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"Spam King" dead in apparent murder-suicide.

msnbc.msn.com — The bodies of "Spam King" Edward "Eddie" Davidson, his wife, and 3-year-old daughter were found in an SUV parked in a farmhouse driveway in a rural part of Bennett, about 25 miles east of Denver. Authorities said Davidson was the apparent gunman. What a horrific ending.

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  • Shiftgood, on 07/25/2008, -17/+565Sitting down at my desk around 8:46 many a morning clicking "send, receive" i thought to myself. "I'm gonna ***** kill whoever sends these things, i hope they burn in hell".

    but not like this... not like this.
    • rald84, on 07/25/2008, -71/+5what email software do you use that has a "receive" button?
    • ChronicColonic, on 07/25/2008, -21/+5Who would have though that Kevlar could be a spam blocker too...
    • whiterice0, on 07/25/2008, -7/+56What a great name for a band: Fugitive Spam King.

      Very sad about this man and his family, though. Say a prayer for the remaining family.
      • Ebeach, on 07/25/2008, -8/+6That's brilliant. Dugg.
      • rakous, on 07/25/2008, -2/+2To be killed off?
      • DustinHill, on 07/25/2008, -1/+8I agree that it is very sad about his family, but as for the man I think that karma finally kicked in.
    • Elranzer, on 07/25/2008, -2/+102I was surprised to hear that a scumbag like that even had a wife and kids...
      • NuttySquirrel, on 07/25/2008, -0/+21Well look at all the money he made...
      • ashfish, on 07/25/2008, -0/+14And a girlfriend! He was a busy boy.
      • MtheoryX, on 07/25/2008, -0/+10Wife and kids don't come cheap, trust me.
      • polloconjamon, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8.........because only the truly righteous in this world should raise a family?! yeah, that must be it. there is no way that one could be both a scumbag and have a family.

        /sarcasm
      • Halsfield, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1polloconjamon , i think you meant would and not should. only good people should have families, but many not-so-good people have families, and its sad for the kids, but there arent as of yet any laws that make you take a parenting test to allow you to have kids.
    • sockpuppets, on 07/25/2008, -4/+57http://www.visar.com/AssistedSuicide.gif
      • Pittance, on 07/25/2008, -2/+9Pastry? I don't get it.
      • arjie, on 07/25/2008, -1/+6Pittance: You would if you ever had to deal with Clippy.
      • sarixe, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2arjie: not since i switched to linux. :D
    • BoneheadFarker, on 07/25/2008, -1/+42I would have settled for just him...but at least leave the 3 year old out of it. That's just pathetic...
    • acegi, on 07/25/2008, -15/+3scums like that deserve death and his wife is guilty too for assisting his escape

      but what did the innocent baby ever do? that poor thing chose the wrong womb.
    • bluezinc, on 07/25/2008, -20/+4***** this douchbag and his family.
      • MtheoryX, on 07/25/2008, -3/+5You are sad.
      • bluezinc, on 07/25/2008, -2/+2When I saw that someone had replied, I just knew it was going to be someone crying and going, "but the children!!"

        Congratulations for being a predictable "that guy".
    • smakusdod, on 07/25/2008, -8/+20The king is dead. Long live the king.
    • gu0d, on 07/25/2008, -9/+9This may be obscure but i think you were quoting The Matrix when Cypher is about to pull the plug on Switch and she says "Not like this. Not like this."
      • championchap, on 07/25/2008, -0/+17*attempts to start a slow clap*
      • disabled4diggin, on 07/25/2008, -1/+2As i read his comment I was thinking the exact same thing! I'll never forget those russian-accented last words...
        Not like this... Not like this.
    • AlistairMorgan, on 07/25/2008, -7/+2looks like someone didnt send their spam male.
    • anstice85, on 07/25/2008, -1/+18I have never felt sorry for this guy and, after his death, I still don't. The lousy piece of ***** killed not only his wife but a THREE YEAR OLD before offing himself. He was a coward right up until the end.
      • hierophantus, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2The three-year-old is fine, unlike your reading comprehension. (gratuitous insult to accompany factual correction)
      • hierophantus, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Oops. I was thinking of the 7-month old. Well, flame away...
    • microchp, on 07/25/2008, -4/+4He was just one of many. I will have a site up soon showing how to get rid of all that crap without using any commercial products at all. Updates to follow.

      http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/index.lasso shows some of them.
    • khsheehan, on 07/26/2008, -0/+4God damn you Cypher!
      • topbob, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Don't hate me Trinity, I'm just a messenger.
    • grawity, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1I hope that wasn't the Outlook Express "send/receive".
  • Kylde, on 07/25/2008, -43/+6gotta be foul play, was he linked to the russians...?
    • nblsavage, on 07/25/2008, -1/+31you know, not everything is a conspiracy. Sometimes people are just stupid and evil.
      • Ottogustavo, on 07/25/2008, -3/+2Stop ruining it for everyone else!

        *Puts back on his tinfoil hat*
      • duffman03, on 07/25/2008, -1/+3It's part of the 9/11 cover up
      • LocalDocal, on 07/25/2008, -1/+2It's a joke. Kylde is referencing some articles in the past which linked spam to the Russian mob.
    • Asianwaste, on 07/25/2008, -2/+4While I can definitely accept cowardice as a reason behind this (and Russian conspiracy is a bit far fetched), a part of me says that 21 months at a minimum security prison sentence is a bit little to commit suicide over. He made millions and was only forced to pay a fraction of his ill-gotten gains. After his prison sentence he likely had a pretty well off life ahead of him despite being loathed by the public. There seemed to be very little to be gained by escaping prison considering his sentence was so light.

      There was a reason why he opted to escape from prison. Someone who'd plead guilty is likely a weak link and is likely to talk about whatever operations he was associated with. Personally I think someone wanted to sever any associations this guy had and silence him before he started talking more. I really think it's possible he was afraid for either the his own safety or the safety of his family and attempted to escape not prison but whatever potential dire threats lay before him.

      This can just be evil and cowardice, but things just don't add up to me. A guy with that line of work is bound to have connections with the wrong kind of people.
      • MtheoryX, on 07/25/2008, -1/+3I see you, too, are an expert in CSI and Law & Order. I concur.
      • Asianwaste, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1Oh please, spare me the sarcasm. I don't claim to have solved the puzzle, but you don't have to be a ***** expert to look at the pieces and see how ugly they are.
    • joelav22, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Doubtful, in Soviet Russia, spam king kills you
    • claytorris, on 07/25/2008, -1/+1Probably Nigerian Bankers.
  • inderpreet99, on 07/25/2008, -9/+212This is just sad!

    I can never understand when parents commit suicide, why they kill their kids? Its understandable the parents usually can make a choice, but why are they forcing their kids. Just cowards.
    • XTrek, on 07/25/2008, -2/+74Agreed, the guy should have done himself first...
    • mtschmie, on 07/25/2008, -0/+71My theory - They can't bare the thought of leaving a child to deal with the fact that dad killed both himself and mom, so they take the child with them because somehow that makes them feel less guilty. Does it make sense? No, but then again, these aren't the actions of a rational person.
      • Pittance, on 07/25/2008, -10/+5Bah, that makes no sense. I mean just look how well William Murderface turned out. He is now 1/5th of the worlds 12th largest economy, right above Belgium.
      • AssJuice, on 07/25/2008, -1/+9He knew the deal, they would drive until they ran out of gas and if they were not out of the Mist he would kill everyone in the car to save them from.....
      • bobbi21, on 07/25/2008, -8/+3It's the same rational that most people have toward abortion. Kill the kid to prevent it from having a sucky future. If you're over the edge enough to kill yourself, I think a few year difference in killing a kid and a fetus aren't a priority at that point.
      • mordeci, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2I would agree with the basic theory - can't bear to 'leave' the child, so they take the child with them. It shows an extraordinary level of narcissism. He saw everything, including his own child, only in terms of how it affected him. He never stopped to think, 'If my father had wanted to kill himself when I was 3, would I have wanted him to kill me too'.

        He was almost definitely a sociopath. He knew that there were others in the world, but, to him, we were like video games characters, no thoughts or feelings of our own, only existing in relation to him. He would be so disappointed to find out the world didn't end when he died.

        It's no coincidence that he was a spammer, I would bet that most, if not all, spammers have anti-social personalities.
      • DJCamCam78, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3The wife had nothing to do with it. It sounds like the wife tried to grab the gun and he shot her, then the 16 year old, and then the 3 year old.
        http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=964 ...
      • sarixe, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1"rational" is merely a relative term, good sir.
      • Risingashes, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1mordeci: Agreed. But you'd have to expect that from someone who would profit from essentially stealing the time of others.
      • xkorbin, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1@AssJuice you win the internet.
    • DontThinkSo, on 07/25/2008, -17/+11Should have left it up to chance.

      *Coin flip*
    • krnldmp, on 07/25/2008, -10/+4Maybe they understand something about genetics normal people are unable to access.
    • spookyttws, on 07/25/2008, -0/+14And for less than 2 years in minimum security jail and an amount of money that seemed easy enough to pay off for a guy who raked in 3 million. Talk about being near sighted.
    • kiwimonk, on 07/25/2008, -1/+5I'm pretty sure the idea is.. You want to end your life, and the only thing stopping you is the fact that your responsible for your family. So your not only deciding to take your own, but your family's as well..
    • webweave, on 07/25/2008, -4/+1Family honor. If you loose your honor then you have tainted your whole family, that or he wanted to remove his dna from the gene pool. Either way I'm not crying for a spammer, too bad about the kid but that's what happens when dad is a spammer. I was just thinking that this could have been a murder by the Anti Spam League.
    • DangerCollie, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3He got 21 months in minimum security. Camp Cupcake. That's like federal prison lite. A 1/3 less anal rapeage than regular federal prison. He didn't break out so much as walk away. Less than 2 years and he caps his whole family and kills himself? WTF? I mean really, wtf? Did they take away his American Express card? He might have gotten parole before the whole 21 months was up.

      That is seriously messed up.
    • Hrodrik, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2I suggest a Darwin award nomination.
  • BadassBuddy, on 07/25/2008, -37/+25R.I.P. Davidsons, including Spam King Eddie...

    ...but also LESS SPAM, YAY!
    • dougmwpsu, on 07/25/2008, -5/+12for shame sir...
      • BadassBuddy, on 07/25/2008, -4/+4Still genuinely mourning the losses & hoping the best for those affected. Still also hoping that this will send a strong message to spammers.
  • dougmwpsu, on 07/25/2008, -28/+52Yesterday on Slashdot, folks were tagging the article about the spam king's escape with "wanteddeadoralive" and wanteddead." Today there's a general air of community guilt. Be careful what you wish for people.

    *Prays for the surviving family*
    • Thuktun, on 07/25/2008, -1/+72I'm pretty sure Slashdot's ramblings had zero to do with Fast Eddie's cowardly decision to murder his family and commit suicide.
    • staffa, on 07/25/2008, -1/+35I am even more disgusted with that leach for taking two others with him.
      • Kallius, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Yes, he was the lowest of the low right to the very end. I hope there is a very special place in Hell for Edward Davidson.
      • MikeFallopian, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2I knew he was a spammer... but a leecher too? The bastard!
    • cgibbo, on 07/25/2008, -22/+11dugg down for praying
      • MtheoryX, on 07/25/2008, -3/+15Why? No one is asking you to pray.

        While not a religious person, myself, why can't you respect other people's beliefs? Is it some kind of insecurity you have or something?
      • cgibbo, on 07/25/2008, -8/+1dugg down for asking me to pray.
      • metalgel, on 07/25/2008, -4/+2im more curious whats in the prayer when people say prayers sent or they are in my thoughts. praying they get into heaven? praying people are watched over? if god was watching over people then the others would be alive.

        to each their own though.
    • charm803, on 07/25/2008, -0/+5He didn't have the right to kill others, that's a whole different story.
    • Risingashes, on 07/26/2008, -1/+3Screw that. The world is a shinier place with him dead. Him taking his family with him is just another notch in a life filled with selfishness.
    • xNarrowSoulx, on 07/26/2008, -3/+2Have fun praying, buddy. We'll see how well it brings their loved ones back.
      /waits
  • filefly, on 07/25/2008, -8/+568SpamAssassin isn't just a piece of software anymore.
    • nobelief, on 07/25/2008, -3/+146hahaha we're gonna burn in hell
      • AutoTom, on 07/25/2008, -16/+1we're turning into reddit fags
      • SSUK, on 07/25/2008, -1/+4I've already long prepared myself for such a fate.
    • 1892, on 07/25/2008, -3/+59but we'll be spamfree!
      • AutoTom, on 07/25/2008, -8/+1no.. he was in jail before this.

        thanks for the comment spam anyway
      • scoottie, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8dont forget about the Nigerians that need your help to get their (insert something here) back
    • Swordman554, on 07/25/2008, -2/+25But if hell is made up of terrible things, wouldn't there still be spam?
    • emer, on 07/25/2008, -7/+7Too soon?
    • jtbell04, on 07/25/2008, -3/+8*checks name off list*
    • Pittance, on 07/25/2008, -2/+14I lol'd.
    • AutoTom, on 07/25/2008, -5/+2Its a fun new game! coming nov 9th
    • jwoulf, on 07/25/2008, -9/+3Epic Lulz
    • moviscop, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1I still think the house looks like the movie "King of the Ants"
  • ericthegreat, on 07/25/2008, -10/+15Horrible. How does someone get into that state of mind?
    • inphu510n, on 07/25/2008, -1/+23Persistent depression mixed with a lack of empathy for other human beings.
      Obviously the reasons the guy became a spam magnate in the first place.
    • krnldmp, on 07/25/2008, -0/+16He was capable of spamming people. That's really all you need to know.
    • EntangledPhysx, on 07/25/2008, -0/+17He was such a coward, and the only way he could make money is spam people. God forbid he get a real job and actually *WORK* like the rest of us. I Have no sympathy for those who kill themselves, especially when they're a leach on society. But it's f'ed up he took his wife and daughter with him. The US attorney hit it on the head -- dude is a complete coward.
    • damndj, on 07/25/2008, -1/+5The government
    • scoottie, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3he checked his inbox
    • jeffvvisoft, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2Karma
  • grey580, on 07/25/2008, -7/+28Sometimes I say I wanna kill a spammer. but. this is very sad. :(
    • firesphotons, on 07/25/2008, -3/+0Even this guy gets more sympathy than the woman who shot herself and he was a convicted felon...

      (opens Wile Coyote paper cocktail umbrella in preparation for impending minus diggs)
      • josephbloseph, on 07/25/2008, -1/+0That is an excellent point; yesterday there was a discussion where everyone who didn't agree with the label "mentally unfit" was being dugg down, and today everyone is brimming with sympathy, or making sport over the spam factor, both of which seem much healthier responses.
      • Pittance, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3More sympathy for his wife and child. A little bit for him. I mean, how depressed do you have to be to go suicidal over 21 months in jail? He probably had enough technical know-how and fame that some company would have hired him to do something legal.
  • drmobutu, on 07/25/2008, -26/+6It seems to me that we have raised the stakes too high in prosecuting spammers. Spam is a nuisance, sure, but the fine the guy had to pay, plus prison time, seems to me to be excessive, and may have pushed him over the edge...not that it is an excuse, of course.

    Personally, I get more annoyed with all the regular junk mail that litters my mailbox, and telemarketers, than I do about spam...why doesn't the government crack down on that?
    • DCJoeDogaswell, on 07/25/2008, -2/+6because that actually cost the senders alot of money to send out, while spam in email is virtually free to send
      • Spire3660, on 07/25/2008, -2/+3The cost to productivity that spam inflicts is a VERY tangible and large number. Not everything is as simple as you make it out. There is more to the total cost then bandwidth+server time. The sheer volume of spam forces companies to spend increasing sums of money to fight it off jsut so their employess can communicate in a somewhat reasonable and semi-safe fashion. This behavior should not be deemed as acceptable because the cost of spamming is negligible.
      • staffa, on 07/25/2008, -1/+2Spire, learn to read.

        Spam is free to send. That is all he said, he never made any claims about the costs it inflicts on the system.

      • tattertech, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3@Spire3660 I think you miss the point. The barriers to entry to electronic spam are extremely low, thus allowing just about anybody to do it and be profitable if even one person clicks out of millions of e-mails. This is why harsh legal penalties are needed to counteract it.
        Physical mail is rather costly and resource intensive for someone to undertake, and it's much harder to be profitable. The market itself helps limit the amount of physical spam one can get. Additionally, it's much easier to track and hold people accountable for.
      • EntangledPhysx, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Dont know why Spire is being dugg down, but that is a legitimate case for many companies.
      • staffa, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3He is being dugg down for the statement "Not everything is as simple as you make it out"

        He is trying to pigeon hole the person he is responding to into a point of view they never made. The point Spire is trying to make it is not mutually exclusive with DCJoeDogaswell statement.

        An analogy for you.

        Person A says, 'Some birds can fly'

        Person B replies, 'You are wrong, it is not as simple as you make it out, mammals can't fly"

        While Person B is right, mammals can't fly, they still get buried for being a dumbass.
    • staffa, on 07/25/2008, -1/+16He was fined 715k $ by the IRS because he didn't pay taxes on the 3.5 million he earned. That fine was very appropriate, its the same taxes we all pay.

      He was sentenced to 21 months in prison in a minimum security federal prison. Honestly that seems very lenient.

      • Physicsmazz, on 07/25/2008, -1/+4Thanks exactly what I was thinking.
      • dagnome1984, on 07/26/2008, -3/+1Too lenient? Yeah I'm sure prison is too lenient considering that he harmed no one. I'm talking about the initial charges of course you retards.
  • whiteknives, on 07/25/2008, -10/+3What a shame.
    • mk3k, on 07/25/2008, -0/+4He had so much to live for?

      Shame he killed his kids or somebodies kids.
  • Smokeydabear, on 07/25/2008, -9/+25It took that one penis enlargement ad to shove him over the edge, into the abyss.
  • BradOFarrell, on 07/25/2008, -10/+3Now all those cryptic spam messages are going to seem creepy.
  • kurupttek, on 07/25/2008, -15/+10WOW
    This is wrong like Chris Benoit
    • metaldwarf, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Q: How do you know Chris Benoit’s wife was tougher than him?

      A: Cause he taps out and she doesn’t.
  • DCJoeDogaswell, on 07/25/2008, -10/+34Moral of the story, SPAM Kills...in a Murder/suicide scinario
  • cupcakeprincess, on 07/25/2008, -16/+333finally, a reliable spam filter
    • Sebthelodgemn, on 07/25/2008, -3/+36oh god i lol'd
    • gn0stik, on 07/25/2008, -0/+53Oh, snap!

      It's ***** up he killed his wife and kid though. What a dick. And over a 2 years of minimum security federal time. What a sissy.
      • kingmanic, on 07/25/2008, -0/+20He was probably a narcissist. The whole world revolved around him.
      • Aaronontheweb, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7Even the DA called him a coward
    • Lewie, on 07/25/2008, -1/+4If there's a hell, I'm burning in it for sure now!
    • oddtom, on 07/25/2008, -8/+2You know, that's utterly insensitive and callous. Deep down, past all the penile enlargement, prescription narcotic, and goat-***** grannie emails, he was a human being too, you know.

      May he be reunited with his loved ones in the great Bayesian Fields...
    • dawood82, on 07/25/2008, -9/+2What a prick-ass thing to say.
    • Dingadang, on 07/25/2008, -6/+1HOOEEEEE!!!!
    • xNarrowSoulx, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1Hm... Now how do we market this?
  • gzappia, on 07/25/2008, -5/+144poor kid and wife.. this guy shoulda just killed himself like any responsible depressed person who loves to send me f'ing emails asking if i wanna buy \/!4g4r/-\

    bastard.
    • EntangledPhysx, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Amen to that
    • sockpuppets, on 07/25/2008, -4/+5Could I get your email address please?
    • AutoTom, on 07/25/2008, -1/+6Yeah, he didnt exaclty die an honorable death..

      he pisses people of with ***** spam
      goes to prison
      escapes prison and kills his family then himself..

      he deserved to die, but the family? wtf is with some people?
    • hotpuck6, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Should have used some of that Ch3@p Xan@x!!!! i would always get emails about.
    • moush, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1How do you know it wasn't self defense?
  • ivansusanin, on 07/25/2008, -12/+5http://youtube.com/watch?v=tfslY_AvhLw&feature=rel ...
  • Dan11023, on 07/25/2008, -9/+59glad about the spam king death, however, its just horrible what happened to that 3 year old.

    wait, is this article spam? I am afraid to click it.
    • fas2, on 07/25/2008, -9/+4You're an ***** for wishing someone dead.
      • Cl1mh4224rd, on 07/25/2008, -1/+8> "You're an ***** for wishing someone dead."

        In this case, I would, personally, gladly accept that label.
      • senatorpjt, on 07/25/2008, -1/+6Why? If someone had killed this piece of ***** earlier, his wife and kid would still be alive.
      • Risingashes, on 07/26/2008, -1/+2Anyone else want to bet that fas2 is the guy that supported going in and blasting Saddam away?

        Or sniping abortion doctors.

        Some people deserve to die, most of the people who are killed 'justifiably' deserve it far less than the spam king.
      • fas2, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1What the hell, don't accuse me of such a thing!
    • Daggity, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Not only the three year old, y'know.
  • destron, on 07/25/2008, -7/+20Well, this is sad.
    Still, I'm happy that he won't be spamming anymore.
  • PolishLogic, on 07/25/2008, -23/+16Karma.

    ***** 'em.
    • erad222, on 07/25/2008, -12/+1Spamming some folks deserves death? Holy *****, I'm REALLY scared about what will happen to me now...
      • PolishLogic, on 07/25/2008, -3/+3Based on this story, your fear is understandable.
    • thepretext, on 07/25/2008, -2/+13A three year old girl died. A three year old little girl.
      • PolishLogic, on 07/25/2008, -7/+6Guess what, somewhere in the world another one will most likely die today, too.

        I don't have the time, effort, or desire to mourn every dead three year old girl. Congrats to you though.
      • rblancarte, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8Just shows this guy was the ultimate dick. Spams us, kills his family, and then is too much of a coward to face any punishment at all.
  • joemofo214, on 07/25/2008, -6/+48looks like he ran into a captcha code he couldnt get out of.
  • Sebthelodgemn, on 07/25/2008, -13/+81what an hero
    • RonnyN, on 07/25/2008, -32/+5"an"?
    • joshuagor44, on 07/25/2008, -33/+2a*
      • VgRasta, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2"an hero" is a *chan meme from a grammatical error on a myspace page of a guy who committed suicide over a lost iPod.
    • kineticarl, on 07/25/2008, -1/+26amateurs...
    • jwoulf, on 07/25/2008, -3/+12We're no strangers to love.
      You know the Rules, And so do I.
      She said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air".
      • Trancers, on 07/26/2008, -2/+8I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the licence plate said "Fresh" and a large black woman jumped and yelled "That's the power of Pinesol!"
  • vulpescry, on 07/25/2008, -0/+22While I hate spam, and feel a sort of disdain towards Edward Davison for exploiting people and making profits by bugging the hell out of everyone else...

    There's no reason why an innocent girl and loving mother should have left that way.
    • Nlewis4, on 07/25/2008, -3/+7helping someone escape from jail isn't exactly innocent.
      • familynight, on 07/25/2008, -2/+9yeah, i bet the 3 year old masterminded the whole thing. /s
        he said the girl was innocent, not the mother, although i hardly think that the mother's crime in any way justified her death.
      • LocalDocal, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2If the mother hadn't helped Davidson escaped, she and her daughter would most likely be alive today.
    • TheSpook, on 07/25/2008, -0/+6Although I agree about the little girl, do you not think the wife supported him in his business? I bet her conscience felt a lot better on her way to Nordstrom's in her Mercedes.
  • Fathom, on 07/25/2008, -7/+32dieing sucks, but spam sucks a lot too
  • frepnog, on 07/25/2008, -10/+4it is obvious what happened here. he didn't think the mist was going to let up, and he had promised this daughter and wife that he wouldn't let the monsters get them.

    god damn that ***** movie.
  • ncc74656m, on 07/25/2008, -1/+9Like Robert Johnson, the Devil came to collect his dues at the Crossroads.

    Sad that his wife and child had to go with him, and even sadder that he won't get true justice for any of his crimes.
  • EastBayFunk, on 07/25/2008, -2/+243Life moved him from the "inbox" to the "trash" folder.
  • TeMerc, on 07/25/2008, -3/+21Tragic ending for the family, too bad the coward didn't just hole himself up somewhere and eat a bullet, without hurting others. No one would have missed his sorry ass.

    Typical thinking of himself, likely thought they couldn't live without him.

    As for less spam, the guy had already been in jail, anyone notice any dip? I sure didn't nor have I read anywhere that spam had dropped previously.

    It never does when these scumbags are busted. There's always another scumbag waiting in the wings to take his spot.
    • IzzieCat, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1On the "No one would miss him note" his wife would, the article states, "A convicted spammer and his wife, who were being sought after she helped him escape prison, were found slain along with their young daughter Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said."
      So she obviously missed him in prison so she'd miss him if he died.
      Still a sad story though.
  • h3lx, on 07/25/2008, -7/+2May be he was re-enacting his favorite scene in "The Mist" but ended it like Stephen should have.
    • 2moredead, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Well thanks for spoiling that one!
  • freshyill, on 07/25/2008, -1/+13Finally! Proof that spammers are evil, evil people!
  • MirrorminD, on 07/25/2008, -1/+12The dude got 21 months in jail...please, thats no time at all, and he sinks to killing his wife and kid completely messed up.
    • ConceptualTrap, on 07/25/2008, -5/+121 months is nothing? Have you ever seen Oz?
    • 2moredead, on 07/25/2008, -0/+4In minimum security at that!
    • bytor4232, on 07/25/2008, -0/+4Michael Bolton: We get caught laundering money, we're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison.
      Samir: I don't want to go to ANY prison!
  • Miamisun, on 07/25/2008, -5/+24HOLY *****! What a *****! This a glympse into the mind of a ***** spammer.
  • triad203, on 07/25/2008, -2/+7There is a good bit of anecdotal evidence that the spammers are increasingly working for the darker elements of organized crime (especially the russian "mafia") [citation needed]. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that this was "apparent" but not an actual suicide.
    • MaxD, on 07/26/2008, -1/+1You know. that crackpot theory makes me feel better about the entire situation, I think I'm going to believe that one... reality is a lot more palatable if you take it with a grain of salt... boo hiss killing kids, oh what's that, shiny?!
    • smotpoker1, on 07/26/2008, -0/+3Hope they don't bury that POS near the kids.
  • soot, on 07/25/2008, -2/+13ebaums did it
    • thepretext, on 07/25/2008, -6/+2I hope you die in a fire.
    • jwoulf, on 07/25/2008, -5/+3Rules 1 and 2 dammit!

      Rule number 1, You do not talk about eBaums
      Rule number 2, You do NOT talk about eBaums.

      Eric will not be pleased...
  • LeviTheSmith, on 07/25/2008, -3/+3I wouldnt even wish this on the One Timer troll
  • garths, on 07/25/2008, -2/+138I'm trying to think of a Viagra themed joke, but it's just not coming.
  • Obzerva, on 07/25/2008, -1/+12I really feel bad for the wife and daughter, but not for him. ***** spam.
  • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 07/25/2008, -0/+26Like I needed another reason to hate this piece of filth.
  • briansearles, on 07/25/2008, -1/+6What a waste.
  • FukUrCouch, on 07/25/2008, -0/+21I don't know how anyone can look at a 3 year old and shoot them. This bastard needs to burn in spam hell. He should have left the money he had stashed away to the wife and kids and killed himself.
    • cynicalcheeto, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1And you wonder why she was shot in the back.
  • gridbread, on 07/25/2008, -9/+73Did he drop any good loot?
    • sockpuppets, on 07/25/2008, -1/+58100 V1@gra and 25 C1@lis.
    • cgibbo, on 07/25/2008, -1/+20v1@gra +50 st4m1na +70 conf1dence
    • Shenaniganz08, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1you guys are burning in hell

      and apparently so am i for laughing
  • AgentPeay, on 07/25/2008, -9/+3It's a shame what a diagnosis of ADHD can cause.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 07/25/2008, -5/+6Sorry to hear about the daughter but I guy who helped causes 100 of millions of dollars in losses to companies? Good riddance.
  • erad222, on 07/25/2008, -3/+18Hmm, I just realized he ***** KILLED his kid. I thought they were just found dead.

    Excuse my stupidity, I now agree. ***** em.
  • kingmanic, on 07/25/2008, -5/+8Conspiracy theory: It's wasn't a suicide. Stallman hunted him down after his escape and found him after Davidson murdered his family (because spammers are pure evil). they had a 2 hours long ninja sword/computer hacking fight and Stallman came out on top. They kept it secret because if the general public found out how bad ass Stallman was they'd adopt linux en mass.
    • groverblue, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1Hans Reiser? The Spam King for the world, the women and children for Hans?
    • xNarrowSoulx, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Send it to Randall.
  • greeniemeani, on 07/25/2008, -3/+108Buried for spam.
  • down4twenty, on 07/25/2008, -1/+9this is what happens when you clutter a professional hitman's inbox with penis enlargement spam
    • jkoski, on 07/25/2008, -0/+7It wan't a professional.

      No women, no kids. That's the rules.
      • ConceptualTrap, on 07/25/2008, -1/+5In his defense, the kid was kind of being a dick.
  • canispam, on 07/25/2008, -1/+9What an a-hole why murder wife and daughter.Rot in hell
  • krango, on 07/25/2008, -1/+23and all because he wanted to make our penises bigger.
    • tgunner, on 07/25/2008, -0/+4He's like the Jesus of spam or.... penises. "HE DIED FOR YOUR LOW COST VIAGRA SUBSTITUTES!"
  • Elliuotatar, on 07/25/2008, -0/+91He killed himself over a jail sentance of less than 2 years some of which would probably have been reduced for parole? Reading that headline I expected that he'd gotten 30 years or something.

    Wow, this guy was a real moron. And an ***** apparently, as well.
    • tman84, on 07/25/2008, -1/+18I just read the article and was thinking "21 months" "21 months in a minimum security white collar resort"? You'd really think this guy was due for a horrible jail term. What a douche. Shouldn't have killed your kid and wife, but the world is most likely better off without you in it.
      • wilhoitm, on 07/25/2008, -1/+2His cell mate was, Tyrone, probably attacking him at night?
    • fas2, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3That makes it apparent that not the jail sentence is the reason for this act.
      • Pusod, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1ok, it was the money he had to pay back then.
      • Oea420, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Like others before me has said...

        He decided to kill himself because he had deep seeded issues to begin with, most likely with control over himself and anything immediately around him....

        The ultimate statement of control is ending your own life, taking matters into your own hands no matter what the consequences for anyone else are.. because all your problems will be solved at that moment

        More like The ultimate douchbaggery imo
    • dafunkmonster, on 07/25/2008, -0/+8He was a spammer, of course he was a moronic *****.
    • xNarrowSoulx, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1He's in the class of my friend who sat crying as he stayed for a 24-hour jail sentence (that's JAIL, not prison), muttering "I can't handle jail, man... *sob*"
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