Paradise News Reports

Actress condition remains critical

New York, January 30

Susanna Marlowe remains in critical condition at St. Joseph’s hospital today, two days after she was seriously injured in a shooting outside the Stratford Theater.

Doctors performed two difficult operations on her in as many days in order to remove two out of the three bullets that injured her, one from her right shoulder and another one that had destroyed part of her right lung. A third bullet, reported to be near her heart has yet to be removed.

“It will be a much more difficult procedure to remove the third bullet than the two we have performed so far” Dr. Wander of St.
Joseph’s hospital told Paradise News. “Miss Marlowe is unconscious and very weak still and we are not sure she will survive a third major surgery so quickly. We are doing what we can to keep her condition stable but with one lung partly destroyed and another with limited functionality due to the bullet’s position it’s quite a challenge”.

Miss Marlowe’s family is keeping vigil by her side. Friends and colleagues from the Stratford Company have also visited to offer their support to the family. “She is holding on, we are hopeful she will make it, she is a strong young lady” director Robert Hathaway said following a brief visit to the actress yesterday.

Also vigil outside the hospital keeps Miss Marlowe’s number one fan. Mr. Cy Berfred of Jersey, arrived at St. Joseph’s hospital soon after she was taken there last Monday evening and has not left since. “I will remain here as long as it takes; I want to be here and watch her walk out of the hospital in good health”.

Miss Marlowe’s promising acting career with the Stratford Company was cut short 2 years ago when she had a leg amputated following an accident at the theatre. She has not walked since.

Absent from the hospital for most of Tuesday was Miss Marlowe’s fiancé, Terrence Grandchester who is in close co-operation with the police regarding the investigation of the shooting. Police have denied reports that he is considered a suspect. “We are grateful for all the assistance he is offering on the issue” a police official told Paradise News, but he would give no more details.

The assailant has been identified as one Agatha Barnaby, a 25 year old shop owner’s daughter from Brooklyn. Miss Barnaby appeared before a judge, Tuesday however, even after extensive questioning she has been adamantly refusing to confess her motives for the assault. Paradise News sources present at the hearing report that she showed little to no remorse for her actions or about the distress she caused to Miss Marlowe’s family, on the contrary she seemed to be in good spirits.

Police will continue questioning Miss Barnaby before charging her with attempted manslaughter later today.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Jealousy behind actress shooting

New York, January 31

Agatha Barnaby, the woman accused for grievously injuring actress Susanna Marlowe by shooting her 3 times Monday evening has been charged with attempted manslaughter. She is still held at the police station downtown Manhattan. She will be moved to prison tomorrow awaiting trial.

Further questioning by police failed to make Miss Barnaby confirm why she attacked Miss Marlowe. However, Paradise News can exclusively reveal that jealousy might have been her prime motive.

A source close to Miss Barnaby who has asked to remain anonymous has confirm to us that Miss Barnaby is an avid admirer of Mr. Grandchester and that she probably shot Miss Marlowe in a jealous rage.

“Agy absolutely adores Terry; her whole life lately revolves around him. She has been going to the theatre to watch him then wait outside for his exit to see him at every chance. Frankly, her behavior had been worrisome lately”.

Theater security has also confirmed to us that Miss Barnaby was a regular at the Theater particularly when Mr. Grandchester was to perform. She had been noted to wait many times in all types of weather outside the theater for his exit and had talked to him on a number of occasions in the past. Miss Barnaby’s appearances had become more frequent in the past couple of months however and Mr. Grandchester himself had asked security to be aware of her presence as well as to be informed of it himself.

Paradise News have also confirmed with sources close to Miss Marlowe that the actress was aware of Miss Barnaby’s affection for her fiancé and the two clashed outside the theatre two weeks prior to the assault. Miss Marlowe accused Miss Barnaby of “stalking her fiancé” and ordered her removal from theatre premises. Miss Barnaby was very upset and called Miss Marlowe a number of names including “chipie” *.

“Agy was very upset after that, she probably snapped” said the same source close to Miss Barnaby.

Following conclusion of its own investigation on the issue, Paradise News have contacted the police and have presented them with all evidence gathered and is in full co-operation with them to solve the case.

“We will definitely look into this” a police official told us. “We are grateful to Paradise News for their assistance on this matter”.

Mr. Grandchester is also in close contact with the police to assist with the investigation. He also met with reporters briefly outside the hospital yesterday** but he wouldn’t comment on Miss Barnaby. He informed reporters that Miss Marlowe is still unconscious and in critical condition but that she spent a quiet night.

In an unprecedented move he also allowed Mr. Cy Berfred, Miss Marlowe’s No 1 fun who keeps vigil outside the hospital, to visit her. Mr. Grandchester, who reports say looked amused by Mr. Berfred’s constant presence there, asked doctors and hospital security to allow him to see Miss Marlowe briefly.

“I shall forever be grateful to him for this wonderful gift. But to see her just lie there, lifeless…” said Mr. Berfred, following his visit to the patient unable to control his emotions. He vowed to continue his vigil until Miss Marlowe is allowed out of the hospital.

*Mindful that its readers might not be familiar with such word, Paradise News researched it and can confirm it’s a French one, meaning: vixen (quarrelsome, shrewish or malicious woman) or minx (promiscuous). The word can also be used as slang for ‘prostitute’.

**Paradise News would like to apologize to their faithful readers for being unable to provide them with direct quotes from Mr. Grandchester from his meeting with the media. Our reporter was experiencing a major hot flush accompanied by worrisome palpitations at the time Mr. Grandchester was present and was unable to talk to him. She was taken to the emergency room briefly where she was advised by doctors to “take it easy” for a few days.

Actress dies as assailant jailed

New York, February 1

Susanna Marlowe, the former actress who was shot outside the Stratford Theater last Monday, has died. She was 21.

Miss Marlow was seriously injured when Agatha Barnaby opened fire and shot her 3 times at her back Monday evening. She had already undergone extensive surgery to remove 2 bullets one from her right shoulder and another from her right lung. Doctors had initially vetoed a third operation for fears she would not make it through it but were forced to operate when they realized the third bullet had started affecting her heart’s function. Miss Marlowe passed away during the emergency operation Thursday afternoon.

“We did all we could to save her but her heart was very weak. She suffered a massive heart attack during surgery” a doctor present during the operation informed Paradise News.

Her mother, Hillary Marlowe was at the hospital when Susanna was taken to the operation room. Susanna’s fiancé was informed of the emergency surgery and rushed to the hospital where he arrived only minutes before her death was announced.

A somber looking Mr. Grandchester was driven away from the hospital about an hour later along with a visibly distraught Mrs. Marlowe. Through his agent, Andrew Hartman, Mr. Grandchester asked the media for privacy. “This is a difficult time for Susanna’s family. Her mother is devastated. Terry hopes the media will spare them any intrusion”.

In a brief statement the Stratford Theater Company said: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Miss Marlowe and extend our sincere condolences to Mr. Grandchester and Mrs. Marlowe for their tragic lose. Our thoughts are with them”. The Company suspended all shows for 10 days.

Details of the funeral have not yet been released but Paradise News has learned that Miss Marlowe’s body will be taken to her hometown of Defiance, Ohio, for a private burial.

Meanwhile, Agatha Barnaby, the woman who shot the Miss Marlowe, reportedly laughed when she heard of Miss Marlowe’s passing and commented that “she got what she really deserved”.

“She was really a small, egocentric and spiteful person” a source claimed to have heard Miss Barnaby say.

Police informed the media that on news of Miss Marlowe’s death, Miss Barnaby confessed her motives were jealousy and anger as Paradise News revealed yesterday in a world exclusive report.

Miss Barnaby admitted to being besotted with Mr. Grandchester and very jealous of Miss Marlowe for being his fiancé. She also confirmed that she and Miss Marlowe quarreled recently about this matter and Miss Marlowe had order theater security to not allow Miss Barnaby “anywhere near Theater property or her fiance”. Miss Barnaby confessed this infuriated her and she decided to “teach Miss Marlowe a lesson”.

Miss Barnaby was jailed Thursday awaiting trial. Following Miss Marlowe’s death her charge was changed from attempted manslaughter to manslaughter. She faces up to 15 years in federal prison if convicted.

Security was tight during Miss Barnaby’s move to jail as Mr. Cy Berfred, Miss Marlowe’s number one fan, vowed to “kill that cow for cutting my Susanna’s life short” shortly after Miss Marlowe’s death was announced. Mr. Berfred, who was keeping vigil outside the hospital since Monday night, was inconsolable as he left his post following the sad news as he didn’t “want to see Susanna come out of the hospital in a box”.

“I was expecting her to have a full recovery and be her old bouncy self again soon” he said visibly upset. “Now she will go to earth… to be eaten by worms and all kinds of creepy things… This is unbearable!”

Paradise News extends their sincere condolences to Miss Marlowe’s family.

Shot actress laid to rest in hometown

Defiance, Ohio February 5

Close relatives and friends paid their last respects to former actress Susanna Marlowe who was killed last week by a crazed fan of her fiancé, Terry Grandchester.

Miss Marlowe was laid to rest Tuesday, in her hometown Defiance, Ohio after a simple 30-minute ceremony that took place at St. Susanna and Gertrude church, in a suburb of Defiance.

Dressed in a beige lace dress, she lay serenely in a white coffin adorned with wild thistles, her favorite flowers.

Present at the service was Mr. Cy Berfred who had travelled from New York with intentions to stand outside the church during his favorite actress’s funeral. He was invited to attend the service however by Mr. Grandchester, when the latter was informed about Mr. Berfred’s presence outside the church.

Mr. Berfred was inconsolable during the service but it was the actual burial in the adjacent to the church cemetery, that was proved too much for him and he had to have first aid assistance as he fainted when the white coffin was lowered to the ground.

Following the burial and after making sure Mr. Berfred was OK, Mr. Grandchester met briefly with 5 fans who had gathered outside the church to offer their condolences before being driven to the Marno Hotel, in downtown Defiance where he and Mrs. Marlowe held a small wake.

Present at the funeral and the wake was also Mr. Robert Hathaway, president of the Stratford Theater Company who announced that shows have been suspended for a week in memory of Miss Marlowe. Hamlet will be played by understudy Joshua Romenholt, as Mr. Grandchester will be on bereavement leave for further 5 weeks.

Paradise News can reveal Mr. Grandchester will be comforted by friends in Chicago, for which he left soon after the funeral.