Joseph and Melissa Batten
Joseph Eugene Batten (January 23, 1972 - July 29, 2008) killed his estranged wife Melissa Brooks Batten.
Biography
Joseph Batten was born January 23, 1972 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Melissa moved to Washington state in 2002, and soon after got a job at Microsoft Game Studios, where Joseph was already working as a video game programmer. Joseph later worked at Wizards of the Coast as a Senior Project Manager.
The Battens lived together in Kent, Washington.
Murder-suicide
On June 5, 2008, after finding out about an affair Melissa had, Joseph confronted her and at one point he pointed a gun at her, and then at his own head. Melissa moved into a friend's apartment in Redmond, Washington, soon after, but he found out where she was living. Joseph approached her in the parking lot and shot her several times in the torso with a 9-mm handgun, and then shot himself in the head.
Biography
Joseph Batten was born January 23, 1972 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Melissa moved to Washington state in 2002, and soon after got a job at Microsoft Game Studios, where Joseph was already working as a video game programmer. Joseph later worked at Wizards of the Coast as a Senior Project Manager.
The Battens lived together in Kent, Washington.
Murder-suicide
On June 5, 2008, after finding out about an affair Melissa had, Joseph confronted her and at one point he pointed a gun at her, and then at his own head. Melissa moved into a friend's apartment in Redmond, Washington, soon after, but he found out where she was living. Joseph approached her in the parking lot and shot her several times in the torso with a 9-mm handgun, and then shot himself in the head.
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