Not long after arriving at the small, single-story house in Portsmouth, Virginia he reportedly bought “sight unseen,” 84-year-old Albert Baglione was seen wandering the cul-de-sac where it was located.
“He seemed a little off,” said Shane, who’s lived in the house next door for more than 25 years and asked to be identified only by his first name. “He just seemed out of it.”
That was last Thursday. The next time Shane saw his new neighbor was the next afternoon, when he saw Baglione unloading his belongings from a U-Haul moving truck in the driveway of the Bolling Road house.
A few hours later, Baglione was found dead inside. So was his real estate agent, 41-year-old Soren Arn-Oelschlegal of Norfolk. According to a news release issued by Portsmouth police, Baglione is believed to have killed Arn-Oelschlegal before turning the gun on himself.
Police were called to the house in the Shea Farms community about 6 p.m. Friday. When they spoke to Baglione, he had a weapon in his hand and told the officers he’d killed his Realtor, according to a release.
Baglione shut the door to his house and the officers heard a gunshot. When SWAT team officers went in, they found Baglione and Arn-Oelschlegal dead.
Shane, the next door neighbor, said he talked to Baglione’s son afterward. The son said his father had moved from Alabama and bought the house “sight unseen” after discovering it in
an online listing. He paid cash and didn’t see it in person until after he closed the deal.
Baglione lived in Daphne, according to public records.
Arn-Oelschlegal, a longtime agent with Long & Foster Real Estate in Suffolk, had been Baglione’s agent. He posted about the sale on his professional Facebook page the next day, Oct. 5.
“Congratulations to my out of town buyer,” the post read. “I’m so happy I was able to find him a home that fit his needs.”
But when Baglione arrived two days later, he called his son and told him he was displeased with the house, Shane said. The Pilot was not able to locate Baglione’s son.
“He said it didn’t look the same as it did in the pictures,” Shane said. “He told his son he was unhappy and that he was going to talk to his agent about it.”
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Arn-Oelschlegal was dedicated to his work and “always went the extra mile” to please his clients, she said. “He was very professional and well respected by his colleagues,” Fordon said.
He also was active with Hampton Roads Pride and other LGBTQ organizations in the area, said Rudy Almanzor, president of Hampton Roads Pride.
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