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Daughter of 'Spam King' fills in details of murder-suicide
Eddie Davidson spared his 7-month- old son's life
As the gunshots exploded inside the Toyota Sequoia, the 16-year-old girl in the back seat twisted and ducked in a desperate fight to get away from the death unfolding around her.
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Just minutes before, on the way to the long, dusty driveway in front of the family's former home, the girl's disgraced father had said he had a gift for everyone. Now Eddie Davidson stood outside the driver's door of the silver SUV, a huge summer sky stretched out above him, firing shots from a .45-caliber pistol.
The first bullet killed his wife, Amy Lee Ann Hill, 29. The third one ended the life of his 3-year-old daughter, Bailey, strapped helplessly into her car seat.
In between, Davidson -- a former Louisville resident dubbed the "Spam King" after being convicted of sending thousands of e-mail solicitations -- shot at his oldest daughter. That bullet ripped across the back of the girl's neck, just grazing her skin, and an instant later she jerked open the door and ran. When she looked back over her shoulder, her father was pointing the gun at her, and all she could think was that that he was going to shoot her again.
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Posted by crazy4cheese on July 26, 2008 at 12:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Coward.
Posted by Nigel80026 on July 26, 2008 at 7:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
How is this Boulder & County News?
Posted by memailme on July 26, 2008 at 7:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
As long as these kinds of killings happen, I will never understand the thought process one has to have in order to carry out this kind of thing. Unbearable for the daughter heartbreaking for the baby.
Posted by rungreger on July 26, 2008 at 8:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"How is this Boulder & County News?"
The idiot spam king ran his sorry sick business from Louisville.
Posted by nonnymoose on July 26, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Perhaps it is time to interpret the Second Amendment correctly. This coward would be in jail and his family (like so many others) would be alive if he had no right to possess a firearm.
Posted by rungreger on July 26, 2008 at 9:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't see how the fact that he had no right to have a firearm would change anything. He had no right to break the law and steal time from people's life with spam and that didn't stop him. He had no right to escape from jail and that didn't stop him. He had no right to kill people and that didn't stop him.
Posted by flabuff227 on July 26, 2008 at 1:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I feel so bad for the daughter. She has to live with those visions the rest of her life. Not to mention she lost her family.
Nonnymoose- I dont think this is the story you wanna bring your own agenda into!
" how is this boulder & county news?"
Some stories merit state-wide or even national news. How else would we be informed! Even though this subject did happen in boulder county. c'mon man!
Posted by flabuff227 on July 26, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Kdargo- You make a very good point! Although, spam and spammers are extremely annoying,Im not sure it warrants prison time.
Posted by stephen.smith on July 26, 2008 at 3:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
flabuff227 - "Although, spam and spammers are extremely annoying, I'm not sure it warrants prison time." You're kidding. Right? This guy was a big time thief ... he stole millions and violated various SEC, IRS, banking, state and federal laws during the past several years.
Fraud, money laundering and stealing ... that
doesn't warrant federal prison time?
He was given the "gift" of just 21 months in prison (minimum security) and $715,000 in restitution. Since when does spamming negate ones
confomance with the law?
Posted by mobusdorphin on August 15, 2008 at 2:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
nonnymoose: This coward would be in jail and his family (like so many others) would be alive if he had no right to possess a firearm.
Here's where you're wrong. When it becomes illegal to own a firearm, moar guns are sold on the black market, undocumented. So it actually becomes easier for the wrong people to have guns than the right people.
stephen.smith: he stole millions and violated various SEC, IRS laws.
Ahem. THERE IS NO LAW THAT REQUIRES YOU TO PAY A FEDERAL INCOME TAX. While he did commit fraud (which should always be illegal) you commit no crime by not filing a FEDERAL income tax. Don't believe me? Find it.
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