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COPAKE, N.Y. — The widow of a New York dairy farmer who methodically slaughtered 51 cows before taking his own life says she wants to figure out a way to keep the farm going.
Dean Pierson, 59, was found dead Thursday on the floor of his barn in Copake, a rural hamlet 115 miles north of New York City. Nearby, half his herd lay in milking stalls, also dead of gunshot wounds. He killed only the cows that required frequent milking, letting 50 others live, including heifers and calves.
Neighbors speculated he was trying to spare his family the burden of caring for the animals.
He left no note, said his wife, Gwynneth. “No one knows why for sure,” she said. The Associated Press
