Silverhill Deaths Ruled A Homicide

A Silverhill mother and her teeanage daughter were found dead inside their mobile home. Police are now investigating the case as a homicide. Alabama Investigation
Published: Tue, March 09, 2010 - 7:04 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, March 09, 2010 - 7:31 pm CST
SILVERHILL, Alabama - Silverhill Police Chief Kim Wasdin tells News 5 the deaths of a woman and her teenage daughter are now being treated as homicides.

The bodies of 18-year old Samantha Combs and her mother, Donna Henderson, were found early Tuesday morning in their mobile home. At first, investigators believed the women were poisoned by toxic gas, perhaps propane or carbon monoxide. But Wasdin says tests on the air quality inside the mobile home are inconclusive.

Chief Wasdin says because of that and the fact that there are still a lot of unanswered questions, the case is now an active homicide investigation. Wasdin has called state law enforcement agents to help investigate the deaths.

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The Family Says:
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:35 am

Absolutely. My point exactly.
Irresponsible journalism.

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BamaBob Says:
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 7:54 pm

That sounds a little strange.  Looks like they would wait for autopsy results before calling it a homicide, if manner of death is not obvious.

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