied bail and was remanded in custody and denied bail<br />
Tuerk was found unresponsive in a Dedham hotel on Friday with cuts to his wrists, arms and legs, according to prosecutors. A syringe was also found nearby.<br />
The remains of Kathleen McLean Tuerk, 45, was found near the couple&#8217;s home Saturday.<br />
Investigators uncovered prior reports filed by the victim, accusing her husband of &#8216;strangling&#8217; and &#8216;cutting her with scissors&#8217;.<br />
McLean who allegedly was murdered by her surgeon husband, was so afraid of &#8216; Ingolf&#8217;s abuse&#8217; that she took out a restraining order against him.</p>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-346227" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ingolf-Tuerk-right-was-accused-of-killing-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-left-1.jpg" alt="Ingolf Tuerk, [right], was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean [left] 1" width="794" height="794" /><strong>Happier days for the Boston couple &#8211; On Saturday</strong> <strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Boston area surgeon Ingolf Tuerk, [left], was arrested for killing his wife Kathleen McLean, [right], whose remains were found in an outdoor area near their Valley Road home in Dover late Saturday. </span></strong></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The body was discovered by Massachusetts State Police in an outdoor area near the couple&#8217;s Valley Road home in Dover on Saturday. </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Her husband, Dr Ingolf Tuerk, was arrested and charged with her murder.</span><br />
Records have revealed mother-of-three McLean told police her husband repeatedly abused her during their marriage, just months before her murder.<br />
The couple, who had been together for two years, were married in December.<br />
Just two months later in February, Tuerk was facing charges that he had choked her and cut her with scissors.<br />
McLean told officers Tuerk was physically abusing her and she was filing for divorce.<br />
&#8216;She said she was afraid of Ingolf and did not know what he would do once she had filed for divorce&#8217;, the report said.<br />
She confided in family members and two friends who were police officers about the abuse &#8216;in case something happened to her&#8217;, the Globe added.</div>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-346274" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Kathleen-McLean-5.jpg" alt="Kathleen McLean 5" width="1097" height="804" /><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Kathleen McLean Tuerk [L-R], accused her husband, Ingolf Tuerk of &#8216;strangling&#8217; and &#8216;cutting her with scissors&#8217;. She took out a restraining order on him because she was &#8216;so afraid of his abuse&#8217;, she claimed</span></strong></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">New reports have emerged detailing Tuerk’s alleged volatile behavior, which was reportedly fueled by heavy drinking and a sense of despondency.<br />
His attitude allegedly, worsened after he was fired from his job at St Elizabeth&#8217;s Medical center.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">McLean filed a police report in Dover on February 3, telling investigators that she was being physically abused by Tuerk and that she wanted a divorce.<br />
She described one particularly violent incident that was detailed in a police report.<br />
According to McLean, she and Tuerk got into an argument while they were in bed in December.<br />
During the fight, Tuerk slammed McLean’s head into the headboard and then used one hand to strangle her, according to the Globe.<br />
Tuerk is then alleged to have used his other hand to cover her nose and mouth.<br />
‘McLean stated that she felt like “she had trouble breathing and thought she was going to die” and “everything went black”,’ according to the police report.<br />
‘During the incident she screamed and one of her kids heard her.’<br />
In another incident McLean told police, in January, Tuerk picked her up and threw her to the ground during an argument.<br />
She told police that she hit the floor so hard that it knocked the shoes she was wearing off of her feet, according to the police report.<br />
McLean told investigators that after both incidents, her husband told her he loved her.<br />
She also described to police another incident she called ‘bizarre.’<br />
McLean told investigators that Tuerk picked up a pair of scissors and told her: ‘I’m the king of this castle…you are only a guest.’<br />
Tuerk then cut off a small piece of her hair, according to McLean. When she tried to stop him, he sliced her hand.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-346231" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ingolf-Tuerk-1.jpg" alt="Ingolf Tuerk 1" width="666" height="665" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Tuerk [photo], while working at St. Elizabeth&#8217;s Medical Center, was accused of falsely billing Medicaid and agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve the allegations under the terms of a settlement made in Nov</span></strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">McLean told police that this incident took place right in front of her son.<br />
She said he had lost his job and sat around the house. One of the victim&#8217;s friends said McLean had described her husband as &#8216;angry and very controlling&#8217; and claimed &#8216;he put hand on her in the past&#8217;.<br />
But court papers reveal that early this month the pair had reconciled, with McLean asking for the restraining order to be lifted.<br />
She said she did not want to pursue criminal charges with the couple agreeing to attend couple&#8217;s counselling.<br />
&#8216;I feel safe and would like to bring my family back together with my husband&#8217;, she wrote in a May 2 court affidavit.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Born in Germany, Tuerk on his Twitter profile describes himself as a father and a &#8216;robotic surgeon&#8217;. An alternate member on the East German decathlon team at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Tuerk is a renowned urologist who specializes in robotic surgery,<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Mother-of-three Kathleen McLean does not share any children together with Tuerk who has two teenage boys, prior to the marriage.</span></p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-346279" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ingolf-Tuerk-right-was-accused-of-killing-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-left-5.jpg" alt="Ingolf Tuerk, [right], was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean [left] 5" width="821" height="802" /><strong>The couple had been together two years before tying the knot in December, but Kathleen McLean allegedly had confided in friends about Ingolf&#8217;s controlling behavior and was in the process of getting a divorce. The 1B hearing in their divorce was held three days before she vanished </strong></span></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-346287" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Kathleen-McLean-Tuerk-and-her-children-1.jpg" alt="Kathleen McLean Tuerk and her children 1" width="986" height="949" /><strong>According to court records Kathleen <span style="color: var(--color-text);">McLean [seen photo with her children], had three children of her own while Tuerk is the father of two teenage boys. The couple apparently did not share children together</span></strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-346283" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ingolf-and-Kathleen-McLean-Tuerks-home-in-Dover-Mass-1.jpg" alt="Ingolf and Kathleen McLean Tuerk's home in Dover, Mass 1" width="688" height="450" /><strong>Crime scene: <span style="color: var(--color-text);">Kathleen McLean Tuerk&#8217;s body was discovered by Massachusetts State Police in an outdoor area near the couple&#8217;s Valley Road home in Dover, Mass [photo], on Saturday</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><img class="alignnone wp-image-346285" style="color: var(--color-text);" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Spot-where-Kathleen-McLean-tuerks-body-was-found-in-Dover-Mass.-2.jpg" alt="Spot where Kathleen McLean tuerk's body was found in Dover, Mass. 2" width="885" height="572" /><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Statements given by the suspect led police to the pond in the woods where his wife&#8217;s body was found</span></strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-346236" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ingolf-Tuerk-left-was-accused-of-killing-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-right-3.jpg" alt="Ingolf Tuerk, [left], was accused of killing his wife Kathleen McLean [right] 3" width="952" height="935" /><strong>Tuerk, seen [photo, left], </strong><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> with his McLean, </span></strong><strong>allegedly was volatile which was reportedly fueled by heavy drinking and a despondent attitude that got worse after he was fired from his job. Tuerk</strong><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> pled not guilty on Monday in Dedham District Court. The murder suspect is pictured with his McLean in an image from Facebook</span></strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Records reveal that Former head of Urology at St. Elizabeth&#8217;s Medical Center, Dr Ingolf Tuerk was accused of Medicaid fraud &#8211; falsely billing the healthcare agency.<br />
A statement from Attorney general&#8217;s offices says Dr. Tuerk, &#8217;caused improper billings to MassHealth of over $31,000.&#8217;<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Tuerk reportedly, agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve the allegations under the terms of a settlement reached in November, with the the office of AG Maura Healey.<br />
</span>Tuerk also agreed to implement a multi-year compliance program at his own expense if he continues to practice medicine in Massachusetts after 2019.<br />
&#8216;False billing is a serious issue that hurts people in need of health care,&#8217; says Healey in the statement.<br />
&#8216;It is important that all doctors follow the law, and our office will aggressively pursue those who overbill our health care system.&#8217;</p>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-346240" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Ingolf-Tuerk-and-his-wife-Kathleen-McLean-in-family-portrait-posing-with-four-youths.jpg" alt="Ingolf Tuerk and his wife Kathleen McLean in family portrait, posing with four youths" width="816" height="606" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">A family picture has the husband and wife posing with four youths on Facebook. </span>K<span style="color: var(--color-text);">athleen brought three children while Ingolf brought two children into the marriage, but didn&#8217;t share any of the children in blended family together </span></strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-346284" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Spot-where-Kathleen-McLean-tuerks-body-was-found-in-Dover-Mass.-1.jpg" alt="Spot where Kathleen McLean tuerk's body was found in Dover, Mass. 1" width="685" height="417" /><strong>Memorial: <span style="color: var(--color-text);">A tag marks a branch by the small, wooded pond where Kathleen McLean&#8217;s body was found near her home in Massachusetts on Saturday evening</span></strong></h6>
<div class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery">Healey&#8217;s office accused Tuerk of billing for surgeries that never happened and office visits that he did not supervise.<br />
Details of the Medicaid allegations is detailed in a report form t<span style="color: var(--color-text);">he attorney general&#8217;s office which states that Ingolf Tuerk allegedly, &#8216;instructed his residents and fellows to document the use of ultrasound probes during partial nephrectomies (kidney removal) in patient medical records, even when they had not been used during surgeries.&#8217;</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuerk also was alleged to have billed MassHealth for office visits that &#8216;used billing codes indicating he was present or supervising other medical professionals, despite patients only being seen by an unsupervised resident or fellow.&#8217;<br />
The hospital&#8217;s parent, Steward Medical Group, in a formal statement said the urologist left their services in February &#8211; ‘Dr. Tuerk has not seen or treated patients as part of Steward Medical Group for more than a year. He was formally terminated in February,’ said Patrick Lombardo, Executive Vice President, Human Resources<br />
The state Board of Registration in Medicine lists Tuerk&#8217;s medical license as active, but subject to restrictions.</p>
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Renowned Boston surgeon ‘confessed to strangling, wife to death, dumping her body in a pond’ – Cops found Ingolf Tuerk unconscious in a hotel room with cuts all over his body and a syringe nearby
