Murder-suicide claims couple on wedding night,right after the I do’s

It was supposed to be the couple’s happiest day: Kelly Ecker, a nurse, and Dr. George Scott Samson married Saturday afternoon in Terre Haute, Indiana.

By their wedding night, both were dead.

Samson, an anesthesiologist at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, shot his bride and then himself in their home just hours after they exchanged vows, authorities said.

Some wedding guests noticed tension between the couple almost immediately after each said “I do,” said Vigo County Sheriff Chief Deputy Clark Cottom.

“Some guests are telling us the bride and groom didn’t speak to each other at the reception,” he said.

After the reception, the couple hosted members of the bridal party at their home on outside Terre Haute, Cottom said.

Not long after the last guest left, the county dispatch center received a 911 call, according to a transcript and tape provided by authorities.

The 911 calls

The first call was made at 1:25 a.m.

The caller, said to be Kelly, is only able to give an address, then the call cuts off.

In a second call made a minute later, the caller says, “he is beating the s*** out of me” and then says “he has guns” and identifies Scott Samson by name.

By the third call, at 1:27 a.m., Cottom said it’s clear the situation has escalated because the caller’s voice is in more distress. She says “oh my God!” and then gunshots are heard.

When deputies arrived on the scene, they were met at the door by an elderly male relative of Samson’s, authorities said.

“He directed the deputies to the bedroom where they found Kelly’s body,” said Cottom.

She had been shot multiple times, he said.

Sad, sad, sad…. It makes us wonder though, did she see the signs before the wedding and ignored them?