Fresh Meadowa, NY: Manhattan diamond dealer kills wife, then himself

BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND JOHN LAUINGER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 4:00 AM

A Manhattan diamond dealer, reeling from money woes and poor health, shot his wife in the head Wednesday and then took his own life, police said.

Cops arrived at the Queens home of Morris and Charlotte Green shortly after noon Wednesday and found the bodies of the husband and wife in their bed, along with a .38-caliber revolver, police sources said.

Morris Green, 76, shot his wife, 78, then pointed the gun at his chest and pulled the trigger, the sources said.

Morris Green, who owned a Fifth Avenue jewelry store called Green Brothers, had recently had bypass surgery on his heart, said a longtime neighbor and friend who did not want to be identified.

Amid the economic downturn, money had also become very tight at the business, the police sources said.

Cops went to the couple's Fresh Meadows home after they were notified that Morris Green, who normally opens the business, failed to show for work yesterday, said the neighbor, who spoke to cops shortly before they discovered the tragedy.

A woman who answered the phone at the couple's home last night declined to comment.

"It's sad what happened," said longtime neighbor Joe Khan.

"They were very nice people," added neighbor Wen Zhu, a neighbor who has known the Greens for about 10 years. "They were always together. I'm surprised."

Autopsies will be performed on the husband and wife to confirm the murder-suicide determination, but investigators are not searching for any suspects, sources said.

With Michael J. Feeney

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