Killer Left "Rambling" Suicide Note

"ALTON, ME — Scott Reed stabbed his estranged wife, Danielle, to death at their house and met his best friend at a Bangor restaurant before both men were found dead of gunshot wounds at the Reed home on Nov. 19, state police said Sunday.

"Speaking in detail for the first time about the grisly incident, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said investigators don’t yet know whether 43-year-old Scott Reed shot 41-year-old Daniel Young or if Young killed himself, possibly as part of a suicide pact with Reed.

"The three bodies were found at Reed’s rental at 326 Alton Tannery Road by a female friend shortly before 7:30 p.m.

"The men had been close friends for several years and reportedly had talked about suicide. Immediately after returning to Maine from an out-of-state location and killing his wife at her home, Reed sought Young, of Bradley, at his workplace, McCausland said.

"Young owned one of two handguns found at the scene, McCausland said.

"The last of the three autopsies was performed Saturday. The chief medical examiner ruled 39-year-old Danielle Reed’s cause of death was `multiple stab and incised wounds to the neck, including the throat` while Scott Reed and Young died from “close contact gunshot wounds to the head,” McCausland said.

"`This is also a domestic violence incident,` McCausland said.

"Scott Reed `came back to Maine, went to the house and confronted his estranged wife at that point and killed her,` McCausland said. `She is the true victim here.`

"The couple had been married for five years.

"Scott Reed left a suicide note at the scene. McCausland only described it as `rambling.`"

Source: Bangor Daily News...