On Thursday afternoon, the mother of David Stewart claimed that Stewart's wife and mother of his five-year-old son killed their boy "to hurt him where it would hurt him the most," KOMO News said.[1] -- (Stewart took his own life Tuesday morning after a high-speed chase on I-5, apparently after shooting his wife, who was in the car and who died on the way to the hospital.) -- According to his mother, Stewart and his wife, Kristy Sampels, "had a fight on Sunday . . . and David left the home," John Flick reported. -- "She said Sampels called family members trying to track him down. Jordan believes Sampels got so angry that she took drastic action. . . . Investigators are trying to sort through Jordan's stunning accusation." -- Like Stewart's aunt, his mother said he was about to be sent to Afghanistan; she also said that he suffered from PTSD. -- A reader commented: "Sadly, I don't think that closure will come to either family. There are far too many questions in this case, and all the people who could answer them, are gone. -- If David was already suffering from PTSD so much so, that he was seeking treatment, then why was he cleared to go onto fight in another war. He should have been kept back, treated with meds, and given all the therapy he could stand. I hope the Army takes notice, that our men need more support at home." ...
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GRANDMA CLAIMS BOY'S MOTHER KILLED HIM IN A FIT OF RAGE
By John Flick
KOMO News
April 7, 2011
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/119440179.html
SPANAWAY, Wash. -- Two families are in a fight for answers over who killed a 5-year old Spanaway boy.
Jordan Stewart was found dead inside his Spanaway house on Tuesday. The medical examiner determined he died of asphyxiation.
The boy's parents, David Stewart and Kristy Sampels, were found dead inside a car following a chase on Interstate 5 in Tumwater on Tuesday. Investigators said the man shot his wife, then committed suicide.
Now the families of the victims want to know who killed the boy.
David Stewart was an Army medic at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. According to his mother, the family had troubles.
"They were arguing. They had some real serious marital issues," said Delores Jordan.
The couple had a fight on Sunday, Jordan said, and David left the home. She said Sampels called family members trying to track him down. Jordan believes Sampels got so angry that she took drastic action.
"She couldn't find my son. She decided that was the thing to do -- to hurt him where it would hurt him the most, to kill his child," she said.
Investigators are trying to sort through Jordan's stunning accusation.
"Hopefully, we'll have some answers. But we may never know," said Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer.
Troyer says both parents are suspects in the boy's murder.
They believe the boy died Monday after someone wrapped a plastic bag around his head. David's family wants that bag tested, but Troyer said that won't solve the case.
"All it will tell you is who touched that bag; it doesn't mean it will tell you who put the bag over him," Troyer said. "That bag could have been touched by many people."
Investigators do know that on Tuesday, David led troopers on a high-speed chase and during the pursuit, shot his wife in the back of the head. When he crashed, he then turned the gun on himself.
Jordan said her son suffered from post traumatic stress disorder after serving two tours of duty in Iraq. She said he was about to ship off again to Afghanistan.
"And it is my guess that when he got there Tuesday morning and saw his son laying on the floor dead where she had killed him, that he decided all was lost," she said.
Sampels' family refused to comment.
Investigators say they have several pieces of evidence they'll look over, but stressed they may never know what really happened.
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