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Wednesday Jan 10, 2007

PC World editor, Rex Farrance, dead and accused of being involved in drug trade

From SF Gate today. I couldn't be more shocked. Rex was one of the first reporters I worked with when I entered the tech industry in the early 90's. He was always a great guy. Sad news indeed.

"Four masked men burst into a Pittsburg home, pistol-whipped a woman and fatally shot her husband -- a senior editor for PC World magazine -- in what police believe was a targeted attack because they said the victims had been involved in drug activity.

Rex Farrance, 59, senior technical editor at PC World in San Francisco, was shot in the chest and killed shortly after the assailants forced their way into his home on Argosy Court about 9 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said today.

The couple were apparently targeted because they had been involved in the drug trade, Conaty said."

Read the article here.

Posted at 05:03PM Jan 10, 2007 by Catherine Helzerman in OddBits | Comments[0] Tag it:

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