October 7, 2014

Short Marriage. Indiana Doctor Shoots Dead Nurse Wife and Self, Day of Wedding




Tragedy: George 'Scott' Samson and Kelly Ecker married on Saturday evening and returned to Samson's Terre Haute home for their wedding party


[From article]
Three minutes after the final guest departed, Ecker, who is a nurse at the same hospital as Samson, made the first of three terrified 911 calls claiming her husband was going to kill her.
The first two frantic calls to the dispatcher ended abruptly, but moments later Ecker phoned back, her trembling voice pleading for help, before a volley of gunshots rang out and the phone line cut.
Less than half-an-hour later, officers who who responded to the couple's Terre Haute home discovered the body of Ecker, fatally shot in the head and neck and in the basement the body of Samson, who had taken his own life with a 45-caliber semi automatic pistol.
According to Advance Indiana, the reception had been changed from the newlywed's home to the Ohio Building at the last minute and the marquee tent set up in their garden still hauntingly sits outside their home.
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Witnesses told the IndyStar that the couple had argued at the end of their reception and the final guest left anesthesiologist Samson's home at 1.17am.
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'They were having some domestic problems at the house. Within a short amount of time guests decided it would be best if they left. Shortly after the last guest left that's when things went terribly wrong,' said Cottom.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2783750/Newlywed-doctor-married-HOURS-kills-wife-MINUTES-guest-left-wedding-reception.html

'You'll never get your hands on my money': Final words of newlywed doctor who shot dead wife and then himself in bitter pre-nup dispute on their WEDDING DAY minutes after last guest left
George 'Scott' Samson shot dead his new wife Kelly Ecker Sunday morning
Newlyweds began arguing at their reception after-party at their home
This caused guests to leave around 1.17am because of the fighting
At 1.20am Ecker made a series of frantic phone calls to 911 asking for help
Police arrived to the Terre Haute mansion of Samson to find both dead
Samson is an anesthesiologist who worked at Union Hospital in Indiana
Ecker works as a nurse at the same hospital and has a 10-year-old son
Samson held a Federal Firearms License which allowed him to trade guns
Police recovered assault rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition
By JAMES NYE FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 10:04 EST, 7 October 2014 | UPDATED: 14:42 EST, 7 October 2014




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