Former girlfriend remembers Wilmington family killer Ervin Lupoe
"I knew Tony personally though I haven't spoken to him in the last three years. I went to junior high and high School with him, he was my boyfriend at that time.
I reconnected with him three years ago after 20 years of not hearing from him. At that time we talked on the phone and by email about what had become of each other.
He shared pics of his family and at that time was expecting his second set of twins and later sent pictures of them when they were born.
My suspicions of him not being truthful at that time have been confirmed by news reports(assuming they are true.) He had told me he and his wife were doctors, that he had previously been a cop with the LAPD for seven years and had been shot seven times, and so on.
Seemed like a stretch at the time but I remember him stretching the truth quite a bit back in school (I never called him on it though.)
He also alluded to being a doctor on the High School Alumni website where I first made contact with him three years ago (his posting is still there). I got a bad feeling about him so decided not to make an effort speak to him further.
Things happened in junior high that were disturbing also. I just don't think he was a stable person looking back on everything. I don't believe his wife was anything but a victim of this along with his kids.
Whatever fraud was committed does not surprise me. Seems that was just the type of person Tony was from very early on. The murdering of his entire family...what a horrible, horrible thing to do and I wouldn't expect that from anyone. But he most definitely had a temper, a scary violent streak that I had hoped he had outgrown. Anyway, I just wanted to shed some light on Tony."
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Why reveal this now? Let the guy rest, along with his family.
The guy was a pathological liar and a compulsive gambler. He was seen at the Racetrack Monday night at approx 8pm...I know this from one of his relatives. He was heard talking on his cell phone and when he got off he said he had to go home before "she does something crazy".