Fort Bragg soldier killed wife, himself

Hoke sheriff says Fort Bragg soldier killed wife, himself Saturday night in Raeford

By James Halpin
Staff writer
Dec 14, 2011

RAEFORD - Family members say Staff Sgt. Seth Andrews and his wife, Hillary, spent Saturday preparing for Christmas, offering no hint of trouble brewing between them.

Then a neighbor passing by their home in the 100 block of Patolly Place around midnight Saturday saw their door was open, looked inside and found their bodies.

Investigators are calling it a murder-suicide.

It appears that Seth Andrews, a 24-year-old Fort Bragg-based soldier who returned from Iraq just weeks ago, shot his wife in the upper body with a .30-06 rifle before fatally shooting himself, Hoke County Sheriff Hubert Peterkin said.

There were no signs of a struggle and it appeared the shooting had just happened minutes earlier, he said.
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