Post-mortem Reveals Particulars Behind Mom Killing Her Youngsters
Again in August, the story of Dr. Marsha Edwards and the mysterious alleged murder-suicide of herself and two youngsters shocked the nation. Now, an post-mortem is shedding some extra mild on the tragic slayings.
Reviews launched final week by the Cobb County medical expert’s workplace in Georgia discovered that the mom of Erin and Christopher Edwards, shot her two youngsters three and 5 occasions respectively, killing each, earlier than turning the gun on herself.
The murders shocked the distinguished household’s group in Atlanta as family and friends struggled to reconcile the horrible crime. The youngsters’s father is Dr. Christopher Edwards, an orthopedic surgeon and chairman of the Atlanta Housing Authority board. He divorced Marsha Edwards in 2012, nonetheless, it appeared they nonetheless had a great relationship.
The post-mortem famous that Marsha, 58, and Erin Edwards, 20, had been present in the identical room, whereas Chris Edwards II, 24, was found in a separate room on one other ground of the four-story townhouse the place the crime passed off. The household lived collectively in a gated group in Atlanta’s Vinings suburb. Erin Edwards was shot as soon as within the chest and twice within the left arm.
The murder-suicide appeared out of the blue, contemplating that simply hours earlier than the three deaths, Marsha made an Instagram put up, writing, “I’ve had the most effective summer season, first with Chris in Miami, and Erin in Italy. I couldn’t ask for higher youngsters.”
A neighbor of the household, who reportedly lived in a rich gated townhouse group simply 12 miles outdoors downtown Atlanta, says she believed the household was glad and had no main in-fighting between themselves.
“From our data, no malice between the kids or nothing like that. They only appeared like a standard glad household,” they stated to WTVM.