13 things Belmont, Massachusetts native Katie McLean

Kathleen Mary “Katie” McLean was born and raised in Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is around 24.5 miles away from Dover, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

BIOGRAPHY

McLean was an American teacher. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. Her mother Mary E. McLean is a Belmont resident.
2. Her father Richard A. McLean lives in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts with his wife Judith McLean.
3. Her sister Beth A. Melanson lives in Belmont with her husband Paul J. Melanson.
4. She graduated from Belmont High School on Concord Avenue in Belmont.
5. She studied occupational therapy at Mount Ida College in Newtown, Middlesex County.
6. She was a Reiki master.
7. She was a teacher at Plymouth Nursery School in Belmont.
8. She had a business in Dover called Birch Tree Energy and Healing, which she described as a collaboration of a tribe of healers to promote wellness, self-healing and life transformation using intuitive modalities.
9. She and German-American urologist Dr. Ingolf “Harry” A. Tuerk met online.
10. She and Tuerk lived in Dover with children from previous marriages.
11. Before marrying Tuerk, she was married to Steven Rocca.
12. She and Rocca have three children together namely Sophia Rocca, Mary Grace Rocca and Sam Rocca. 
13. In 2020, she died at age 45.

TIMELINE

2019

• On August 15, 2019, she turned 45.
• In December 2019, she and Tuerk got married at a drive-thru chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

2020

• In January 2020, she filed a report saying Tuerk threw her to the ground asking if she was cheating on him.
• On April 15, 2020, she took to Facebook to share a photo of their residence in Dover with a “For Sale” sign on the front.
• On May 6, 2020, Anthony Vorres, the general manager of Residence Inn in Dedham, Norfolk County, took a reservation call from Tuerk, allowing a key for her. He reserved a room from May 8-17, 2020.
• On May 8, 2020, she and Tuerk entered Residence Inn.
• She was last seen alive on the evening of May 14, 2020 in their residence in Dover.
• On May 15, 2020, she was reported missing and Massachusetts State Police sergeant Jeffrey Kotkowski led the investigation into her disappearance.
• At around 11:00 p.m. on May 16, 2020, police found her body in a small pond off Walpole Street in Dover, which is near their residence. That night, Tuerk was found unresponsive in his room in Residence Inn, revived with Narcan at Norwood Hospital in Norwood, Norfolk County, arrested and charged with killing her.