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Facebook Update Leads To Murder-Suicide

Tracey Grinhaff, a 42-year-old mother of two in Sheffield, England, was murdered by her angry husband after she posted a message on her Facebook page saying that she was leaving him. Cops found her body in a shed in the back yard of the couple's house, and her 41-year-old husband Gary's body was found in the woods nearby. She died of head wounds, and so did he, although his were self-inflicted. Apparently the message made him extremely angry:

Less than a fortnight ago Mrs Grinhaff, 42, updated her profile on the social networking site, Facebook, telling friends she was "currently splitting" from her husband.
She added: "Been married for 16 years but together for 26!!!! God that makes me sound old."

Some neighbors told the Daily Mail that she was having an affair, but who knows. The one sure thing is that, if she wrote that message on her Facebook page, her husband was sure to find it. Here's her complete list of friends:

[via Daily Mail UK]

12:26 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
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arguablythemostfamous at 12:36 PM on 05/05/08
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British people know how to use the internet?
ExecutiveIntern at 12:37 PM on 05/05/08
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She deserved it for using four (4) exclamation points.
FracturedAcetabulum at 12:44 PM on 05/05/08
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That's horrible.
And if the picture is any indication, there were children involved. Ugh. I don't want to read the story to find out.
Shemp Baldwin at 12:45 PM on 05/05/08
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I wonder if he updated? "Gary is killing his wife, and himself."
CaptainFantastic at 12:47 PM on 05/05/08
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@FracturedAcetabulum: After thinking about the Darwin Awards, I clicked through just to answer that question. Girls, 4 and 14 years old. Ugh, indeed.
unutterable at 12:52 PM on 05/05/08
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@FracturedAcetabulum: Then you definitely don't want to read his Twitter
Our Lady of the Massacre at 12:53 PM on 05/05/08
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@Shemp Baldwin: Maybe he Twittered it. It would seem appropriate somehow.
ByOsmosis at 12:54 PM on 05/05/08
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@arguablythemostfamous:It's making inroads, yes. Sadly, this also means the special brand of stupid excreted by the Daily Mail and the Sun has gone global.
strega at 12:56 PM on 05/05/08
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@Shemp Baldwin:
He should have used Twitter
In Other News... at 01:00 PM on 05/05/08
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@ExecutiveIntern: Oh, dude.
SneakingThroughTheAlle... at 01:18 PM on 05/05/08
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let's not blame facebook- if she'd written it on a post-it, would we scorn those fabulous little self-adhesed notes?

Then again, writing it on facebook is like writing it on a million post-its and affixing them to everyone's desktop monitor.

Excuse me while I go cancel my account.
ExecutiveIntern at 01:23 PM on 05/05/08
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Shit. My hatred towards Facebook oversharers blinded my ability to read, and I didn't see she had kids. Apologies around. Bad taste, sorry.
Mediahohoho at 01:38 PM on 05/05/08
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Sheffield. Still a city on the grow. Wonder if she was having it off with one of the lads from The Full Monty.
wednesdaywolf at 01:50 PM on 05/05/08
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For a second, I thought this post was about someone having an affair with Gary Sheffield.

It wasn't. My interest is lost.
LoveHandles at 03:13 PM on 05/05/08
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@ExecutiveIntern: Wow. You went there. I'd congratulate you on the size of your testes (or vagina lips, as it may be) but I'm trying to avoid eternal hellfire.
SeaBassTian at 11:41 PM on 05/05/08
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The cynical side of me wants to make a joke that she died of embarrassment over her low friend count, but the sensitive side of me wants to shed a tear for her loss.