Anne Scripps Douglas, heiress to the Scripps Publishing Company, was beaten to death by her husband Scott Douglas. Anne's strory inspired the made for tv movie "Our Mother's Murder."
Murder hits the Paper for the first time Anne Scripps Douglas, 47, was found unconscious in her bedroom after relatives called police.
Police said her missing husband, Scott Stuart Douglas, is the main suspect. He drove off after allegedly assaulting his wife as their 3-year-old daughter lay sleeping in the next room. His car was found early Saturday on the Tappan Zee Bridge with the motor running.
A search of the Hudson River by boat and helicopter turned up nothing. Police Chief Alexander DiVernieri said investigators were pursuing all possibilities.
Mrs. Douglas was an heiress to the newspaper fortune begun by her great-great-grandfather, James Scripps, founder of the Detroit News. She married Douglas about four years ago. Kelly said he was a self-employed house painter.
