| Berserk Killer
Slays Wife and
Her Parents
SPOKANE, (^—Edmund Gray,
so ambitious that he once held
two jobs while attending college,
was arrested on a murder charge
Sunday, caught when he paused
for his first meal in 56 hours.
Gray, 20, accused of killing his
wife and her parents with a rifle
after she sued for divorce, was
captured in an all-night cafe at
Ritzville, 70 miles away.
Cold, dirty and soaked by heavy
rain, he claimed to be a sailor
ion leave, then tearfully admitted
he was the object of one of the
year’s biggest manhunts in east
ern Washington.
He told police he roamed the
hills and had nothing to eat for
more than 56 hours after the wild
shooting spree at the home of
his in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Maier, early Thursday night at
nearby Colbert.
The shooting shocked his mo
ther, his neighbors and friends
who knew him as an intelligent
young fellow who worked his
way through high school by fix
ing up old cars, and took two
jobs at once while studying busi
ness and economics at Whitworth
College.
He married Donna Rae Maier
two years ago, saved his money
and bought a house. She worked
days in an office, he worked
nights in a service station. Gray
kept close tabs on every penny.
One day she subscribed to a mag
azine without telling him.
“It caused quite a fuss,” said
Officer Walt Mathers of the State
Patrol. “I was called to investi
j gate and found she had welts on
her back. He had beat her with
a belt. He y/as mad about the
money.”
She sued for divorce last month
and moved in with her parents.
Armed with a rifle, Gray went
there after dinner Thursday night.
He told police he “just went ber
serk.” Mrs. Gray, 19, was shot
with a .30-caliber rifle and stab
bed six times in the back.
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