Buffalo surgeon's personality changed prior to hospital killing, neighbors say

BUFFALO, N.Y. –  Neighbors say surgeon Timothy Jorden was meticulous about his work, his appearance and even the landscaping at his home.

So they suspected something was askew in his life this spring when he began putting less effort into things he previously approached with such care. The affable doctor also became less friendly and dropped about 75 pounds, they said.

They learned this week that police nationwide are searching for Jorden -- also a military-trained weapons expert -- following the audacious fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend in a stairwell at the hospital where they both worked. They now wonder if the odd shift in his personality is somehow connected to the death of administrative assistant Jacqueline Wisniewski.

"I saw him at the beginning of the season and noticed how much weight he had lost," said June DuPree, a neighbor of Jorden's in an exclusive cluster of homes on a lakefront bluff. "He said, `Yeah, I lost a little bit.' But it was more than a little bit. It was a lot. He wasn't too friendly that time I saw him. He just didn't want to talk."

In his Lakeview neighborhood south of Buffalo, Jorden, residents say Jorden clearly spent a lot of money to keep the grounds of his white, gabled home by the lake manicured and lush. But this spring, Jorden's bushes became overgrown, his grass grew knee-high and a kitchen remodeling job was halted.  More

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