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Mark Orrin Barton (April 2, 1955 – July 29, 1999) was a spree killer from Stockbridge, Georgia, USA who, on July 29, 1999, killed 12 people and injured 13 more. The shootings occurred at two Atlanta day trading firms, Momentum Securities and the All-Tech Investment Group. It is believed that Barton, a daytrader, was motivated by US$105,000 in losses over the previous two months. Four hours after the Atlanta shootings, Barton committed suicide at a gas station in Acworth, Georgia. He had been spotted by police and was ordered to stop, but shot and killed himself before the police could reach him. Following the shootings, police searching Barton's home found that his second wife, Leigh Ann Vandiver Barton, and two children, Matthew David Barton (12) and Mychelle Elizabeth Barton (10), had been murdered by hammer blows before the shooting spree. The children had then been placed in bed, as if sleeping. According to a note Barton left at the scene, his wife was killed July 27 and the children murdered July 28. Prior to the massacre, Barton had been a suspect in the 1993 beating deaths of his first wife, Debra Spivey, and her mother, Eloise Spivey, in Cherokee County, Alabama. Although he was never charged for either of the crimes—and though the note he left with the bodies of his children and his second wife denied any involvement in the 1993 murders〔—he is still considered a suspect in those murders by authorities. ==Background== Barton was born on April 2, 1955, in Stockbridge, Georgia, to an Air Force family, and was raised in South Carolina. Barton attended Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, where he earned a degree in chemistry despite his ongoing drug habit. Back in Atlanta, Georgia, he married Debra Spivey, and had two children, Matthew and Mychelle. The family moved to Alabama due to Barton's job. He became paranoid and started distrusting his wife. He lost his job when his work performance started to suffer. In retaliation, he was caught sabotaging company data and served a short jail term. Back in Georgia, Barton got a new job and began an affair with Leigh Ann Vandiver, one of his wife Debra's acquaintances. In 1993, Debra Spivey and her mother Eloise were bludgeoned to death. Barton was the prime suspect but was not charged due to lack of evidence. Barton married Leigh Ann in 1995 but his mental health continued to deteriorate and he began to suffer from severe depression and paranoid delusions. Barton had received a large insurance settlement from his first wife's death, but subsequently lost it in an extended bout of risky day trading. It is speculated that Barton planned his massacre after experiencing severe stress from losing $105,000 in a single month. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark O. Barton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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