Name: Dorothy Davis.
Died: March 13, 1991.
Age at death: 35.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Fort Lewis, Washington, USA.
Disability: Depression.
Details:
Dorothy’s husband shot her and tried to pass it off as a suicide due to her depression. The investigation into her death was reopened when detectives realized he had left his jacket, which he had been seen in at the club where he claimed to have been when Dorothy died, at the murder scene. Several years earlier, he had also tried to burn down the house with Dorothy in it.
Dorothy was the mother of two daughters, who now live with her sister. She was pregnant with her third child when she was killed.
Case Status:
Christian Davis (Husband), convicted of murder, sentenced to life.
Sources:
A Pregnant Army Wife Dies in Apparent Suicide But Details Haunt Investigators: “Makes No Sense”
Fort Lewis Man Guilty Of Murder