Motive, names of 4 dead in Greenville, Pickens Co. shootings

STATION, THIS IS "7 NEWS LIVE AT
5:00."
GOOD EVENING.
WE ARE LIVE AT 5:00 WITH THE
VERY LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN A
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION THAT
INVOLVED FOUR DEATHS.
POLICE SAY THE CRIMES BEGAN WITH
A BROKEN MARRIAGE.
THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CRIME
SCENES IN TWO DIFFERENT
COUNTIES.
IT STARTS WITH A DEADLY SHOOTING
IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE ENDS WITH
A DISCOVERY OF A SUSPECT'S
VEHICLE WITH THREE BODIES INSIDE
AT THE GREENVILLE PICKENS
SPEEDWAY.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE, REPORTERS
COVERING STORIES IN BOTH
COUNTIES AND WE BEGIN WITH DAVE
JORDAN WITH THE LATEST FROM
POLICE WHO JUST GAVE US AN
UPDATE ON THEIR INVESTIGATION.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
GORDON, POLICE CONTINUING TO
WORK THIS TRIPLE HOMICIDE.
THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED IN
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE.
INVESTIGATORS TELLING US IT
STEMMED FROM A BROKEN MARRIAGE
AND CHILD CUSTODY.
TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING WITH THE
CUSTODY OF JESSICA EDEN AND IN
WHAT POLICE SAY SHE FIRST SHOT
MEREDITH RAHME IN A PARKING
GARAGE IN DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE.
SHE WAS SITTING IN HER
VEHICLE AT THE PARKING DECK AT
MAIN AND STONE.
Reporter: WITNESSES TOLD
POLICE THEY SAW A JEEP LEAVING
THIS PARKING DECK WITH A WOMAN
AND TWO CHILDREN INSIDE.
MY 16-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
CALLED ME AND SAID THERE'S
POLICE HERE AND I HEARD A
GUNSHOT AND I CAME HOME AND
GRABBED HER WITH ME AND WE JUST
STARTED TO CONNECT WITH THE
RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE.
Reporter: HOURS LATER ALL
THREE WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE
THAT SAME VEHICLE AT THE
GREENVILLE PICKENS SPEEDWAY.
EASLEY POLICE SAY THEY'D BEEN
CALLED BY THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND
TO DO A WELFARE CHECK ON THE
COUPLE'S CHILDREN.
THERE WERE CUSTODY ISSUES
GOING ON BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM
REGARDING ONE OF THE TWO
CHILDREN WHO WAS A CHILD THEY
HAVE IN COMMON.
Reporter: CHIEF MILLER SAYS
HER HUSBAND AND THE WOMAN SHE
SHOT IN GREENVILLE WERE
ACQUAINTANCES THOUGH HE DID NOT
SPECIFY THE NATURE OF THE
RELATIONSHIP, HOWEVER EASLEY
POLICE SAY DURING WEDNESDAY
NIGHT'S WELFARE CHECK, JESSICA
EDENS THREATENED TO EXPOSE HER
ESTRANGED HUSBAND'S AFFAIR AND
BEN AND MEREDITH RAHME CONTACTED
POLICE ABOUT NEGATIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA POSTINGS BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN PUT UP BY JESSICA.
Reporter: AND BACK HERE LIVE
WE DID SPEAK WITH A NEIGHBOR WHO
LIVES NEAR THIS PARKING DECK.
HE TELLS US HE FEELS SAFE IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS IS AN
INSURANCE ISOLATED INCIDENT AND
DEFINITELY OUT OF THE NORM.
LIVE OUTSIDE MAIN AND STONE
APARTMENT COMPLEX IN DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE, DAVE JORDAN, 7 NEWS.
DAVE, THIS HAPPENED RIGHT
AROUND 5:00.
WHERE MS. RAHME LIVES, WAS EDENS
CAMPED OUT WAITING FOR AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACK?
Reporter: THAT'S WHAT
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL LOOKING
INTO.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME
PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THIS PARKING
GARAGE THERE ARE SEVERAL LAYERS
HERE AND IS SHARED WITH RETAIL
SPACE AND RESIDENTS.
THE AREA WHERE THE RESIDENTS
PARK THEIR CARS, YOU NEED TO
HAVE ACCESS TO GO THERE,
ALTHOUGH WE ARE TOLD THAT SOME
OF THE TENANTS INSIDE USUALLY
ALLOW PEOPLE THROUGH THAT SO
IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER SHE WAS
LYING IN WAIT AS THEY SAY OR
WHETHER SHE WAS JUST SOMEBODY
WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD -- OR TO THE
PARKING DECK.
THAT IS STILL BEING WORKED ON
AND DETERMINED.
IT'S ALL PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION TONIGHT, GORDON.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO
ASK.
DAVE, THANK YOU.
LET'S KEEP ASKING THOSE
QUESTIONS WITH "7 NEWS LIVE"
REPORTER NICOLE FORD WHO
CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE IN
PICKENS COUNTY WHERE, NICOLE,
YOU KNEW SOME OF THE VICTIMS IN
THIS CASE?
Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT,
GORDON.
PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE
DESCRIBING THIS AS SHOCK,
DISBELIEF, HEARTBREAKING.
IN ALL THEY JUST DON'T HAVE
WORDS.
THEY SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS
NEVER HAPPENED IN PICKENS
COUNTY.
IT ALL HAPPENED AT THE SPEEDWAY
PARKING LOT WHERE A MOTHER AND
HER TWO CHILDREN WERE FOUND DEAD
INSIDE A CAR.
NOW THERE WAS POLICE ACTIVITY
ALL ACROSS THIS PARKING LOT.
THOSE DRIVING BY WERE
QUESTIONING WHAT HAPPENED.
A BUSY ROADWAY IN A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN IS WHAT THE
COMMUNITY SAYS THEY'RE ALL ABOUT
BUT THE DISCOVERY THAT A MOTHER
ALLEGEDLY SHOT HER TWO CHILDREN
BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON
HERSELF SHOCKED MANY, ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO LIVE JUST DOWN THE
ROAD.
I'VE NEVER BEEN FACED WITH A
SITUATION OF THIS MAGNITUDE
BEFORE, BUT ALL I CAN SAY IS
THEY'LL FIND PEACE AND COMFORT
WITH EACH OTHER AND YOU KNOW
SURELY THERE'S PLEASANT MEMORIES
SOMEWHERE THEY CAN LOOK BACK ON.
Reporter: AND THE REAL CENTER
OF THIS TRAGEDY IS THOSE TWO
CHILDREN.
HAYDEN WAS HEAD THE TO THE
FOURTH GRADE AND HIS SISTER WAS
TO JOIN HIM IN KINDERGARTEN.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO
INNOCENT CHILDREN.
SOME TEACHERS ARE REMEMBERING
HAYDEN AS BEING SUCH A SWEET BOY
WHO WAS HARD WORKING AND LOVED
GOING TO SCHOOL.
AT THIS TIME THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
HAS NOT PLANNED ANY VIGIL BUT
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF AND WHEN
THAT CHANGES.
LIVE IN PICKENS COUNTY NICOLE
FORD.
DAVE MENTIONED THERE WERE
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, SOME OF
WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK
DOWN IN THE NEWSROOM.
I WONDER DO NEIGHBORS AND
FRIENDS HAVE ANY SENSE THAT THIS
HAD BEEN BUILDING FOR A WHILE?
Reporter: THE PEOPLE I TALKED
TO SAID THEY DID KNOW THERE WERE
SOME PROBLEMS BUT THEY REMEMBER
HERE AS A VERY SWEET MOTHER,
THAT'S JESSICA, AND THEIR KIDS
WERE REALLY SWEET.
THEY NEVER SAW ANYTHING ON THE
OUTSIDE SO THEY WERE COMPLETELY
SHOCKED WHEN THEY HEARD THE NEWS
LAST NIGHT.
NOBODY CAN EXPECTING SOME
LIKE THAT.
NICOLE, THANK YOU.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW, FOUR PEOPLE
ARE DEAD, POLICE SAY JESSICA
EDENS SHOT AND KILLED MEREDITH
RAHME AT A PARKING GARAGE IN
DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE.
LATER, EDENS WAS FOUND DEAD AT
THE GREENVILLE PICKENS SPEEDWAY
ALONG WITH HER CHILDREN,
5-YEAR-OLD HARPER AND 9-YEAR-OLD
HAYDEN.

Motive, names of 4 dead in Greenville, Pickens Co. shootings

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