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Killer was right about child support error but Rape and murder are not rational responses to resolving one's concerns over child support
 Herbert L. Chalmers, who told a victim during a violent rampage last week that he was angry over child support, was right about being assessed too much.
There was an error in data entry, boosting his monthly obligation more than fivefold. Chalmers ignored many opportunities to correct the error. "Rape and murder are not rational responses to resolving one's concerns over child support obligations," Scott said. As of April 18, the day of the attacks that left four people and Chalmers dead, the department was garnisheeing 50 percent of his paycheck
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'I could have stopped them' - said Sandra Stamps, white girlfriend rape victim of black killer. Stamps, 44, who said she dated Chalmers off and on for almost 20 years, sobbed at times. Stamps said Chalmers forced her into sex before leaving on his murder spree. Chalmers traveled by bus to a Wal-Mart in Bridgeton, took ammunition without paying for it and headed again by bus to Finninger's Catering Service in the West End, where he had worked for about a year.
There, he killed co-owner Cleo Finninger, 79, and her daughter, Christine Politte, 44. Another employee, Patricia Ann Meier, 48, was wounded. Finally, Chalmers fatally shot himself in the parking lot.
A day later, another woman, Carol D. Moore, 35, was found dead from gunshot wounds in an apartment on the 5400 block of Delmar Avenue, where Chalmers often stayed with another woman.
‘If it was a mistake, it cost the lives of my family’
Did the state make some kind of mistake in calculating Herbert L. Chalmers’ child support, possibly sparking a rampage that killed four women — including his children’s mother and two members of the family whose business garnisheed his wages?
Survivor says killer was a model employee
A man whose wife and daughter were killed by an angry employee says the shooter had not caused any trouble while working at his business for the last five years. Charlie Finninger survived the shooting at his family's catering business on Thursday after employees pushed him into a cooler. But the shooter, Herbert L. Chalmers, killed Finninger's wife, Cleo, 79, and their only child, Christine Politte, 44. Chalmers injured a third employee before committing suicide in the company parking lot.
Chalmers
shot three women to death Tuesday, including his 53-year-old estranged girlfriend, Sylvia Haynes, at her apartment, and two of his bosses at Finninger’s Catering Service before killing himself. Police said he also killed a woman whose body was found Wednesday in an apartment owned by a friend of Chalmers.
White Catering Company Owner Talks About Ambush, Deaths Of Wife And Daughter
Charlie Finninger was apparently the last target in a gunman's rampage this week, but he survived. Now, the man who lost his wife and his daughter in the shooting spree is speaking out.
Finninger says the gunman, Herbert Chalmers Junior, was upset about child support being taken out of his check. Chalmers killed 5 people including himself. One woman survived. "I don't understand why," said Finninger. His wife Cleo and Charlie were at Finninger's Catering Tuesday afternoon when Herbert Chalmers walked in and started shooting. An employee pushed Charlie's wheelchair into a cooler when she heard the shots.
"I got out of the cooler and my daughter was laying in the front by the overhead door. A short distance away my wife was laying," according to Charlie. His anguish over the death of his Cleo and his daughter Christine Politte triggered a mild heart attack. - (Newsroom) - (crime) - (Black-on-White) |