Kentucky inhabitant Stanley Neace shoots 5 people over his wife’s choice of breakfast

September 13th, 2010 - 12:37 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Kentucky, Sep 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man shot and killed 5 people before turning the gun nozzle on himself, because he was upset about the way his wife prepared his eggs for breakfast.

The man who was identified as Stanley Neace shot and killed his wife, his stepdaughter and 3 other neighbors before shooting himself in front of witnesses at Breathitt County. He however spared the life of a young girl he encountered on his path, telling the girl to flee. Police say the incident took place on Saturday at 11 am.

Witnesses say that Neace got angry over the way his wife cooked his eggs and after that his wife - Sandra, fled their Jackson, KY trailer. However Neace pursued her and killed her along with his stepdaughter, also called Sandra and neighbors, Teresa Fugate, Tammy Kilborn and Dennis Turner before returning to his trailer to turn the gun on himself.

Witnesses say Neace committed the murder in front of a seven-year-old daughter of Teresa Fugate who asked Neace not to kill her. Neace then told the little girl to get out and he spared her life.

The place where the incident happened was named after the Governor of John Breathitt who ruled Kentucky between 1832 to 1834.

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