Motive unclear in newlywed murder-suicide; prenup reportedly eyed

Detectives have yet been unable to determine what caused the fatal dispute between Kelly Ecker Samson, right, and George Samson, seen here in a photograph posted on Facebook.

Police have not indicated what the newlyweds had been arguing about prior to the shootings, but the couple reportedly began bickering over their prenuptial agreement during their reception. The argument became increasingly heated as the celebration moved to the couple’s mansion in Terre Haute, People.com reports. (MyFox8.com)

Investigators say it’s unclear what prompted an argument leading to the apparent murder-suicide of an Indiana couple just hours after their wedding over the weekend.

Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing said detectives have been interviewing wedding and reception guests of Kelly Ecker Samson, 50, and Dr. George Samson, 54, but have yet been unable to determine what caused the fatal dispute early Sunday following their Saturday evening nuptials.

“The investigation has revealed that there was a verbal argument between the couple toward the end of the reception, which carried over to the after-party at the couple’s home,” Vigo County Chief Deputy Sheriff Clark Cottom told the Indianapolis Star in an email. “Shortly after the last guest left at around 1:17 a.m., Kelly Ecker Samson called 911 reporting that her husband had threatened to kill her. There were a total of three very brief 911 calls, which in the first the caller disconnected.”

While on the phone, dispatchers reportedly heard what was thought to be multiple gunshots in the background. Police said George Samson, an anesthesiologist at a local hospital, shot his wife several times prior to fatally shooting himself once in the head with a .45-caliber handgun.

Ewing told the Tribune-Star that some guests told investigators the couple wasn’t talking with each other, but Kelly Samson declined to leave the house.

Vigo County Coroner Dr. Susan Amos told the Indianapolis Star that George Samson worked as an anesthesiologist at Union Hospital. He is also listed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as a current federal firearms dealer.

Cottom did not specify what the newlyweds had been arguing about prior to the shootings, but the couple reportedly began bickering over their prenuptial agreement during their reception. The argument became increasingly heated as the celebration moved to the couple’s mansion in Terre Haute, People.com reports.

“We’re still gathering statements from the attendants,” Cottom told the newspaper.

Investigators found 90 to 100 guns — including rifles, handguns, silencers and fully automatic weapons — and a store of ammunition in the house. Ewing said the guns have been seized for safekeeping for now.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Motive unclear in newlywed murder-suicide; prenup reportedly eyed

Motive unknown for double murder

No motive has been established for the deaths of a Kingston businessman and a sales representative employed to the RJR Communications Group, who were found in Red Hills, St Andrew, on Sunday.

Fifty-two-year-old Darol Lodge of Red Hills and 25-year-old Felicia Sutherland of Passage Fort in Portmore, St Catherine, were found on Sunday about 8:30 in the morning.

According to the Red Hills police, relatives went to Lodge’s home to visit him, but instead stumbled upon both bodies. They were faced down with their hands and feet bound. It is believed they may have been strangled.

The scene was processed and their bodies were removed to the morgue.

Investigations are ongoing.

In the meantime, comments of bereavement flooded Sutherland’s Facebook page as her friends expressed sadness at her passing.

A relative of Sutherland described her as a person who was not involved in any dispute with anyone. The relative was at a loss as to why someone would want to harm her.

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Motive unknown for double murder

Still no motive in Fairfield Road double murder

Rasbert Turner, Star Writer

Up to late yesterday, police had not established a motive or identified any suspect(s) in connection with Saturday’s killing of two men at Fairfield Road, St Catherine.

Delroy Edwards, a businessman from the community, and who is employed to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), and another man, who was still unidentified, were shot to death inside a bar.

When The STAR visited the area yesterday, the community was still tense. Residents expressed concerns about the killings. “This killing now mean people have to lock up from early and start to fret about who might be next,” a female resident said.

It was reported that about 9:30 p.m., Edwards who is also the nephew of Jennifer Edwards, the NSWMA’s executive director, was inside a bar he operated. Police said a man walked in, brandished a handgun and fired shots hitting Edwards and an unidentified male patron.

The man escaped in the community.

The St Catherine North Major Investigation Task Force is probing the matter.

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Still no motive in Fairfield Road double murder