GUILTY FL - Steven & Michelle Andrews, both 28, murdered, Fort Myers, 27 Dec 2005

[ShowerSinger]

My sister lives in Naples. Her office is in this same gated community as this crime. She says the word is that the woman was having an affair, and decided to call it off, and stay with her husband and child. The man she was having the affair with lost it, and he is the #1 suspect. Still, she is so busy with her world, she hasn't been following it, as of late. But, she was at her office this afternoon, and LE assured her, there was nothing for her to be worried about.

 

[vanillasky]

Wow!

 

[IdahoMom]

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060103/NEWS01/60103005/1075

(note the use of persons and suspects)
snip

A week after the slaying of a couple inside their Gateway home, Lee County sheriff’s officials said today they’ve identified “persons of interest” in the double homicide, and crime lab results may "confirm our suspicions."

Steven and Michelle Andrews, both 28, were found dead inside their home Dec. 27 at 12221 Eagle Pointe Circle in Gateway. When deputies arrived, their 2-year-old son, Luke, was unharmed in the home with a phone connected to a 911 operator.

Maj. Jeff Taylor, who is overseeing the investigation, said crime lab results may be available as early as Thursday that could “perhaps confirm our suspicions.” Taylor said Friday his investigators have “some suspects” in the case. No arrests have been made.

 

[Yaya]

I just read a brief article on a Fort Myers TV station site. It mentioned that LE doesn't believe the baby dialed 911 or the killer. Could it be that one of the parents were barely alive and managed to dial? This is a sad case too.

If this is true... it takes on a whole new look for me. LE may have found bloody finger prints on the phone belonging to one of the victims. If this is the case then I would think twice about it being a woman.

 

[Jean]

GATEWAY KILLER MAY FACE RAPE CHARGES--NBC 2 News (WBBH, FL)--1/3/2006

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=5390&z=3&p=

Snip:

Sheriff Mike Scott says whoever killed the couple could also face rape charges.

 

[PrayersForMaura]

GATEWAY KILLER MAY FACE RAPE CHARGES--NBC 2 News (WBBH, FL)--1/3/2006

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=5390&z=3&p=

Snip:

Sheriff Mike Scott says whoever killed the couple could also face rape charges.

oh no
I wonder if the sick monster who did this made the husband watch?
Oh gosh, the terrible things that might have happened.

That poor child. I hope that child didn't witness too much.

 

[Shelly Beach]

This is just awful, that poor little boy.

 

[IdahoMom]

Sheriff discounts Gateway postings:

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060104/COLUMNISTS02/601040394/1075

SNIP
Not much new is known about Gateway's double homicide from last week, but two postings Tuesday on a news-press.com readers' forum speculated on what happened to Steven and Michelle Andrews.

The News-Press let the messages stand because it is a free speech forum, but cautioned readers to be wary because the forum is unregulated.

"But just as free speech has its problems and pitfalls, so too, potentially, does content you'll find here. You have to be the judge of each anonymous writer's credibility,'' it says.
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This is the link to the reader's forum in the local paper. Thought some here might like to read what's posted there:

http://www.news-press.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=145

This is a link to a website built by one of Steve's friends:

http://www.aaronwald.net/steveandmichelle/

 

[IdahoMom]

An update:

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=5403&z=3&p=

Their obituaries here:

http://www.news-press.net/obitlegal/obituaries/search.php

 

[IdahoMom]

Lab Results Expected Today May Verify What Police Think Occurred

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS01/601050387/1075

snip
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott said officials are hopeful new facts will emerge today in the Gateway homicide investigations as detectives await test results from an out-of-state lab.

"I'm hopeful that (today) we'll have some information to bring this thing to closure," Scott said. "I really feel like it's something that will come to closure very soon."
...
"We're just waiting on the scientific evidence to verify what we believe [occurred]."

 

[IdahoMom]

Friends/Neighbors Prepare for Funeral
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS01/601050394/1002

 

[petra]

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS01/60105012/1002

Deputies may have results in one to two hours....hope then to confirm possible POI

 

[Shadow205]

<snip> Investigators have hinted an arrest in the case may come as early as today if the test results produce a match. http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS01/60105012/1002

Well that was yesterday. Makes me think that maybe it wasn't a match to their POI.

 

[mysteriew]

It could be a delay in the lab. If so then we may not hear anything further until Mon.

 

[Jean]

Update---

Gateway evidence tests on fast track
Mourners pay their respects to slain couple--The News-Press 1/7/06

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060107/NEWS01/601070482/1075

Excerpts

Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott said Friday crime analysts at a private Ohio lab are prepared to work through the weekend to test DNA evidence from the Dec. 27 slayings of a Gateway couple.

As detectives waited for the test results, friends and family mourned the loss of Steven and Michelle Andrews, both 28, who were found dead in their home at 12221 Eagle Pointe Circle.

Dozens turned out for the Friday evening visitation at the Blessed John Pope XXIII Catholic Church, 13060 Palomino Lane in south Fort Myers.

Memorial services for the couple will take place at the church at 1:30 p.m. today.

The couple's 2-year-old son, Lukasz, who was connected to a 911 operator when deputies first arrived and made the gruesome discovery, is now in the care of grandparents.

More at above link---

 

[Jean]

I was very touched while reading the article about the service.

Mourners gather to share memories of slain couple--Naples Daily News, 1/8/06

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/jan/08/mourners_gather_share_memories_slain_couple/

Cops Eye Suspect In Murder Of Former Edina Couple--(CBS) WCCO TV4--1/8/06

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_008160124.html

Investigators say they are keeping surveillance on at least one suspect in the double murder of a former Edina, Minn. couple living in Florida.

Investigators say they are waiting on lab results they believe will lead to an arrest in the case.

 

[IdahoMom]

How sad. The part about her Dad singing You Are So Beautiful just breaks my heart.

 

[mysteriew]

Mourners gather to share memories of slain couple--Naples Daily News, 1/8/06

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/jan/08/mourners_gather_share_memories_slain_couple/

Two pennies in a bag of white netting are tied to a picture of the couple with a printed verse. It read:
"When an angel misses you, they toss a penny down...Sometimes just to cheer you up, make a smile out of your frown...So don't pass by that penny when you're blue...It may be a penny from heaven that an angel's tossed to you."

 

[mysteriew]

Lee County Sheriff's officials continue to wait today for DNA test results of a couple murdered in their Gateway home.

An arrest "is contingent on them getting a direct hit," Sgt. Larry King said of the lab in Ohio. "And that hasn't happened yet."

Sheriff Mike Scott has said that the killings were not random, and that detectives have a suspect or suspects in the case.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060109/NEWS01/60109002/1075

 

[Jean]

Interesting article. I am wondering what the problem is with the DNA. I think something is going on behind the scenes. I tried to copy some of the article, but was unable to do so.

Still no DNA test results in Gateway murder--NBC 2.com (Channel WBBH)--1/9/06

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=5454&z=3&p=