When Chancey Smith began loading ammunition into several firearms and talking about a murder-suicide, a friend dialed 911 to warn police that he intended to kill his ex-girlfriend. But despite the man’s call to a Lexington County (SC) 911 dispatcher, Smith finished readying his weapons and drove several miles to his ex-girlfriend’s house, where he shot and killed her, her 9 and 6 year-old children, and then himself. The 911 caller knew Peake’s name, but not her address, so deputies tried to intercept him before he left home or on the way. At one point a deputy passed the suspect going the opposite direction, but didn’t realize it. Now sheriff’s officials are piecing together the timeline of the incident to determine what happened between the 9:54 p.m. 911 call and the 10:11 p.m. arrival of deputies at Amanda Peake’s house. Read more about the incident and listen to the 911 call here.
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It sounds like the department tried everything that they could to prevent this tragedy. I am very sorry for the family, and for those who worked this call. It has to be a rough time for all involved.
Found several of her photos with a Google image search and the Fresno Bee has a story with her mom holding a photo of Amanda and the two children, but photos can be deceiving.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/03/16/2312073/cops-man-kills-woman-2-children.html
“According to Amanda Peake’s MySpace page, the children’s biological father, Matthew Peake, died in a fire in 2007. Matthew Peake was a Fairfield County deputy and the two were married for 5 years before his death. ”
http://mydeathspace.com/article/2011/03/20/Amanda_Peake_%2827%29_and_her_two_children_were_shot_by_Amanda_s_ex_boyfriend_in_a_murder_suicide
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