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'Spam King' suspected in murder-suicide
Chris Schneider, Rocky Mountain News
Investigators examine the SUV where three persons were found dead near Bennett.
U.S. Attorney's Office
Edward “Eddie” Davidson
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BENNETT — The man responsible for a murder-suicide involving three people is the "Spam King" Edward Davidson who escaped from a minimum-security federal prison Sunday in Florence, according to a source from the U.S. attorney's office.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department is investigating the shooting deaths of three people — a 3-year-old girl, a man and a woman found dead this morning near this rural community 36 miles east of Denver.
Mark Campbell, Arapahoe County undersheriff, said authorities have not made positive identification but believe the victims are family members.
Davidson, 35, was sentenced in April to serve 21 months in federal prison for his role in sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited fraudulent e-mails touting certain penny stocks as excellent investments.
He also was ordered to pay $714, 139 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and to forfeit gold coins and other property he had purchased with ill-gotten gains.
Davidson had escaped from a minimum-security federal prison in Florence, after his wife, Amy Lee Ann Hill, 29, of Lakewood, had visited him.
Davidson allegedly jumped into Hill's vehicle after the visit, and was last seen in Lakewood, after dropping off Hill at her parents' home on S. Fig Street. He was last seen in a 2006 silver Toyota Sequoia.
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Posted by ImInBoulder on July 24, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
DC: Edward Davidson killed a woman and girl, then killed himself? Ed is dead?That point is not exactly clear.
Posted by anyeslc on July 24, 2008 at 4:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What line of thinking takes these idiots to kill their family members after they get caught breaking the law and going to jail!!!!! What the @#$$ do these people think killing their innocent family will do?
Posted by jenfalor on July 24, 2008 at 4:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Details are still coming out, but it appears that the dead man was the gunman.
We'll update the story as we find out more.
-Jennifer Falor
online editor
Posted by noboresident on July 24, 2008 at 4:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Let's see...it was just yesterday that TurboPotato called this guy "a saint."
Posted by blacksho89 on July 24, 2008 at 4:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
http://www.denverpost.com/television/...
Posted by Gambrinus on July 24, 2008 at 4:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, we always knew spammers were evil.
Posted by mcaulif4 on July 24, 2008 at 5:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This is awful. What a terrible tragedy!
Posted by rungreger on July 24, 2008 at 6:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)
hopefully, the next spammer will be sent to maximum security so this won't happen again. anyone that sends out spam is a crazed fool and could do anything.
Posted by crazy4cheese on July 24, 2008 at 6:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I bet he's a Republican too.
Posted by rasinden57 on July 24, 2008 at 7:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Posted by crazy4cheese on July 24, 2008 at 6:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I bet he's a Republican too.
He probably was, and couldn't stand the thought of Obamamessiah for presidento/lord/king.
Posted by noboresident on July 24, 2008 at 7:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
"I bet he's a Republican too."
He probably was, and couldn't stand the thought of four more years of big government and fiscal irresponsibility with McSame in the White House.
Posted by panther76 on July 24, 2008 at 8:30 p.m.
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Posted by BoulderHippy on July 24, 2008 at 9:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My guess: wifey was happy when he was spamming and making big bucks. He gets busted and she bails on him. He says no bailing and does the murder/suicide thing.
Can't blame the feds on this one. It is unusual for a spammer to do this given the sentence was not that long.
You want to talk about cowards? How about the feds investigating who carried out 9/11 and prosecuting some of the powers that be for treason? Some of the feds have been actively covering up 9/11's government/corporate false flag operation.
How about the feds send those that negligently gave out loans and caused the current banking/mortage crises? 5.2 trillion dollars is at stake. How about the feds crack down on all the illegals hired at a certain major ski resort chain in Colorado? How about the feds close our boarders? Calling a dead man a coward is ridiculous.
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