Tech writer dances on spammer's grave after murder-suicide

Having escaped from a Colorado prison on Sunday, Edward Davidson was found dead after what appears to be a murder-suicide. Davidson apparently killed his wife and 3-year-old daughter before killing himself. Davidson had been sentenced in April to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $714,139 in restitution to the IRS after pleading guilty to falsifying header information to send spam e-mail, tax evasion and criminal forfeiture.Looking at Davidson's murder-suicide as some type of victory over spam as opposed the murder of a woman and her child is a sign of innate sickness. Still, Charlie Demerjian of The Inquirer - a British technology tabloid - couldn't resist putting his humanity aside to gloat over three dead bodies.Not all stories have a happy ending, but the tale of escaped spam king Edward "Eddie" Davidson sure does.... [read full story]