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Officials: Father angry over divorce kills 2 adult daughters, self
By Associated Press
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AIKEN, S.C. -- A man angry over his impending divorce fatally shot his two adult daughters Tuesday, chasing one into a nearby yard, before committing suicide, authorities said.

A friend of one of the victims was also shot, but she was treated and released from a Georgia hospital, said Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.

Alton McCoy Beasley’s wife, Willa, and the victims’ grandparents were also in the home but were not harmed, the coroner said.

“It appears to be a horrible tragedy,” said Lt. David Turno, spokesman for the Aiken Department of Public Safety.

Beasley, 61, confronted his daughters and his wife around 1 p.m. at a home about an hour after meeting Tuesday morning with lawyers about the couple’s divorce, Carlton said.

Beasley shot 36-year-old daughter Anna Loebsack twice, then wounded the friend, Carlton said. The second daughter, 47-year-old Elizabeth Beasley, tried to run away but was shot twice before Alton Beasley shot himself, authorities said.

Investigators think alcohol was a factor, said Carlton, who ordered toxicology tests on the father.

Loebsack lived in Gastonia, N.C., and was the mother of two. Elizabeth Beasley lived in Townville, the coroner said.

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TDOG wrote on Nov 28, 2007 2:02 PM:

" World better off w/o him. now he is in the pit with his friend SATAN! "

dwarf wrote on Nov 28, 2007 12:00 PM:

" This all could have been prevented if they'd had a firearm in their home! .... oh wait. Never mind. "

Another man~~ wrote on Nov 28, 2007 9:33 AM:

" that didn't get his way so he took the easy way out! For him that is, now is wife is entitled to it all, he lost!! This world is so crazy and people are stupid! This is a case where marriage license's should expire in 7 years. This would of set him off too. The man was a nut so what else can you say. "

wow wrote on Nov 28, 2007 9:18 AM:

" if the 47 year old was his biological child, he had her when he was 14. "

was this a step child wrote on Nov 28, 2007 9:17 AM:

" ...or was he really 14 when he fathered his oldest child? And I also wonder why kill the daughters and not the wife? "

i wonder wrote on Nov 28, 2007 8:44 AM:

" why would he kill his daughters and shoot their friend but he didn't shoot his wife who was also there? "

matt wrote on Nov 28, 2007 6:18 AM:

" wonder if they got divorced over his anger problems "
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