Triple murder & suicide in St. Mary
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Senior detectives of the Area Two Police Division scoured two crime scenes for clues into a triple murder and suicide in St. Mary Wednesday morning.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The police say Richard Marsh, 28, of Retreat Content beat his girlfriend Sherion Simpson, 25, of Charles Town and her parents to death at their home </span>in Tower Isle before killing himself.
Police theorize that Mr. Marsh and Miss Simpson had an altercation on Tuesday after which she left to spend the night with her parents.
Mr. Marsh reportedly followed his girlfriend to her parents' house.
It is theorized that he had a brief conversation with her before attacking her and her parents, Catherine Matthews, 55, and stepfather Roy Matthews, 85, both of Tower Isle, with a mortar stick.
Mr. Marsh then left the scene and went back to his home in Retreat Content where he allegedly hanged himself.
His relatives found his body hanging from a tree in his yard just after 5am Wednesday.
The police found the bodies of Miss Simpson and her mother in a bedroom while the body of her elderly stepfather was found in a hallway.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Senior detectives of the Area Two Police Division scoured two crime scenes for clues into a triple murder and suicide in St. Mary Wednesday morning.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The police say Richard Marsh, 28, of Retreat Content beat his girlfriend Sherion Simpson, 25, of Charles Town and her parents to death at their home </span>in Tower Isle before killing himself.
Police theorize that Mr. Marsh and Miss Simpson had an altercation on Tuesday after which she left to spend the night with her parents.
Mr. Marsh reportedly followed his girlfriend to her parents' house.
It is theorized that he had a brief conversation with her before attacking her and her parents, Catherine Matthews, 55, and stepfather Roy Matthews, 85, both of Tower Isle, with a mortar stick.
Mr. Marsh then left the scene and went back to his home in Retreat Content where he allegedly hanged himself.
His relatives found his body hanging from a tree in his yard just after 5am Wednesday.
The police found the bodies of Miss Simpson and her mother in a bedroom while the body of her elderly stepfather was found in a hallway.
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