Gay Murder Suicide Stuns Town (Leominster, Massachusetts)

[Ian David]

Gay Murder Suicide Stuns Town
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: February 8, 2005 11:03 am. ET

(Leominster, Massachusetts) The murder suicide of a prominent Massachusetts gay attorney and his partner has stunned the town of Leominster, northwest of Boston.

Friends, concerned they had not been able to contact Ryan F. Curtis, called police. Inside the home Curtis shared with lawyer Stephen M. CampoBasso officers discovered Curtis's body. Police have not said how Curtis died, but friends of the couple said he had been shot. Curtis' car remained in the home's driveway all day, a neighbor said.

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CampoBasso was well known in the community. He had been involved in a number of LGBT civil rights cases and was an active member of the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association.

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His brother, Peter CampoBasso, had served as assistant city solicitor in Leominster and as a city councilor. Another brother, Vincent CampoBasso, also practices law in the city and one of his sisters hosts a cooking program on cable access television.

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