Saturday, May 15, 2010
Expert Calls Mother-And-Son Murder-Suicide Rare
WEST VIRGINIA....
After 56 year old Vickie Tuitt and her son, 26 year old Martin Adams were found dead inside the family's residence near St. Albans on Monday, Police have ruled that Vickie Tuitt fatally shot her son before turning the gun on herself. However, Richard Gelles, a national expert on domestic violence and child welfare at the University of Pennsylvania, says mother-and-son murder-suicides of this type are extremely rare. Gelles says mothers who kill their children usually do so at younger ages and rarely use guns. Angie Rosser, communications coordinator for the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, agrees that Monday's incident doesn't fit the usual pattern of murder-suicides.
After 56 year old Vickie Tuitt and her son, 26 year old Martin Adams were found dead inside the family's residence near St. Albans on Monday, Police have ruled that Vickie Tuitt fatally shot her son before turning the gun on herself. However, Richard Gelles, a national expert on domestic violence and child welfare at the University of Pennsylvania, says mother-and-son murder-suicides of this type are extremely rare. Gelles says mothers who kill their children usually do so at younger ages and rarely use guns. Angie Rosser, communications coordinator for the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, agrees that Monday's incident doesn't fit the usual pattern of murder-suicides.
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