The Tragic Cowardice of Spammers

Yeah, spammers are annoying, no question.  They flood inboxes with ads for penis creams, fake watches, penny stocks, and links to malware-infected sites.  They even steal identities of victims that fall for their scams.  Now there is a new crime to add to the evils of spammers-  Murder.

Edward Davidson, convicted for spamming millions, escaped from jail and murdered his wife and three year old daughter before turning the gun on himself.  Trench posted this on his News of Doom blog, so thanks for that.  From Rocky Mountain News here:

Edward Davidson 35, was known as Colorado’s Spam King.  He was sentenced April 28 to serve 21 months in federal prison for his role in sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited fraudulent e-mails touting certain penny stocks as excellent investments.  He was a computer whiz who made millions only to see his life come crashing down, ending on a quiet basin of prairie.

Sunday night he pulled off a seamless escape from a prison in Florence, jumping into a 2006 silver Toyota Sequoia with his visiting wife and speeding away.

On Thursday morning, he drove to his wife’s former home near Bennett and fatally shot her and his toddler daughter.  Then he killed himself.

Davidson was found outside the driver’s side of the vehicle, his wife by the passenger side. A handgun lay nearby. His dead 3-year-old daughter was in the back of the vehicle. A 7-month-old boy was strapped in his baby seat, unharmed.

“What a nightmare, and such a coward,” said U.S. Attorney Troy Eid. “Davidson imposed the death penalty on family members for his own crime.”

Rot in hell you cowardly stupid POS.  While this world is much better off without you, there was no reason to murder your family members.