Wife of Tennessee lawyer dies after Monday's mail bomb explosion

[OKNancy]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- The wife of the retired Tennessee lawyer who was killed this week when a mail bomb detonated outside their home has died, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Thursday.

Marion Setzer, 72, died Wednesday evening at Vanderbilt Hospital.

Her husband, John Setzer, was killed Monday when the package exploded, shattering windows across the street from their rural Tennessee house.
Amid the debris, investigators found a note they said they believe was attached to the bomb; authorities would not divulge its contents.

This is a very important piece of evidence, because now you may have handwriting," said former ATF agent and bomb expert Joseph Vince.


Officials said Setzer, 74, picked up the package on Monday from his mailbox, about 200 yards from the house. As he approached the front of the house, it detonated, killing him and initially critically wounding his wife.
"It doesn't make sense at all," family friend Ken Caldwell told CNN affiliate WTVF. "When I've heard it said that it was targeted, I thought, well, they must have targeted the wrong person."

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/justice/tennessee-lawyer-letter-bomb-death/

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The other neighbors are worried. People think they may have gone after the wrong person.
No one can figure out why this country lawyer would be a target

[Blue_Tires]

1. Maybe a grudge from a previous case?

[MicaelS]

4. That is my guess.

Has to be someone who has a grudge against this lawyer, or lawyers in general.

[OKNancy]

5. as far as I can tell he did mostly bankruptcies

I guess some small creditor COULD be pissed because they didn't get paid.
The big guys like credit cards just write it off.

[bitchkitty]

2. So, it detonated while he approached the house.

If it detonated just from being handled, it would have detonated long before.

He had it in his hands, approaching the house. Was it remotely detonated? Then someone must have been watching...

[cosmicone]

3. It was probably detonated

with an accelerometer. After the purp placed it in the mailbox, he switched the accelerometer on.

(An accelerometer is what makes your iPhone's or Android phone's screen switch from portrait to landscape as you turn the phone)

[bitchkitty]

6. Of course.

You're probably right. I didn't consider the possibility that it may have been privately delivered. It says in the article that they are investigating that.

[Duer 157099]

9. Maybe via GPS coordinates?

[alp227]

7. more coverage

The Tennessean in Nashville and the Lebanon Democrat & Wilson County News

[freshwest]

8. I hope they eventually tell us what that note said. If it was part of the device. Poor couple. n/t

[OKNancy]

10. Couple Killed in Package Explosion Kind, Gentle

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/woman-injured-tenn-home-explosion-dies-22497850

Friends and neighbors described Jon and Marion Setzer as kind, giving and devout.

They lived in a nice home in a semi-rural area of Lebanon, about 40 minutes outside of Nashville, and attended a local church. Jon Setzer was an attorney who handled wills and trusts, but he had been in very ill health in recent years.

Friends said he was on dialysis and had heart problems and high blood pressure, among other health issues.

Marion Setzer had formerly worked as a dental hygienist.

A blast at their home on Monday at about 5 p.m. killed Jon Setzer immediately and critically injured Marion Setzer, who died at the hospital on Wednesday.

"We are just dazed by what happened," Nashville attorney John Stark said. "Jon was one of the good guys. He was a good lawyer. He taught Sunday school."

Stark, who said he's known the Setzers for more than 30 years and attended church with them, described the former lawyer as quiet and humble man.

[1000words]

11. Setzer's son is Mitchel Setzer, NC Congressman

Mitchel Setzer authored a bill in the NC General Assemble to outlaw drone use.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/20/3549615/nc-house-committee-on-drones-meets.html

[savalez]

12. UPDATE: Son-in-law accused of killing Tennessee relatives with bomb

A Tennessee man was charged Thursday in the killing of his mother-in-law and father-in-law after a bomb exploded at their home this week, officials said.
Richard Parker, 49, was being held in lieu of $1-million bond after being arrested at his home Thursday, officials said.
A special Wilson County grand jury was convened and indicted him on charges of first-degree murder and premeditated murder in the Monday bombing.
Jon Setzer, 74, a retired lawyer who reportedly handled bankruptcy cases, died when the blast blew out several windows of his home in Lebanon, Tenn. His wife, Marion Setzer, 72, was flown to a Nashville hospital but succumbed to her injuries Wednesday evening.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tennessee-bomb-arrest-20140213,0,1275189.story#axzz2tFh3sZAV

[CANDO]

13. Son In Law arrested...

http://entertainment.verizon.com/news/read/category/Top%20News/article/ap-couple_killed_in_package_explosion_kind-ap