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

[Shadow205]

Misty,

The females name who supposedly comitted suicide is "Kelly" if that helps any in your search. There was also mention of a CVS? Drug store? I think that is where she worked or maybe where the suicide occured. There is also speculation over on that other board about a public official being involved. This case is quite interesting.

Records show that he and Kellie Ballew had a baby girl, Carlie Ann, in Aug. 2000.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS01/60111013/1002

I wonder if that was her that comitted suicde. See post#76

 

[bugs]

There is speculation about why on that news forum, but I am not going to repeat it here. It's in the quote of the 1st post on this page: http://www.news-press.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=145&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=870

Thanks! So the girl that did commit suicide was indeed Fred girlfriend? Oh my gosh. So many lives destroyed over an affair. It is not worth it.

 

[vanillasky]

Records show that he and Kellie Ballew had a baby girl, Carlie Ann, in Aug. 2000.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS01/60111013/1002

I wonder if that was her that comitted suicde. See post#76

Good find Shadow205. If it was in fact the same Kellie, that will leave another child without parents. 2 children losing their parents over an affair. *sigh*

 

[nanandjim]

I don't know if this link has been posted. It contains several photos of the couple as well as their son.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs...601050802&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=1

Also, here is FL DOC information about Fred Cooper when he was last incarcerated several years ago. I wonder what he looks like now. I also wonder what his girlfriend, Kelly, looks (or looked) like.
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/InmateReleases/detail.asp?Bookmark=1&From=list&SessionID=741057298

Also, they are saying that Kelly and Fred moved to Orlando last Saturday. So, I'm assuming that she didn't commit suicide.

 

[MistyGirl]

Ok there are some very interesting posts on that threaad. One I copied & pasted on my computer about a theroy etc of why & how this happened an dI will be very interested to see if this is the case. I would post it but I don't think I can do that. Ok I am heading hoem for the night - I will check back tomorrow!

 

[Shadow205]

I think this pictures is from 1999

 

[Alice253]

Thanks! So the girl that did commit suicide was indeed Fred girlfriend? Oh my gosh. So many lives destroyed over an affair. It is not worth it.

Bugs, go to post #93 and click on the link and listen to the video. Apparently when Fred moved to Orlando, his girlfriend went with him. Now, whether it is a new girlfriend, or this "Kelly" is anybody's guess. Then again, the reporter or LE (I can't remember now if it was the reporter or the LE that said she was in Orlando) could have been misinformed. Just don't know.....

ETA: I listened again and they are definite it is the girlfriend who allegedly had the affair with Steve.

 

[nanandjim]

Ok there are some very interesting posts on that threaad. One I copied & pasted on my computer about a theroy etc of why & how this happened an dI will be very interested to see if this is the case. I would post it but I don't think I can do that. Ok I am heading hoem for the night - I will check back tomorrow!

I am wondering if Steve ended the affair with Kelly, and she got mad and told her boyfriend that Steve had forced himself on her or some other kind of BS story. She had to have said something to make him so enraged that he felt that it was necessary to kill two people and possibly rape Michelle, too. Michelle was an innocent bystander in all of this.

What an idiot. He murders two people and moves with his girlfriend to Orlando. His girlfriend was a cheater, too. Didn't he stop to think about that??

 

[Shadow205]

I can't find and Obit for a Kellie Ballew or any Kelly so I don't don't know if the suicide thing is true or not. I must say though, some of the posts on the other board have been right. It seems like there are some people posting there that knew the victims and maybe even the suspect.

 

[nanandjim]

The neighbors in the Gateway community have said that Michelle knew of the affair and that she and Steve were working it out. Steve gave Michelle a Christmas card that said something about this. So, again, I am wondering how Fred "suddenly" found out about the affair--after it ended. Was it the "sour grapes" girlfriend, Kelly, who told Fred, adding her spin on things? Perhaps, Kelly thought that she was moving up the food chain by having an affair with Steve. When she realized that she had been "used," she got mad and told her boyfriend that Steve had forced himself on her or whatever.

Someone said that Kelly wouldn't be charged with a crime. I just hope that if she instigated this situation, she can be charged with something.

 

[nanandjim]

Okay, this link has a current photo of Fred. He's certainly not cute.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/jan/11/man_charged_gateway_killings_affair_noted/

 

[Jean]

I am so glad an arrest has been made. I just couldn't get this case off of my mind. Thanks everyone for the great coverage, I was not at home this afternoon when the arrest announcement was made, so it was nice to be able to read all of the informative posts when I checked this thread out.

 

[IdahoMom]

I can't find and Obit for a Kellie Ballew or any Kelly so I don't don't know if the suicide thing is true or not. I must say though, some of the posts on the other board have been right. It seems like there are some people posting there that knew the victims and maybe even the suspect.

They're saying the suicide victim was a young runaway.

 

[nanandjim]

I'm reading on the other board that Kellie "preferred Steve and had told Fred at a Christmas party that she was leaving him." I guess that she did prefer Steve. He was everything that Fred wasn't.

 

[IdahoMom]

I'm reading on the other board that Kellie "preferred Steve and had told Fred at a Christmas party that she was leaving him." I guess that she did prefer Steve. He was everything that Fred wasn't.

...including MARRIED! :loser:

What a waste of life! I feel very sorry for Michelle, and their son, of course.

 

[cheko1]

What a tragedy for everyone concerned. No winners came out of this mess!

 

[nanandjim]

Did you notice that Fred has two black eyes? They look like 'old' bruises? I wonder if those are from a struggle with Steve??

 

[SieSie]

Did you notice that Fred has two black eyes? They look like 'old' bruises? I wonder if those are from a struggle with Steve??

I noticed the bruises, too, nan!

 

[nanandjim]

I noticed the bruises, too, nan!

I just read that a report on NBC-2 said that he was in a car accident about a week ago.

 

[cheko1]

I was hoping Steve had beat the crap out of him before he was murdered.