Husband strangled pregnant wife, made up shocking tale: Docs

homesafetytechpros — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:50:16 +0000

Left: Lee Gilley (Harris County Sheriff’s Office). Right: Christa Bauer Gilley (Facebook).

A software consultant, husband, and father of two claimed he woke up one week ago to find that his wife, 9 weeks pregnant, took her own life by overdosing on drugs even though she was neither suicidal nor a drug user and even though the evidence indicated the victim was strangled to death, Texas authorities allege.

Lee Mongerson Gilley, 38, remains behind bars without bond in Harris County in a capital murder of multiple persons case following his jail booking on Friday, Oct. 11, four days after the suspected strangulation slaying of 38-year-old Christa Bauer Gilley at her Allston St. home in Houston.

Court documents obtained by Law&Crime show that prosecutors claim to have “good reason to believe” Lee Gilley on Oct. 7 “intentionally and knowingly cause[d]” Christa’s death by “applying pressure to [her] neck and upper back, and intentionally and knowingly caus[ing] the death of unborn child” as a result.

Suspect Gilley is a self-employed software consultant for the last 13 years and Houston homeowner for the last seven years, according to court documents.

Court documents noting that the capital murder defendant was denied bond said Gilley told emergency responders he and his wife had an argument before he went to bed and that when he woke up three hours later she was unresponsive and apparently overdosed to take her own life.

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But after Christa died a hospital, both the “hospital physician” and the medical examiner determined that the victim, 9 weeks pregnant, had “injuries consistent with strangulation.”

“D[efendant] admitted wife not suicidal and not a drug user,” documents said. “[O]nly two small children he and wife home, had been arguing.”

Christa “went to bed and 3 hours later [Lee] found her in that condition called 911 started CPR,” according to the defendant’s alleged version of events.

The couple married at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, S.C., in 2017, nearly a decade after they first met at a dance class while seniors at Clemson University, their alma mater.

“After going on one date and then going their separate ways, the two reconnected 8 years later in Boston for their second date. Talk about meant to be!” said a post on Charleston Weddings Magazine. “Lee flew from San Diego to Houston 11 months later where he surprised Christa with a proposal.”

A candlelight vigil in Christa’s memory is reportedly scheduled for Tuesday night in the Greater Heights neighborhood.

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Shocking video shows man shooting girlfriend’s son in ear

homesafetytechpros — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:28:46 +0000

This series of images shows a shooting in Tennessee that was captured on video. Jeffrey Scott West allegedly shot his girlfriend’s son Kyle W. Spitze in the ear during an altercation on Aug. 25 in Friendsville, Tennessee. Spitze suffered a graze wound to the ear. West was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Video posted to Billy Ragland/X account)

A shocking video showing a man shooting his girlfriend’s son in the ear is making the rounds on social media.

It shows the altercation from the view of the victim, Kyle W. Spitze, who was recording from his phone. The incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. Aug. 25 in Friendsville, Tennessee, about 20 miles southwest of Knoxville. Billy Ragland, a firearms instructor, posted the video on X, the website formerly known as Twitter, and it has amassed over 22 million views.

It begins with Spitze, 24, sitting on his bed in his bedroom when his mother’s boyfriend, Jeffrey Scott West, comes into the door frame and points a gun at him.

“I’m getting ready to blow his brains out right f—— now,” West, 68, exclaims.

A woman, Spitze’s mother and West’s girlfriend, intervenes. She pulls West away from the door.

“Blowing my brains out?” Spitze shouts somewhat sarcastically.

This causes West to return to the door and again point the gun at Spitze. The woman tells West to “stop it” and she again pulls him away and closes the door.

“Shoot me and I guarantee you you will go to jail for life,” Spitze said.

Spitze then gets up and walks out of his bedroom where his mother and West are standing a few feet away.

“Point that gun at me again,” Spitze said.

That’s when West fires, the flash of the muzzle visible on the video. Spitze spins around, and blood starts dripping to the floor from the bullet grazing his right ear. He then staggers to a door that leads to the patio with his mother screaming at West “Oh my God. You’re going to jail.” The video ends.

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release it responded and met with Spitze and his mother outside. Paramedics tended to Spitze’s injury and transported him to the hospital. With West still in the house, the sheriff’s crisis negotiation and SWAT teams responded to try to coax him outside. They tried to speak with him through a loudspeaker and used diversionary devices in an attempt to get him into custody. About two hours later a police dog went into the home and found West dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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