James Robert Ward Shot His Wife Dead, in the Head

Orange County Sheriff’s Office Homicide investigators have charged 61-year-old James Robert Ward with second degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, 55-year-old Diane Elizabeth Ward.

Detectives say the shooting happened Monday night in the Isleworth Country Club community. They say the wife was found in the master beadroom with a gunshot wound to the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say they recovered a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum handgun from the top drawer of a nightstand next to the bed in the master bedroom...

**Blog Author Note: Florida WTF? 3rd one in 5 days!!!!!

This one (Collier County)

This one (Flagler County)

Mesac Damas is a Fugitive After Killing His Wife and 5 Children in Florida

UPDATED!! 9/21 They caught the muthafucker!!!

Investigators in two countries are searching for answers in a family slaying that Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk called the most "horrific and violent" act the community had ever seen.

"This is the worst of the worst," Rambosk said.

Mesac Damas, 33, the father and "person of interest" in the case is believed to be in Haiti following a Friday morning flight. Investigators in the country are currently looking for Damas for questioning, Rambosk said.

The bodies of Damas' five children and his wife, Guerline Damas, were found in different locations in the home, at 864 Hampton Cir., Rambosk said.

The sheriff did not describe the nature of the scene, except to say multiple rooms were involved. He said the scene inside the home and the nature of the case made it the worst he'd ever seen...

**Blog Author Note: Please find this muthafucker. Florida, this is the second killing in days. Was there any history of violence? Strange things going on with the children at school? Isolated wife? Maybe those pro-life "pregnancy center" funds need to be directed elsewhere.

Bingo, found what I was suspecting:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,552710,00.html

Damas Sr. also said his son and his wife have had domestic problems

Records on the Collier County Clerk of Courts Web site reportedly show Damas has prior arrests for domestic violence.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/sep/20/five-children-woman-found-slain-north-naples-apart/

The neighbors said there had been prior disputes in the home.

Records on the Collier County Clerk of Courts Web site show Damas has prior charges for domestic violence in June 2005 involving his wife, Guerline Dieu, and children -- Mesack Obo Damas, Maven and Marven.

Damas also brought charges against Dieu for domestic violence, the Web site records show, but the November 2006 case never moved forward because he failed to appear in court.

Carl Martin Shots His "Estranged" Wife, and then Himself; Restraining Order Unable to be Served

A woman and a man are dead in an apparent Flagler County murder-suicide after she was shot as she ran to a neighbor's house, then again when she was inside.

The shooting just before 7:15 a.m. Wednesday also caused a nearby school to lock down, authorities said.

Shannon Martin, 35, had been granted a restraining order on her estranged husband, Carl Martin, 50, but deputies had not been able to find him to serve the paperwork, Flagler County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Debra Johnson said. They had an incorrect address, she said...

**Blog Author Note: As if the restraining order would have stopped him. Apparently, he had her address. Florida has had a numerous amount of murder-suicides this year. Something different needs to be done.

John D. Orlowski Gets 22 1/2 Years for Murder for Hire

A federal judge sentenced a Beverly man to 22 1/2 years in prison yesterday for scheming to hire a cellmate to kill his estranged wife, young daughter, and mother-in-law in a “chilling’’ plot that only failed because the would-be hit man cooperated with authorities.

Federal Judge Douglas P. Woodlock said the egregiousness of John D. Orlowski’s offense called for harsher sentencing than recommended by federal guidelines, which would have required him to serve at least 20 years in prison. Woodlock had also rejected a tentative plea agreement in April, whereby Orlowski would have served 12 years in federal prison.

“The short of it is that I cannot conceive a more heinous crime that was not in fact carried out but was a planned attempt,’’ Woodlock said at a morning hearing in US District Court in Boston...


Blog Author Note: Had the protection order, which John violated, had not been taken seriously (he had to serve 60 days), and had the inmate not "snitched," we would have been reading about another "sudden" and "tragic" murder of an "estranged" wife. These murders are calculated...premeditated.

Dondra Bullock Murders His Wife After Argument, Kids Are Home

Authorities have charged Dondra Bullock, 32, with murdering his wife, Angela Bullock, 35.

This murder, like most others in the area, stemmed from domestic violence.

In this case, Lowndes County Sheriff Chris Prine says a Bullock shot and killed his wife Sunday evening following an argument at their home in South Lowndes County.

Prine says Bullock shot his wife six times while their two children were at home.

Following the shooting, the Bullock called 911 for help...

7-Year Police Officer Christopher Sullivan Assaults His Wife; Suspended Without Pay

VERNON - An off-duty Hartford police officer was arrested early Friday by Vernon police on domestic violence charges.

Christopher Sullivan, 34, of Old Town Road, was arraigned Friday in Superior Court in Rockville on charges of first-degree burglary, third-degree assault, second-degree threatening, breach of peace and unlawful restraint.

Vernon police said they were called at 2:33 a.m. to an apartment on South Street on a report of a domestic violence assault. The woman they met told them that she and Sullivan had had an argument that escalated into an assault. She told officers that Sullivan held her down and threatened her...

Daddy Joseph L. Warnock Stabbed Mommy on Father's Day and is On the Lam

Police searched Monday for a man wanted for allegedly killing his wife as she slept with their two daughters, one of whom told a 911 dispatcher, "Daddy stabbed mommy."

Joseph L. Warnock, 41, faces an arrest warrant alleging murder in Sunday's death of Angela Warnock, 38, who police said was fatally stabbed in her bed.

He remained at large Monday night after police scoured the area around the couple's home just west of Indianapolis, using a bloodhound at one point in their search, said Lt. Roger Call of the Hendricks County Sheriff's Department...

Father Myron Stenhouse Kills His Wife; Arrested Holding His Child

A man accused of killing his estranged wife was arrested Friday, holding their 14-month-old daughter in his arms.

Myron Stenhouse, 45, called 911 Friday afternoon, asking officers be sent to his home at 6236 20th Way South. He mentioned something about a knife and put the phone down, leaving the line open, police said.

When he returned to the phone, he said his wife was lying on the floor...

**Blog Author note: I will keep saying...the most dangerous time for a victim is when she leaves the relationship**

Wife Dies from Injuries Sustained from Being Set on Fire in April; Tom Wilcox is Now a Murderer

Friends, family and neighbors are gathering Friday to remember Amy Wilcox.

Wilcox died last week from the injuries she suffered after prosecutors say her estranged husband set her on fire back in April.

Tom Wilcox was indicted Thursday on seven counts, including aggravated murder...

Divorced for Only One Month, Michael Stayer Beats His Ex-Wife to Death with a Hammer with the Children Home

A Whitestown nurse died a day after police said she was beaten bloody and unconscious with a hammer in her upscale townhome.

Her ex-husband will be charged with murder next week, authorities said.

Michael Stayer, 31, Zionsville, had called police to report he'd been beaten with a hammer by his wife, but paramedics and authorities found more than his injured hand. Beth Stayer, 32, was unresponsive in her 2-year-old child's bedroom in the new townhome they shared with her 5-year-old, police said...

Another neighbor, Bob Jordan, 47, is a pastor who moved in across the street from Beth Stayer last month. Jordan said he hopes the "tragic" event underscores the need for battered women to seek help...


**Blog Author note: Battered women need to seek PROTECTION not "help", when they have already left like this woman, Beth Stayer, did.

Batterers, are the people who need to seek "help."**

Kerry Peck Stabs His Wife and Child with an Ice Pick

Authorities say a 50-year-old Hudson Valley man has been charged with attempted murder after he stabbed his wife and teenage daughter with an ice pick.

The Dutchess County Sheriff's Office says Kerry Peck stabbed his wife and 16-year-old daughter in the neck at 1 a.m. Tuesday inside their home in the town of LaGrange, near Poughkeepsie.

Officials say the injuries weren't life-threatening...

Agapito Lao Found Guilty of the Strangulation Death of His Wife

A Boston man has been convicted a second time of strangling his estranged wife.

Prosecutors say 50-year-old Agapito Lao was found guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday of first-degree murder for beating and strangling 40-year-old Alicia Lao in her Chelsea apartment on May 2, 2000. She died about two weeks later.

Authorities say he killed her two days after she filed for divorce because she was involved in another relationship...


**Blog author note: I will keep saying it: Violence escalates when the victim finally decides to leave. It is not the beginning of abuse, but merely the continuation of it--even if a history of violence is unknown to family and friends. Judges must continue to issue protective orders when women ask for them. Law enforcement must act quickly upon violations. Safety plans must be in place.

We must stop this fixation on "false allegations."**

Warren Powell Gets Life Sentence for Strangling Pregnant Wife and Dumping Her Body

His first murder conviction was overturned, but Warren Powell didn't fare any better the second time around.

A dozen years after his first trial, Powell was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum of life in prison for strangling his pregnant wife. The sentence of 25 years to life begins after he serves 15 to 30 years for an unrelated drug conviction.

The 1997 murder verdict was overturned by an appellate court in 2004 because of an error in jury selection...

Tommy Gutierrez Shot His Wife in the Back at a Party

A night of partying and hanging out turned tragic late Sunday night as a woman is dead and her husband is in jail.

A domestic dispute between Patricia and Tommy Gutierrez boiled over into murder. Patricia's sons Jacob and Jesus Gonzales along with several other family member watched the tragedy unfold at 1207 Sycamore Street around 1:45 AM.

They told me that the family was hanging out and laughing, Tommy then left, came back with a shotgun, shot Patricia in the back, then said "Who will get the last laugh now and I'll bury her"...

Jacksonville's Oscar Hernandez has been Charged with the Murder of His Wife

A man from Jacksonville has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife back in 2007.

Deputies arrested Oscar Hernandez, 67, Monday afternoon on a charge of second-degree murder.

His wife, Maria E. Martinez, 51, was found partially clothed in a ditch by two men working for the Department of Environmental Protection as they were testing soil in the area.

Hernandez had reported his wife missing the day before with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office after he said she went on an early morning walk and never returned...

Hilton Shaw Get 12 Years for the Murder of His Wife

A 59-year-old man was on Sunday sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for the murder of his wife at their Lyndhurst Lake home, in Nottingham Road, in 2007.

Judge Vivienne Niles-Duner, sitting in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, found Hilton Shaw responsible for the death of his wife, Susan Margaret Shaw, 36, on June 3, 2007...

Matthew Morris Kills His Wife, Who Had Been Hiding from Him, and Himself

For the second time in less than a month, Henderson County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an apparent murder suicide where a estranged wife was killed by her husband.

Sheriff Ray Nutt said deputies were dispatched to 11276 Loop 60 in LaRue in reference to a shooting about 4:30 p.m. Monday.

“When they got there they found a female victim who had been shot and witnesses said a white male had run into the woods armed with a rifle and a handgun,” he said...

“They have been having some family issues and had been separated. We don’t know why she came back to the area, but we do know that Anderson County has been looking for him to serve him with a protective order,” he said....

The couple had been having marital problems and were separated...

**Blog author note: Second story this morning in which the victim was trying to leave**

In Alabama, Tyrone Hicks Stabbed His Wife to Death While the Four Children Were Home

A former Forrest City resident died last week from stab wounds allegedly inflicted by her husband at their home in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,

Captain Loyd Baker, with the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit, said Shanta Shinell Holland Hicks, 28, died Friday morning from stab wounds she suffered Thursday night during an attack by her husband, Tyrone Hicks, 28.

Hicks drove to an Alabama State Police office near his home shortly after the attack and turned himself in without incident. “He told the dispatcher he had just killed his wife, and he was taken into custody,” Baker said.

According to reports, the Hicks shared a home with their four children and her 18-year-old brother, who police have not identified, according to a report by the Tuscaloosa News...

In Binghamton, New York, Keng Thongthip Murders His Wife and Himself

A Binghamton couple is dead. Police say it's a murder-suicide inside their apartment.

Their 2 sons were home and heard the gunshots.

As Action News reporter Gabe Osterhout tells us, it's a shock because there's no history of violence between the couple.

Binghamton police were called to this home at 60 Lake Avenue around 11:15 Sunday night...

Loving, Wonderful Father and Husband J.D. Wood Decided to Kill His Wife, Kids, and Himself, in Florida

Just after 11:00AM Monday morning Seminole County Deputies responded to a call from a cleaning lady who found a man unresponsive in his Heathrow home.


When deputies arrived at 1214 Trentwood Court, they found 41-year-old J.D. Wood, 40-year-old Cindy Wood, and their two children Aubrey(12) and Dillion(10) dead inside the home in an apparent murder-suicide.

"It's a huge tragedy," said Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger...

**Special note from blog author: Dicks [Sporting Goods], which is relatively new to Florida, is a horrible company to work for. They don't give a fuck about their employees. They hire people as full-time, but give them part-time hours so that they work just enough NOT to qualify for unemployment when they continuously cut their hours. Write corporate/headquarters all you want, no one will respond to your complaints. Local stores run their employees like slaves. No growth within as they work you until you quit, then, they just hire someone else. Racial discrimination applies.**