SC - Detra Rainey, 39, & 4 kids slain, N Charleston, 30 Sept 2006 *Insanity*

[misterallgood]

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0906/365476.html

Quote:

Five people were found dead in a home, and all appeared to have been shot, police said Saturday. Investigators were talking to a suspect.No motive had been identified. Police made the discovery in the mobile home in the early afternoon when they responded to a call mentioning dead bodies.

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[SCmomof2]

It seems the womans husband shot her and her 4 children. They are questioning him now. This is a high crime and drug area . http://www.charleston.net/assets/webPages/departmental/news/Stories.aspx?section=localnews&tableId=111017&pubDate=10/1/2006

 

[southcitymom]

It seems the womans husband shot her and her 4 children. They are questioning him now. This is a high crime and drug area . http://www.charleston.net/assets/webPages/departmental/news/Stories.aspx?section=localnews&tableId=111017&pubDate=10/1/2006

Wow, I grew up in Charleston. This is so sad.

 

[NanaMcZoo]

Michael Simmons of North Charleston, S.C., was charged with five counts of murder and expected to appear for a bond hearing today, Sunday.

SouthernSass

 

[SCmomof2]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/01/carolina.shooting.ap/index.html
I was coming home from Sams Club on 526 today and you could see the trailer with the crime scene tape around the yard.

 

[mysteriew]

It was a woman and her four kids. She has a fifth kid in college. When Simmons was arrested he told the deputies to tell Mr. Gene he was sorry.
Gene is the brother in law. No words for the sister or the woman's son who was in college. Youngest kid was 6.

 

[SCmomof2]

It was a woman and her four kids. She has a fifth kid in college. When Simmons was arrested he told the deputies to tell Mr. Gene he was sorry.
Gene is the brother in law. No words for the sister or the woman's son who was in college. Youngest kid was 6.

Saturday ( the day this happened) was the youngest birthday, she would have been 7

 

[OkieGranny]

From June 2008:

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20080621/PC1602/306219947

Simmons' erratic behavior, coupled with a diagnosis of dementia, led Circuit Judge Kristi Harrington to determine that he is mentally unfit to stand trial in the killings of his wife and her four children in 2006.

The decision sparked angry reactions from relatives of the victims, who are convinced that Simmons is putting on a show to escape prison time for shooting to death 39-year-old Detra Rainey and her children, ages 6 to 16, inside their North Charleston mobile home...

The judge's ruling paves the way for Simmons, 43, to be confined indefinitely in a secure state mental hospital... Solicitor Bruce Durant said prosecutors remain skeptical, particularly since Simmons' dementia set in after his arrest.