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San Clemente Retailer Killed in Murder Suicide
A day at Bliss boutique in San Clemente, Calif., turned tragic when Cynthia Jean
Rosier, the owner of Bliss, was allegedly shot and killed by her husband, Patrick Dillard, on Oct. 25.
The couple was going through a divorce. Media reports say that a gunman walked into the boutique, killed Rosier and then killed himself. A worker who fled the boutique was physically unharmed.
An Orange County Sheriff’s Department statement said that at 2:40 p.m. on Oct. 25, deputies assigned to the sheriff’s Critical Incident Response Team were dispatched to the store at 167 Avenida Del Mar, which is San Clemente’s main boutique shopping street. Once they entered the boutique, they found the bodies of the gunman and the victim.
Bliss had served San Clemente for more than a decade. The 3,000-square-foot boutique sold high-end contemporary apparel, footwear and bags, as well as emerging designers. It is unclear what is next for the boutique.
