Husband Kills Wife After Facebook Breakup Announcement May 6th, 2008
A husband is believed to have murdered his wife before killing himself after she told friends on Facebook they were splitting up, it emerged yesterday.
Tracey Grinhaff’s body was found in a shed in the back garden of the family home she shared with her husband, Gary, and their two young daughters, aged 14 and four.
An hour later, officers discovered the body of Mr Grinhaff, 41, an electrical engineer, in woodland nearby. Both had died of head injuries, although police said Mr Grinhaff’s were self-inflicted.
Less than a fortnight ago Mrs Grinhaff, 42, updated her profile on the social networking site, Facebook, telling friends she was “currently splitting” from her husband.
She added: “Been married for 16 years but together for 26!!!! God that makes me sound old.” Others said they believed Mr Grinhaff had recently found out his wife was having an affair.
Rumours have also spread through the tight-knit community that the couple’s daughters, Chloe, 13, and Niamh, three, knocked on a neighbour’s door on Friday with a note that said something bad had happened to their parents.
Describing her friend as “genuine, caring and kind”, Mrs Kendall added: “There are probably a handful of people that you would meet like Tracey in one lifetime. You couldn’t fault her for anything.”
Post mortems carried out over the weekend confirmed that Mrs Grinhaff died from head injuries and Mr Grinhaff from self-inflicted injuries.
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