Mother ‘killed her two kids, nine and five, and her husband’s lover’ before shooting herself in gruesome murder-suicide

A MOTHER was found dead beside the bodies of her two kids hours after killing a woman who was allegedly having an affair with her husband.

The body of Jessica Edens, 36, was found in her car along with her kids after she gunned down Meredith Rahme, 28, outside her estranged spouse’s apartment in Greenville, South Carolina.

The killer was involved in a bitter custody dispute over one of the children with her former partner.

Police said Edens complained to an officer who came to her home the day before the shootings that her husband was having an affair for the past year.

Rahme had reported harassing text messages and phone calls from Edens in the weeks before the shooting, Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller said Friday.

Officer Miller told reporters that Rahme, who worked with Edens’ husband, was shot in her car around 5pm on Thursday by mum-of-two.

He added that the shooter’s 9-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter were in the back of her vehicle at the time.

Two hours later, deputies found the off-road car locked and running with Edens and the two children inside, each dead from a single shot to the head or neck about 7 miles away, confirmed County Chief Deputy Creed Hashe.



A 40-caliber handgun was found inside the SUV, but Hashe and the coroner have not said who fired the shots.

A similar gun was used to kill Rahme, authorities said.

Hashe described seeing the three bodies in the car as a “graphic and horrific” scene.

Rahme had called police twice less than three weeks ago to ask how she could deal with harassing text messages, phone calls and online postings from Edens, Miller said.

The tragic 28-year-old was also the victim of a viscous online attack which was posted to a website which exposes “homewreckers," reports The Mail Online.

The post read: “This little girl has no self respect and no morals. She dates married men who have children and she doesn’t even want or like kids.”

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“Her character speaks enough for her. Remember homewrecker, that karma is a b—h, just like you. You will get what you deserve,' the screed went on.”

Edens’ estranged husband had called police on Wednesday to ask them to check on their daughter shortly after he received a disturbing text message from Edens.

The two had been in court to discuss custody of the 5-year-old girl, authorities said.

The officer who went to the home found the family planning to eat popcorn and watch a movie.

One of the children was speaking to the husband, according to the police report.

The officer asked Edens if there was any chance she could get back with her husband and she said instead she was going to expose his year-long affair in court, the police report said.

Rahme worked with Edens’ husband, Miller said. He refused to give any other details about their relationship.

Miller said authorities had no indication Edens was planning violence before the shooting.

He said: “There is some indication that about the time of the custody decision that she had some sense of inflicting violence either on the children or on herself or both.

“But that wasn’t discovered until after she was discovered last night.”

Greenville investigators are trying to determine if Edens was waiting on Rahme or followed her into the parking garage under the apartments.

Rahme was found dead in the driver’s seat of her car, authorities said.

A version of this story originally appeared in the New York Post.

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