Autumn's Oddities

The Black Widow of Orange County


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Hospice nurse Donna Scott cared for wealthy land-owner Hamilton Somerville's wife and mother during their final days by managing their pain with prescription drugs. Hamilton and Donna married less than a year after his wife's death, but the word around town was that Donna wasn't faithful. In 2001, Donna frantically called 911, claiming that her husband had choked to death, but the autopsy told a very different tale.

SOURCES
Southern Insurance v. Somerville, 70 Va. Cir. 326 (2006); March 24, 2006 · Orange County Circuit Court · Case No. CH05-000034; 70 Va. Cir. 326; Southern Insurance Co. of Va. v. Donna Somerville et al.

https://cite.case.law/va-cir/70/326/

https://dailyprogress.com/news/arbitration-ends-somerville-death-suit/article_5a024193-ddb3-55e9-8eaf-c93421f56ff7.html

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/jun/29/20040629-094504-5864r/

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2003/05/wife-killer

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Autumn's OdditiesBy Autumn Grube

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