Hallandale Beach, FL – A Canadian Jewish couple from Toronto, has been found slain in their south Florida condo.
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David Pichosky, 71, and Rochelle Wise, 66, were found dead in a Venetian Park condo on the 900 block of Northeast 25th Street, just north of Miami, by a concerned neighbour Thursday evening.
Local police confirm the deaths have been deemed a double homicide.
A neighbour with a key went to the couple’s unit to check on them around 6:30 p.m. and made the grisly discovery.
Neighbors described the victims, who had been married for about four years, as warm, friendly and religious. They said the couple could regularly be seen walking to temple on Friday evenings, The Miami Herald reported (http://goo.gl/Z51rZ) Friday.
Mr. Pichosky and Ms. Wise lived in North York and were active members of Shaarei Shomayim, a modern orthodox Jewish congregation.
The bodies are scheduled to be flown back Motzei Shabbos to Toronto.
BDE! How awful! We need Moshiach now! May the family be comforted.
BD”E.
It’ll be a hard one trying to be besimcha this shabbos.
What is nebech going on in this world
BD”E
Instead of arguing back and forth about the Moshiach, how about some concern about who murdered this wonderful couple, and why. There is at least one murderer on the lose in Florida targeting frum people which should be of major concern to the readers of VIN whether they are in Tower 41 or anywhere else in the vicinity!
stop the nonsence with your moshiach ect… Have some compastion I do know the family and the children that live in Toronto. They deserve better that nonsece . perhaps the message is that we all need to work on our Vahavta Leracha Comocha. Love your fellow Jew.
From The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper:
……Mr. Pichosky, who was known to friends and relatives as Donny, had retired after selling his office-carpet business. A devout man, he prayed every day and observed Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath.
His first wife had died of breast cancer in 2007.
Mr. Pichosky and Ms. Wise first met at a blind date arranged by their children, one of her relatives said. They married four years ago.
Mr. Pichosky volunteered at the Baycrest seniors’ residence, “visiting the older people, playing cards with them,” Mr. Kimel said.
Each year, before flying to Florida, Mr. Pichosky made sure he took with him a phone list of the seniors he visited at Baycrest, calling each week to wish them a good Shabbat.
Ms. Wise was a former preschool vice-principal at Bialik Hebrew Day School. She was also a founding director of the Crestwood Valley Day Camp. “She was an inspiration to a generation of kids, an example to day-camp directors across Toronto,” the camp said in a statement, praising her “limitless energy, unwavering courage and … passion for children.”
In Florida, she volunteered at a Hebrew day school in Hallandale, helping children with learning problems. She was also an active member of a Jewish women’s organization.
“You couldn’t have found a nicer couple. You couldn’t,” said Ms. P. Gladman, a neighbor and friend.
On Thursday, Ms. Gladman, who is also wintering in Hallandale Beach, had purchased a bottle of Scotch she intended to bring to a Shabbat dinner with Mr. Pichosky and Ms. Wise.
Late that afternoon, she got a call from Ms. Wise’s daughter.
“Have you seen my mom? … I can’t get her,” the daughter asked.
“I’m on my way,” replied Ms. Gladman, who lived across the road from her friends.
However, when she showed up, the police had already cordoned off the house so white-suited forensic technicians could examine the crime scene.
Alluding to Mr. Pichosky’s habit of getting his wife flowers every week, Ms. Gladman recalled one occasion when the female cashier said wistfully, “How lovely. Nobody’s ever bought me flowers.”
Mr. Pichosky got a second bouquet and offered it to the cashier.
“I mean, who does that? Who does that? Someone who has a heart and is a kind, caring person,” Ms. Gladman said.
“They’re both kind, caring people. Why them?………Why them?”
OMG…the sweetest, most refined people…they Daavened at the Chabad House on Hallandale Blvd and regularly attended Shiurim there…BDE, BDE…