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Sgt Erin Elizabeth Edwards Murder Case - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 7th Mar, 2016 - 2:17am
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Sgt. Erin Elizabeth Edwards Murder Case
Husband-wife soldiers killed in murder-suicide
Original Post Date: 8th Oct, 2010 - 1:49pm
How sad for the children! I hope they can be raised in a loving environment. My heart goes out to the victim and these children as well.
QUOTE KILLEEN, Texas - Police were investigating the shooting deaths of two Fort Hood soldiers this week as a murder-suicide, authorities said. Fort Hood officials on Saturday identified the victims as Sgt. Erin Elizabeth Edwards, 24, and her estranged husband, Sgt. William McKinley Edwards, also 24. Both served with the 4th Infantry Division in Iraq before returning to Fort Hood in recent months. Police found Erin Edwards' body Thursday morning on the front porch of her home in this military community 75 miles north of Austin. She had been shot in the head, Capt. Jackie Dunn said. William Edwards' body was found a short time later in an apartment complex parking lot across the street. He suffered what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and a gun was recovered at the scene, Dunn said. The official causes of death were pending a medical examiner's confirmation, police said. The couple's 4-year-old son and 20-month-old daughter were not home at the time of the shootings and were believed to be with Erin Edwards' family in Pennsylvania, officials said. The couple had a violent domestic history, according to court records reviewed by the Killeen Daily Herald. Neighbors said police were constantly at the residence because of domestic problems. In June, William Edwards was arraigned on a charge of assault with bodily injury for hurting his wife. That day, a justice of the peace issued a 60-day emergency protection order ordering William Edwards to stay away from his wife. A two-year protection order was issued on Wednesday. Fort Hood spokesman Cecil Green said both soldiers were light vehicle mechanics, although Erin Edwards had been working as an administrative assistant in the division headquarters… Source 5b
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