Amador County – The Amador County Sheriff’s Office released the details late Monday on a murder/suicide investigation in which a Pioneer man apparently shot his wife before taking his own life. On Sunday, August 29th at approximately 12:17 pm, the Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call from a reporting party who said they heard a woman screaming and multiple gunshots coming from a neighbor’s residence on Holiday Lane in Pioneer. The first deputy on the scene found a vehicle blocking the road to the residence and occupied by Holly Heather Hayden, 52. The Sheriff’s Office said in a release said “Hayden was deceased in her vehicle and had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.” It appeared Hayden was attempting to drive away from the residence at the time of the shooting. A witness on scene told deputies they observed Hayden’s husband, 54-year-old James Frederick Weber, walking away from the vehicle and back to the rear deck of the residence, after which they heard an additional gunshot. The release said: “A perimeter was established and additional resources, including the Amador Sheriff’s SWAT Team and the Amador Sheriff’s Investigations Bureau were activated. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officers controlled traffic on Holiday Lane and a CHP aircraft was requested to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the scene in an effort to locate the suspect. The aircraft’s search efforts revealed no sign of the suspect.” SWAT team member deployed multiple electronic surveillance techniques in order to locate Weber within the residence. His body was eventually located by the team on the main level of the residence, “with an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.” The release said the Sheriff’s Office “has not previously responded to any reported domestic violence incidents involving this residence or the involved parties, although neighbors did tell Amador Sheriff’s Detectives of prior domestic disputes between the two.” CHP, American Legion Ambulance, Amador Fire Protection District and Cal Fire personnel also assisted with this incident. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:21
Pioneer couple dies in apparent murder-suicide
Amador County – The Amador County Sheriff’s Office released the details late Monday on a murder/suicide investigation in which a Pioneer man apparently shot his wife before taking his own life. On Sunday, August 29th at approximately 12:17 pm, the Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call from a reporting party who said they heard a woman screaming and multiple gunshots coming from a neighbor’s residence on Holiday Lane in Pioneer. The first deputy on the scene found a vehicle blocking the road to the residence and occupied by Holly Heather Hayden, 52. The Sheriff’s Office said in a release said “Hayden was deceased in her vehicle and had suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.” It appeared Hayden was attempting to drive away from the residence at the time of the shooting. A witness on scene told deputies they observed Hayden’s husband, 54-year-old James Frederick Weber, walking away from the vehicle and back to the rear deck of the residence, after which they heard an additional gunshot. The release said: “A perimeter was established and additional resources, including the Amador Sheriff’s SWAT Team and the Amador Sheriff’s Investigations Bureau were activated. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officers controlled traffic on Holiday Lane and a CHP aircraft was requested to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the scene in an effort to locate the suspect. The aircraft’s search efforts revealed no sign of the suspect.” SWAT team member deployed multiple electronic surveillance techniques in order to locate Weber within the residence. His body was eventually located by the team on the main level of the residence, “with an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.” The release said the Sheriff’s Office “has not previously responded to any reported domestic violence incidents involving this residence or the involved parties, although neighbors did tell Amador Sheriff’s Detectives of prior domestic disputes between the two.” CHP, American Legion Ambulance, Amador Fire Protection District and Cal Fire personnel also assisted with this incident. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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