Colorado spammer jailbreak, kills self, family

[riddler 0]

This is not the federal "spam-king" Robert Alan Soloway, but it is a local spammer from Colorado, Edward Davidson. His wife helped break him out of jail last weekend, then he killed her, his 3-year old daughter, and himself. His 14-year old daughter, and a seven-month old baby survived. A tragic end for an evil spammer, and unfortunately, killed some innocent people in the process. I've gotten plenty of spam from this dude.

Rocky Mountain News

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Sunday night he pulled off a seamless escape from a prison in Florence, jumping into a 2006 silver Toyota Sequoia with his visiting wife and speeding away.

On Thursday morning, he fatally shot his wife and his toddler daughter at their former home near Bennett.

Then he killed himself.

He was Colorado's troubled "Spam King," a computer whiz who made millions only to see his life come crashing down, ending on a quiet basin of prairie.

Dirt roads carve the path to the yellow two-story house where police found the lifeless bodies of Edward Davidson, 35, and his wife and 3-year-old daughter, after responding to a call at 11:15 a.m.

Police cars and media trucks lined the 43000 block of East Arkansas Place by mid-afternoon, when the coroner arrived at the scene.

What a nightmare'

Davidson was found outside the driver's side of the vehicle, his wife by the passenger side.

A handgun lay nearby.

His dead daughter was in the back of the vehicle. A 7-month-old boy was found still strapped in his baby-seat, unharmed.

One of Davidson's bullets grazed the neck of a 14-year-old girl, who neighbors said was Davidson's oldest daughter.

She was able to escape to a neighbor's home, and was conscious enough to tell deputies what had happened before she was transported to a hospital. She was treated and released late Thursday.

"What a nightmare, and such a coward," said U.S. Attorney Troy Eid. "Davidson imposed the death penalty on family members for his own crime."

The U.S. Attorney's Office did not release the names of the wife and child, but records indicate that Davidson was married to Amy Lee Ann Hill, 29.

House sold for nearly $500,000

Davidson was sentenced April 28 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.

On Sunday, Davidson escaped from a federal prison in Florence, after Hill, 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 South Fig Street. He was last seen in a 2006 silver Toyota Sequoia.

The family did not live at the home where the vehicle was found Thursday, and Arapahoe County Undersheriff Mark Campbell notified the current homeowners, who were at work at the time. The homeowners arrived on the scene with the coroner's office before the bodies were removed.

According to neighbor Wendy Garner, Julie and Roger Cook moved into the home about seven months ago.

Many nearby neighbors did not know the residents of the home and were not aware that anything was amiss until they heard sirens.

Records show that Hill had once owned the home. She sold it last October to the Cooks for nearly $500,000.

Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD

[BillyVance 34]

May that shitbag burn in hell.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[kelpdiver 2]

definitely the poster child for the 1st amendment toting spamsters, eh?

[birdlike 0]

Darn those handguns and the evil NRA! Darn them to heck!

Killing was not possible before the advent of the handgun! Don't you know that? If we act quickly and ban them all now, we can prevent this, and it'll be worth it if it saves even one spammer's life!

Think of the internet-surfing children!

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