BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - News 4 has learned Martin Motley, the Buffalo
Police officer on injured-on-duty status who visited the home of an ECMC doctor
the day the trauma surgeon murdered a woman inside the hospital, has been
suspended for four days without pay.
The 47-year-old cop had been on injured-on-duty status for the last
three years and an internal investigation into his actions on June 13th
determined he had violated the sick-leave confinement policy, according to News
4 sources. Before being brought up on charges within the department, Martin
filed for retirement and will retire by the end of the month after 24 years on
the force.
Questions swirled about Motley's involvement in the murder-suicide
involving ECMC trauma surgeon Timothy Jorden and receptionist Jackie
Wisniewski. On June 13th, Jorden entered the hospital and murdered Wisniewski,
shooting her five times at point blank range. He then fled to his Lakeshore home and committed suicide along 18-Mile Creek.
When authorities went to Jorden's home that morning, they found Motley
there with a Rolex watch, around $5,000 in cash, and his personal,
non-police-issued revolver. Police questioned his motive for being there and suspended him from the
force, though ultimately determined his actions were not criminal in
nature.