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Joe Rapini and David Starr were two men that lived together in Greece, New York, a

northwestern suburb of Rochester.

The two lived at 98 Applewood Drive, and were in the midst of a happy life together in the spring of 1983.

On the morning of Wednesday, April 13th, Joe had evidently come down with something.

He wasn't feeling well, so he took the day off from work.

David meanwhile still went to work that day, suspecting Joe to have contracted the

simple flu. When he returned home later that day though, he discovered that Joe was much sicker than he had originally suspected.

Joe was running a serious fever and had been unable to keep anything down all day long.

Out of an abundance of caution, the two decided to drop by the hospital that evening.

Thankfully, the doctor that saw Joe said he did not need to stay overnight, so he could return home.

Joe was administered a sedative to help him sleep that night, which would begin to take effect almost immediately.

Just after 9 p.m. the two returned home from the hospital, and nothing in their neighborhoods seemed to be amiss.

However, as they stepped inside their home, they were greeted by a masked gunman who had broken

into their home via a shattered kitchen window.

When they walked in through the garage, the man was standing in the middle of their kitchen,

mask on and gun raised, just waiting for them.

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