Authorities believe a custody dispute amidst a disintegrating marriage triggered a murder-suicide in South Carolina earlier this summer, after 36-year-old Jessica Edens shot and killed the woman whom she believed was her estranged husband’s girlfriend.
Edens then killed her two young children and, finally, shot herself, according to police. She left behind a scathing suicide note for her spouse.
Here are four things to know about the tragedy.
1. Edens’ Spree Began with Husband’s Suspected Girlfriend
On July 13, police believe Edens fatally shot 28-year-old Meredith Leigh Rahme at a parking garage at Rhame’s apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina,...
Edens then killed her two young children and, finally, shot herself, according to police. She left behind a scathing suicide note for her spouse.
Here are four things to know about the tragedy.
1. Edens’ Spree Began with Husband’s Suspected Girlfriend
On July 13, police believe Edens fatally shot 28-year-old Meredith Leigh Rahme at a parking garage at Rhame’s apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina,...
- 8/16/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
South Carolina authorities have released suicide notes written by a mother who killed the woman she believed was her estranged husband’s girlfriend before turning the gun on her own two children and then herself, according to multiple reports.
Greenville Online reports that Jessica Edens, 36, wrote to her estranged husband, Ben Edens: “To Ben, you have caused me more pain than I’ve ever been in in my life. You have caused my children pain. I hate you. I hope you rot one day for what you have done to me and my kids. You can no longer hurt us.
Greenville Online reports that Jessica Edens, 36, wrote to her estranged husband, Ben Edens: “To Ben, you have caused me more pain than I’ve ever been in in my life. You have caused my children pain. I hate you. I hope you rot one day for what you have done to me and my kids. You can no longer hurt us.
- 8/11/2017
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
The investigation of a murder-suicide in South Carolina concerning a mother who killed her estranged husband’s girlfriend, followed by her two children, is now closed.
In a press release by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, detectives concluded that Jessica Edens, 36, went to her parents’ home on July 12, the day before she shot her two children, and stole a .40 caliber handgun while her parents were out of town.
Officials stated they believed the weapon was used in the murder of Meredith Rahme, 28, in Greenville, South Carolina and in the murder-suicide that followed in Edens’ vehicle later that day.
In a press release by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, detectives concluded that Jessica Edens, 36, went to her parents’ home on July 12, the day before she shot her two children, and stole a .40 caliber handgun while her parents were out of town.
Officials stated they believed the weapon was used in the murder of Meredith Rahme, 28, in Greenville, South Carolina and in the murder-suicide that followed in Edens’ vehicle later that day.
- 7/26/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
A South Carolina mother killed the woman she believed was her estranged husband’s girlfriend, then fled the scene and fatally shot her own young children and herself in a gas station parking lot amid a messy divorce and custody dispute, police say.
Jessica Edens, 36, shot and killed Meredith Leigh Rahme, 28, Thursday in her car at her Greenville, South Carolina, apartment complex, Police Chief Ken Miller said at a press conference.
A short time later, Edens was found dead seven miles away in her black Jeep in the parking lot of a Speedway gas station in Pickens, South Carolina. Her...
Jessica Edens, 36, shot and killed Meredith Leigh Rahme, 28, Thursday in her car at her Greenville, South Carolina, apartment complex, Police Chief Ken Miller said at a press conference.
A short time later, Edens was found dead seven miles away in her black Jeep in the parking lot of a Speedway gas station in Pickens, South Carolina. Her...
- 7/15/2017
- by Yvonne Juris
- PEOPLE.com
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