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Marie Moore Shooting | 04/09/2009 9:00 am

Marie Moore Leaves Note: 'I Had to Send My Son to Heaven and Myself to Hell'

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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On Sunday, Marie Moore, 44, was at a Shoot Straight gun range in Casselberry, Florida, about 20 minutes north of Orlando, when she went behind her son Mitchell with a rented revolver and fatally opened fire. She then shot herself. Her 20-year-old son died on the scene, while Moore passed away hours later in the hospital.

Now authorities reveal that they’ve found three suicide notes and audio tapes which indicate premeditation. The notes, obtained by the Orlando Sentinel, read that Marie had to "send my son to heaven and myself to hell." Notes were addressed to "King" and signed from "Queen.

Dear King

I love you. The money tape and [title] to my trucks all in order. I’m so sorry. I had to save my son. The tape explains everything. I’ll love you forever and ever.

——

King

The keys I left in the truck. You have the signed over title: Get it 19133 [combination]
I love you
I’m so sorry. I had to send my son to heaven and myself to Hell.
Failed Queen

——

A check and 7900.00 in cash in the green bag. I’m sorry King that’s all that’s left. I had to save my son and send myself to hell. Save yourself you go to heaven with Mitch. I love you forever and ever.
failed Queen
Title signed over to [you] for my truck!
I’m so sorry

On audio tapes left for her family, police and the gun range owners, Moore apologized for what she was about to do. She said God made her the ‘Antichrist,’ reports the Sentinel, and that she must die to save her boyfriend, son and the world from violence, and her mother, father and brother from hell. She said God told her while she was in a mental hospital:

You have a gun, you can do it … I have to die and go to hell so there can be a thousand years peace on Earth.

Mitchell’s father, Charles Moore, told police that Marie Moore was involuntarily committed to a Florida mental hospital in 2002 after attempting to commit suicide.



19 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

f p
And this woman with a history of mental disorder was able to buy a weapon?  The lack of effective gun laws in this country is pure insanity.
By f p on 04/09/2009 9:07 am
Mel Berg
f p, it was a rented gun but still, why would family members think she should even be around guns if she was put in a mental insitution in 2002?
By Mel Berg on 04/09/2009 9:23 am
f p
Beats me Mel—Totally crazy isn’t it?
By f p on 04/09/2009 9:26 am
C Hardy

Frank…the guns he used was rented there at the shooting range.  They wouldnt nkow about her mental illness. 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/moretop2/orl-marie-moore-shooting-video-040809,0,4312955.story

 

By C Hardy on 04/09/2009 12:35 pm
Z ****

Okay……probably a stupid question.  =)   BUT, do they use real bullets at shooting ranges?   Wouldn’t they use blanks? 

P.S.  Yes……I know nothing about guns.

By Z **** on 04/09/2009 12:57 pm
Amanda C
Yes, in a shooting range you use real bullets. In my state you also need a Shooting Range permit! I don’t see how you could "practice" or "rent" a gun without some kind of permit. That’s just ridiculous - that needs to be fixed. If you can’t own a gun because of any reason, you shouldn’t be able to practice with one or rent it! Sheesh.
By Amanda C on 04/09/2009 1:55 pm
C Hardy
Amanda…that would be a great idea.  Maybe that is something they can look at putting into a bill when they try and pass stricter guns laws.  I guess they figured shooting ranges are monitored and something like this wouldnt happen…
By C Hardy on 04/10/2009 6:58 am
Rachel F
I agree, Amanda.
By Rachel F on 04/10/2009 1:59 pm
C Hardy
Z****…you know that is a great idea…why use real bullets at a shooting range?  I wish I knew the answer but at the shooting range we use, we use our own ammo and guns…if we wanted to use their guns we can. 
By C Hardy on 04/10/2009 6:57 am
Mary Quite-Contrary
You can’t legislate against crazy. Its sad and heartwrenching…but if the family can’t ‘see’ their loved one is unravelling again, this sort of thing will happen. Its a living hell of two steps forward and three steps back with some who are mentally ill.
By Mary Quite-Contrary on 04/09/2009 9:41 am
Grande Camper
I wonder if the people around her in life knew how crazy she was and if this could have been stopped in some way?
By Grande Camper on 04/09/2009 11:06 am
Anji .

This is a heartbreaking story that I can relate with…

My BIL is mentally ill and always seemed to turn to us during his mental meltdowns. He was diagnosed with Bipolar Schitzophrenia and placed on Lithium.

During IKE, he showed up at our home and proceeded to terrorize my friends and family members who were staying with us. It was frightening because my inlaws did not understand how dangerous he had become and turned their backs on us. 

I eventualy had to call the police to come and get him because he was threatening people in the house, scaring our neighbors and announcing that he was "God".

He is medicated now but I still worry about his well being. He is my friend and I love him but it will be a journey until I am able to trust him. Honestly, I do not know if I will ever arrive at that destination.

If you ever notice that someone is mentally ill - summon the aide of family and friends immediately to make sure that they receive the help that they need. Never under estimate the dangers that the mentally ill can impose. 

 

By Anji . on 04/09/2009 11:41 am
C Hardy

The gun was rented there at the shooting range and they don’t do background checks b/c you can’t leave the facility with the gun and I can’t find any other story where this has ever happened, murder/suicide at a shooting range.

So this lady didnt fall through any cracks and own her own gun…

By C Hardy on 04/09/2009 12:37 pm
Dee T
Tragedy happens. Many cannot be foreseen. This was one of them. The family, aware of her mental illness, but probably unaware she’d go to a shooting range to execute her son and herself. With her mind determined, she would have found another way if this one were thwarted. Sad
By Dee T on 04/09/2009 1:03 pm
Zenka Wistram

" Never under estimate the dangers that the mentally ill can impose."

Anyone can be dangerous, and mentally ill people surely do not all need to be looked upon as potential murderers.  I understand needing to watch out for anyone being threatening and being in a place of lowered inhibitions (such as manic, or even something like under the influence) but I do believe this statement is unfairly stigmatizing to the majority of people with a mental illness.

By Zenka Wistram on 04/09/2009 9:48 pm