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

[nanandjim]

Here is the probable cause statement from police. They interviewed Fred on 12/27 and suspected him all along.
http://www.news-press.com/assets/html/A415935112.PDF

 

[PrayersForMaura]

Here is the probable cause statement from police. They interviewed Fred on 12/27 and suspected him all along.
http://www.news-press.com/assets/html/A415935112.PDF

thanks for posting that. What do you think was blacked out in that one line?

 

[PrayersForMaura]

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/jan/13/tom_hanson_whos_blame_gateway_homicides/?local_news

updated news article from today

Wow, thanks for this story.

I have to say, the reporters covering this story write pretty well. I have seen some rather well-written stories both on the TV sites and the news papers regarding this sad, sad story.

 

[MistyGirl]

Thank you all for the great postings this morning. This case is on my mind so much I just can't seem to shake it at all.

They way the police report stated things is not that Kellie contacted them 1st but they figured out Steven was having an affair with her and they contacted her and she then she came in for an interveiw......but had the investigators never learned of the affair I don't think she would have ever just called the police and said "Hi I am Kellie & was having an affair with Steven I have information for you".......I still beleive she had more to do with this whole thing - I too agree with whoever said she must have been stirring the pot with Freddy.

 

[Michelle Read]

Thanks Petra!

So that picture of Kellie was from 1987. I'm curious what she looks like today.

photo is from 1997, 9 years ago.

 

[Details]

Thanks for posting the article. I still wonder if Steve had ended the affair, and Kellie then told her boyfriend, Fred, about it, spinning it as if Steve were pursuing her.

I just don't believe that Fred would have done anything had Kellie not said something to enrage him.

I can believe it - we've seen lots of posessive controlling boyfriends do insane things. Like the guy who killed his own kids to get back at his wife - this isn't much at all different.

 

[MistyGirl]

I can believe it - we've seen lots of posessive controlling boyfriends do insane things. Like the guy who killed his own kids to get back at his wife - this isn't much at all different.

You make a good point. You just never really know. Freddy had to have not been wired right from the beginning and this was just the spark that was needed to start the fire in side him...normal people don't do what he has done - I mean people who murder something must just be "off" in them.

 

[vanillasky]

photo is from 1997, 9 years ago.

I made a typo.

 

[MistyGirl]

I made a typo.

I knew what you meant :blowkiss:

 

[nanandjim]

...What do you think was blacked out in that one line?

I think a description of what the officer saw on Fred's body was blacked out. For instance, it could have read, "Broken nose, two black eyes and scratches on his arms and hands."

Bear in mind, this is just my guess!

 

[concernedperson]

You make a good point. You just never really know. Freddy had to have not been wired right from the beginning and this was just the spark that was needed to start the fire in side him...normal people don't do what he has done - I mean people who murder something must just be "off" in them.

I think we are looking at the "off" issue more and more.

 

[vanillasky]

I knew what you meant :blowkiss:

Thank you! :blowkiss:

 

[mysteriew]

Article with an extensive background on Fred Cooper's history.
http://www.bonitanews.com/news/2006/jan/13/gateway_killing_suspects_past_includes_lengthy_cri/

 

[nanandjim]

Article with an extensive background on Fred Cooper's history.
http://www.bonitanews.com/news/2006/jan/13/gateway_killing_suspects_past_includes_lengthy_cri/

Thanks for posting this article. It has a lot of new information. Cooper and Ballew sound like any other young couple. I just don't know why Cooper would resort to such an extreme.

Perhaps, Kellie was the only good thing that happened in his life; and he really feared losing her to someone "better" than himself. That's the only thing that I can think of that would drive him to commit such a horrible crime.

Bear in mind, I am not trying to justify his actions. I am just trying to make some sense out of what he did.

 

[MistyGirl]

Thanks for posting the article - I was unable to be online this weekend.

 

[joanofarc]

This case is so weird...why would Kelly, who allegedly had an affair with Steve, suddenly pull up stakes and move away with Fred into her brother's house shortly after the murders....unless Kelly is so afraid of Fred that she has, in her mind, no other choice, I don't understand this...what, she thought nothing of her man Cooper being under suspicion for murdering her lover (if he was her lover), his wife and leaving their 2 year old an orphan :doh:...

So, did Cooper have the warm fuzzies for the little boy and he dialed 911 before he left or was this reminisant of a "softer" female touch in feeling compassion for the little boy? That said, I am inclined to think that one of the victims was able to dial the phone and I suppose that is why the authorities don't think the boy called...possibly they found blood on the phone handle or something....

It was said the little boy had blood on his socks...so was he put to bed with his socks on...the 911 call was said to have been made at 7:00 am in the morning, so my question is was the family already up and the little boy dressed...or was he still in his pj's? The 27th was a Tuesday...did the family have to go to work that day? Did the reports say the couple was discovered in their bed or bedroom or where the bodies were located...I apologize, I might have missed this part as I am joining this discussion late....TIA

 

[PrayersForMaura]

The thought of that little boy walking around on a bloody floor around the dead bodies of his parents makes me ill. :sick:

That poor little boy. He must've seen and at least heard some things.
It just makes me sick to think he was there in that house while his parents were there dying and then lifeless until the police got there.
I don't care if it was 5 minutes or 5 hours, it was too long no matter how long it was.

I hope Fred is feeling some guilt and shame for what he has done to both his child and their child. He's ruined a good portion of their lives with his rage and senseless, cruel actions.

 

[Mama-cita]

ANyone hear of any updates in this sad case?

 

[nanandjim]

ANyone hear of any updates in this sad case?

Just a bunch of rumors and speculations on the newspress forum. Some people are claiming to know members from both sides of the fence. It sounds like it was a horrific crime. I guess that we will have to wait until the trial to really find out what happened.

 

[MistyGirl]

I found this articel while googling this case this morning....I thought some here might find it intersteing:

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/jan/20/tom_hanson_rumors_continue_long_after_arrest_made_/?local_news