[FL] Sandra "Sandy" June Silcox murdered by her Florida Highway Patrol Trooper husband, Eddie Silcox

...Sandra Silcox was a registered nurse and director of clinical services for Senior Health Care in Inverness... On her Facebook page, Sandra Silcox wrote that she loved rodeos. "I may be a prissy professional from 9 to 5....but the real me loves to wear jeans and boots, go to rodeos and watch my son Colton ride bulls!"...

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Florida Highway Patrol State Trooper Eddie Silcox's call to 911 call after he shot Sandy, before he killed himself. - "I would like you to know I just shot my wife and I am going to shoot myself... I have been depressed and I can't take it anymore... Please don't let my son come out here... I have to go, sir."...

TROOPER INVOLVED MURDER SUICIDE
myfoxorlando.com
Sunday, 11 Apr 2010
[Excerpt] Citrus County - Citrus County deputies are investigating a murder suicide early Sunday morning that involved a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper. A 911 call came in shortly after 3 a.m. about a possible domestic situation. Deputies arrived to find Eddie and Sandra Silcox inside... [Full article here]






CCSO INVESTIGATES DEATHS OF FHP TROOPER, WIFE IN FLORAL CITY INCIDENT
Citrus Daily
Submitted by Robby Douglas
Sunday, April 11, 2010
[Excerpts] The CCSO's communications center received a call shortly after 3 a.m. today regarding a possible domestic situation at 4525 E. Seese Lane in Floral City. The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is investigating the deaths of a long-time Florida Highway Patrol trooper and his wife of 29 years... The CCSO's communications center received a call shortly after 3 a.m. today regarding a possible domestic situation... Responding deputies found FHP Trooper Eddie Silcox, 48, and his wife, Sandra June Silcox, also 48, inside the home... Trooper Silcox, who had apparently shot himself, was transported to Citrus Memorial Hospital, where he died from his wounds... deputies know that the couple, who had been married 29 years, had been experiencing some marital problems and had been separated prior to the incident. There had been no previous calls to the home. Trooper Silcox served with the Florida Highway Patrol for 22 years, joining the agency in 1988... [Full article here]

FHP VETERAN, WIFE DIE IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE
TBO.com
Published: April 11, 2010
Updated: 06:21 pm
[Excerpts] A Florida Highway Patrol trooper and his wife are dead after an apparent murder-suicide early this morning, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office... No one else was at the house when deputies arrived. [Eddie] Silcox was assigned to highway patrol Troop C and mainly worked in Citrus and Sumter counties, said FHP Sgt. Larry Kraus... Beyond that, his MySpace page offers clues about what type of person he was. He wrote that he was married with two children; that he was a fan of football, NASCAR, fishing, family, Christian and country music. He liked the Bible, considered Jesus his hero and was partial to Westerns when it came to TV and movies, listing "Big Valley," "Gunsmoke," "Cool Hand Luke" and "Lonesome Dove" as favorites. Several photos on his page show him at rodeo events... [Full article here]

NO 'RED FLAGS' SEEN BEFORE CITRUS COUNTY MURDER-SUICIDE OF TROOPER, WIFE
St Petersburg Times
By Mike Brassfield and Dominick Tao
Apr 11, 2010
[Excerpts] FLORAL CITY — A longtime Florida Highway Patrol trooper and his wife died in an apparent murder-suicide at their Citrus County home early Sunday... Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Larry Kraus said [Eddie] Silcox kept his personal life separate from his work duties, and has "no record of any kind of violent past" during his time with the patrol. "It's tragic," Kraus said. Kraus said the family had two sons, a 17-year-old who is now with relatives, and another who is in the Air Force. Their names have not been released. The patrol is planning to release information from Silcox's personnel file Monday. "Right now, we haven't seen any red flags. Not any red flags that the department would have known about," Kraus said. Sheriff's detectives are continuing to investigate, but they say this appears to be a murder-suicide... [Full article here]

MOTIVE BEHIND FLORAL CITY MURDER-SUICIDE STILL A MYSTERY
The Tampa Tribune
By Howard Altman
April 12, 2010
[Excerpts] People who live on East Seese Lane in Floral City remember Eddie Silcox as a good neighbor and loving husband and father... Now friends and family are grieving, colleagues are in shock and deputies are trying to figure out why – a question they may never fully answer. "They were high school sweethearts," said neighbor Bonnie Dreher. "They were fantastic neighbors. He was a helpful loving neighbor who looked out for everyone." Family members did not immediately return phone calls... Sandra Silcox was a registered nurse and director of clinical services for Senior Health Care in Inverness, according to her Facebook page... On her Facebook page, Sandra Silcox wrote that she loved rodeos. "I may be a prissy professional from 9 to 5....but the real me loves to wear jeans and boots, go to rodeos and watch my son Colton ride bulls!" she wrote on her Facebook page. CCSO spokeswoman Heather Yates said the couple was "having marriage issues" and that Eddie Silcox hadn't been living at the home for some time Yates said she did not have details about the nature of the problems, how long ago Eddie Silcox moved out or where he had moved to... Eddie Silcox' colleagues were stunned by the news, [spokesman Sgt. Larry] Kraus said. "I just don't think they have come to terms with what happened," said Kraus. "There is complete shock throughout the troop. This is one of those things leaves you speechless"... [Full article here]

STATE TROOPER TO 911: 'I JUST SHOT MY WIFE'
The Tampa Tribune
By Howard Altman
April 12, 2010
Updated: 04:22 pm
[Excerpts] The call came in to the Citrus County 911 center at 3 a.m. Sunday. The man on the phone was calm. "I would like you to know I just shot my wife and I am going to shoot myself," said the man in a very matter-of-fact voice after being asked for his telephone number. "I have been depressed and I can't take it anymore," he would later say. The dispatcher tried in vain to get the man to reconsider suicide. "I can't tell you I understand what you are going through," said the dispatcher, "but I am sure there is something we can work out." "Please don't let my son come out here," he asked. Seconds later, the man ended the conversation. "I have to go, sir," he said. "Thank you." The call, which took less than two minutes, ended. Minutes later, Citrus County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived at the caller's house. They found Sandra Silcox, 48, dead of a gunshot wound. They found the caller and her husband, Florida Highway Patrol trooper Eddie Silcox, 48, gravely wounded. He was transported to Citrus Memorial Health System in Inverness, where he died a short time later... [Full article here]

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