This is 49-year-old Wayne Edgar Edwards.
Wayne Edwards is not a fan of divorce, and takes “til death do us part” very seriously.
Wayne Edwards decided to prove this decisively on the 4th of January, 2008, when he ambushed his 46-year-old estranged wife, Deborah Edwards, at about 7:20 in the evening as she drove onto the driveway of her home.
Deborah Edwards’ children, who range in age from 11 to 20, were sitting at the windows, behind locked doors, alerted by their mother via cellphone that Wayne Edwards was outside and was probably waiting for her.
So Deborah’s kids were watching as their mom drove up in her white Cadillac and pulled into her driveway.
They were watching as Wayne Edgar Edwards got out of his red Chevrolet.
They were watching as Wayne Edwards walked over to the driver’s side door of Deborah’s car.
They were watching as Wayne Edwards pointed a gun at their mother’s face and pulled the trigger three times.
Deborah Edwards was able to push her Cadillac’s On-Star button as she began the process of dying. On-Star contacted a 911 operator within a minute, and two minutes after that, Deborah’s children called 911.
Police arrived quickly, but Wayne Edwards was already gone. Deborah Edwards was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where she died from the wounds she suffered.
A few hours later, at 2 in the morning, Wayne Edwards turned up, hiding in the back seat of a car, driven by his friend Abdul Wahid Salahudeen, as it sat in the parking lot of a local hotel.
This isn’t the first time that there have been domestic problems or physical issues between Wayne Edwards and his wife. The last seven years have seen the Arlington police dispatched to the Edwards residence several times, mostly for domestic disturbances.
Deborah Edwards has, in the past, made use of the Arlington Victim’s Assistance Unit and the Arlington Women’s Center.
Wayne Edwards will now be making use of the local jail, where he’s being held on murder charges and has had his bail set at an even million dollars.
Update:
Unfortunately for Wayne Edwards, the jury rejected his “the-devil-did-this-to-me” defense, convicting Wayne Edgar Edwards on the 11th of September, 2008, of murdering his wife. Wayne Edgar Edwards was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
The jury deliberated about 90 minutes before finding Mr. Edwards guilty, then took less than an hour to decide his punishment.
Before the guilty verdict and sentence, Mr. Edwards, 49, took the stand in his own defense Thursday.
Y’all already know I did not kill my wife. I was in the devil. That was the devil. … I would never kill anybody.
When his attorney, David Jones pressed him, Mr. Edwards admitted that he was holding the gun the night his wife was killed, but said he did not pull the trigger.
I was there to hurt somebody. I was there all right. The devil did this to me and my family. Until you showed me that picture of that bullet hole in her face, I did not believe it. That was my best friend. I’ve got a lot to say about Deborah. She was a beautiful thing.
The couple’s four children were in the courtroom and began crying. Some left as their father – who was separated from Mrs. Edwards at the time of the slaying – continued testifying.
When cross-examined by prosecutors, Mr. Edwards said he drove to his wife’s home with a gun he had retrieved from a storage unit.
I was furious. I was delirious. I was a maniac. I was insane. It was temporary, but I was insane.
He said Mrs. Edwards saw him as she drove up to her home:
She had the most beautiful look on her face I’d ever seen. She looked at me like ‘It’s all over’. My body was there and took the life of my wife.
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shooting someone at point blank, i’m amazed she didn’t die instantly. i hope this guy gets the chair.
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While the kids watch…
Dirtbag should not have an appeal process. Go straight to death row, die, that way my tax dollars won’t go to his care and tending.
“F”er
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See this right here is another prime example of shitty government. No offense admin, but if you have the police dispatched to your house on multiple occasions for domestic abuse you better count your blessings that CPS was never called.
If the parents are fighting constantly and the kids are there why wasn’t anything done to re-evaluate the situation. Was it because there was never any obvious physical harm done to the children? That can be the only thing I can think of.
If anything I want to know why there were never any charges placed on him or in affect.
Oh, another thing, the eldest child being 20, you would think that she/he would’ve difused the situation by saying that he was there waiting for there mom. Maybe the cops could’ve got there to remove him. Yes you’re probably saying, well maybe there will have been a next time. Well maybe there wouldn’t have. Who knows.
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Why would I take offense?
It’s not my house.
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CPS is swamped with cases so unless there is proof that the children are in danger the CPS really has nothing to do with it.. This was obviously domestic violence that escalated and escalated.. The kids definately should have warned their mom and told this piece of shit to leave before the polie were called on him but the problem is abusive men don’t really care about jail, as long as that woman who they think they own is still theirs or dead.. I have no compassion for this waste of life and hoefully he will be murdered in jail so we won’t have to wait on leathal injection…
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Admin..the shitty government part. I thought you were a CO.
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@Brit,
It’ll be a cold day in hell when all government employees actually agree with everything the government does ;)
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Point taken. I did have an (now ex) undercover cop by me booze and party with me at the beach when I was like 16.
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Jeez, Britany, didn’t we all?
Mine also left me pot on my bedroom windowsill, and stopped by late at night trying to convince me to go park, party and makeout with him. Never got anywhere with me, but he got far enough with other teen girls in the neighborhood to earn being kicked off the force.
His next job was a security officer at my high school. Talk about putting the fox in the henhouse. He died of a brain tumour several years ago. I named his brain tumour ‘karma’.
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I just thought it was bitchin to have someone “hot” and older buying me booze. the really “cool” thing was she used to be an undercover prostitute cop in LA. ha ha…oh man those were the days.
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Some of the comments left on here are cruel. Deborah which is the victims name did everything she could to protect her daughters. The father never lived with them at the address that she was murdered at. He was stalking her. I dont know if it was choice of words in the article but her children were not watching anything happened they heard the gunshots and ran outside to find their mother dying. Deborah was a good mother and worked very hard to take care of them. Please show a little more respect.
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FIRST OF ALL IF WE WERE WATCHING THIS HAPPEN TO OUR MOTHER DO YOU THINK WE WOULD HAVE LET IT HAPPEN!!!!!!! I SIT AND WISH EVERY DAY SINCE SHE PASSED WHAT COULD WE HAVE DONE TO CHANGE DA FACT THAT SHE IS GONE AND I CANT DO ANYTHING!!!!!!I JUX WISH I WOULD HAD SEEN HIM GETTING OUT OF THE CAR!!!!!!NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!!! THIS IS VERY HARD FOR ALL 4 OF US AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRICIATE THAT YOU CHANGED THE WORDING TO YOUR ADD….. AND PLEASE DONT PUT STUFF ON HERE THAT YOU DONT REALLY KNOW!!!!!!!THANKYOU
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Kortina reply on March 11th, 2008:
You tell em Brittney!! You guys, please be more sensitive on here. You never who comes on. I didnt even know this website existed. Deborah was my second cousin and Brittney is my third cousin. This is my family. And I don’t appreciate the mess you all are talking without even knowing the facts. And even if she did see him coming, she’s a young adult, but he’s a grown man, he could’ve hurt her or gained access to the house and hurt the other kids. These kids are hurting like the rest of our family, so please show somoe respect!!!
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Updated with trial information, guilty verdict and sentencing information.
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