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July 25th, 2008, 06:55 AM
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BENNETT - The man who escaped from a federal prison in Florence after being convicted for sending spam e-mail killed his wife and one of their children before killing himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Thursday.
Eddie Davidson, 35, was serving a 21-month sentence for illegally sending spam over the Internet and escaped from a minimum security prison in Florence on July 20.
At around 11:15 a.m. Thursday, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department received a report of shots fired in the area of East Arkansas Place, at Davidson's former home.
Around the same time, according to the sheriff's department, a female teenager arrived at a neighbor's house with a gunshot wound to the neck. She was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
When sheriff's deputies arrived at the house, located in the 43000 block of East Arkansas Place, they found a dead woman and a dead man lying next to a silver Toyota Sequoia in the driveway. They also found a dead 3-year-old girl inside the SUV.
The U.S. Attorney's office says the man, Davidson, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The U.S. Attorney's office says Davidson's wife, Amy Hill, and their 3-year-old daughter were the other two who were killed and they both died from gunshot wounds.
Their infant son, about 7 to 8 months old, was found unharmed inside the back of the SUV still in a car seat. He was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for dehydration.
All of the deceased suffered from gunshot wounds, as did the teenage girl.
The girl's condition was not released, but she was talking to investigators when they arrived. Neighbors said she is the daughter of either Davidson or Hill.
The sheriff's department believes this is a murder-suicide.
Davidson was sentenced on April 28 for sending spam e-mail messages. The conviction earned him the nickname "Spam King."
Police had been looking for a silver Sequoia in connection with his disappearance.
The U.S. Attorney's office says Davidson left the prison in Florence in a car with his wife. He then drove to Lakewood, where he got a change of clothes and cash from her parent's house before leaving.
Someone claiming to have spoken with Hill while she and her husband were on the run described their conversation to 9NEWS on condition of anonymity. He said Hill told him she was being taken against her will and that Davidson was "in charge."
Davidson made at least $3.5 million sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails for nearly 20 companies to promote watches, perfume and other items. He pleaded guilty to tax evasion and falsifying e-mail headers; in April he was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay the IRS nearly $715,000. Prosecutors say Davidson operated his spamming activities from his personal residence in Bennett, where he had a large network of computers and servers which facilitated his business.
At the time of his escape, Davidson was being housed in a minimum security institution known as a Federal Prison Camp. It has dormitory housing and a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio. Inmates typically help serve the labor needs of the larger institutions the camps are typically located near.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=96383&catid=339&GID=LJH3azePIs79Ewvm4nUOd0QomYbb0iMA25xET+kHuIM%3D
I guess helping him bust out of prison wasn't such a good idea, huh?
BENNETT - The man who escaped from a federal prison in Florence after being convicted for sending spam e-mail killed his wife and one of their children before killing himself in an apparent murder-suicide on Thursday.
Eddie Davidson, 35, was serving a 21-month sentence for illegally sending spam over the Internet and escaped from a minimum security prison in Florence on July 20.
At around 11:15 a.m. Thursday, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department received a report of shots fired in the area of East Arkansas Place, at Davidson's former home.
Around the same time, according to the sheriff's department, a female teenager arrived at a neighbor's house with a gunshot wound to the neck. She was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
When sheriff's deputies arrived at the house, located in the 43000 block of East Arkansas Place, they found a dead woman and a dead man lying next to a silver Toyota Sequoia in the driveway. They also found a dead 3-year-old girl inside the SUV.
The U.S. Attorney's office says the man, Davidson, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The U.S. Attorney's office says Davidson's wife, Amy Hill, and their 3-year-old daughter were the other two who were killed and they both died from gunshot wounds.
Their infant son, about 7 to 8 months old, was found unharmed inside the back of the SUV still in a car seat. He was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for dehydration.
All of the deceased suffered from gunshot wounds, as did the teenage girl.
The girl's condition was not released, but she was talking to investigators when they arrived. Neighbors said she is the daughter of either Davidson or Hill.
The sheriff's department believes this is a murder-suicide.
Davidson was sentenced on April 28 for sending spam e-mail messages. The conviction earned him the nickname "Spam King."
Police had been looking for a silver Sequoia in connection with his disappearance.
The U.S. Attorney's office says Davidson left the prison in Florence in a car with his wife. He then drove to Lakewood, where he got a change of clothes and cash from her parent's house before leaving.
Someone claiming to have spoken with Hill while she and her husband were on the run described their conversation to 9NEWS on condition of anonymity. He said Hill told him she was being taken against her will and that Davidson was "in charge."
Davidson made at least $3.5 million sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails for nearly 20 companies to promote watches, perfume and other items. He pleaded guilty to tax evasion and falsifying e-mail headers; in April he was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay the IRS nearly $715,000. Prosecutors say Davidson operated his spamming activities from his personal residence in Bennett, where he had a large network of computers and servers which facilitated his business.
At the time of his escape, Davidson was being housed in a minimum security institution known as a Federal Prison Camp. It has dormitory housing and a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio. Inmates typically help serve the labor needs of the larger institutions the camps are typically located near.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=96383&catid=339&GID=LJH3azePIs79Ewvm4nUOd0QomYbb0iMA25xET+kHuIM%3D
I guess helping him bust out of prison wasn't such a good idea, huh?