Copyright 1994 Plain Dealer Publishing Co.
The Plain Dealer
FROM WIRE REPORTS; WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.
For three months, authorities hunted for a man accused of bludgeoning his
newspaper heiress wife and leaving her to die in bed. Yesterday, they found him
- when they identified a decomposed body fished from the Hudson River.
A railroad employee found Scott Douglas' body Wednesday, downstream from where
his car was spotted soon after his wife was beaten with a hammer on New Year's
Eve. The family of Anne Scripps Douglas believed her estranged husband faked his
suicide and fled after the beating. They posted a $25,000 reward for information
on Douglas' whereabouts and police issued a warrant for his arrest.
Now, investigators believe Douglas, 38, parked his car on the Tappan Zee Bridge
and dived to his death. The city medical examiner's office issued an autopsy
report that lists the death as a suicide.
Authorities are convinced Douglas killed his wife. She died five days after she
was beaten following a day of escalating arguments.
Mrs. Douglas' great-great grandfather, James Edmund Scripps, founded the Detroit
News in 1873.
HEIRESS MISSING HUSBAND FOUND
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