Just four days after escaping a federal minimum-security work camp, "Spam King" Eddie Davidson shot his wife and child and wounded a teen-age girl before turning the gun on himself.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of gunfire in the small plains town of Bennett at about 11:15 a.m. today and found Davidson, 29-year-old Amy Lee Ann Hill and their 3-year-old daughter shot to death.

Davidson's most recent spam business, Power Promoters, was based in Bennett.

Arapahoe County Undersheriff Mark Campbell said the bodies were found laying near a Toyota Sequoia SUV in the driveway. Davidson's body was beside the driver's door, a pistol nearby, and his wife's body fell near the passenger side.

The 3-year-old

girl was found dead in the vehicle. A boy, about 7 months old, was found unharmed in a car seat in the SUV, Campbell said.

A teenage girl, shot in the neck, escaped by running to a neighbor's home, the Sheriff's Office said.

The teenager was taken to University of Colorado Hospital in Denver for treatment for her serious wound, and the infant to The Children's Hospital in Aurora to be examined.

Ken Deal, chief deputy U.S. marshal in Denver, said that hours after Davidson's escape Sunday, his wife, Amy Hill, told Lakewood police he had forced her to take him to the Denver area in the same SUV.

Hill told police Davidson had slapped or back-handed her during the two-hour drive from Florence.

U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said Thursday night that Davidson drove the SUV from Florence to Lakewood, where he got a change of clothes and cash before disappearing.

Neighbors in Bennett said Davidson and his family had moved from the house more than six months ago. The family was known in Bennett as "the Hills" and "stayed to themselves," a neighbor said.

Media and prosecutors have dubbed Davidson "The Spam King" for years for his prolific anonymous e-mails selling a raft of products.

Davidson had pleaded guilty to

tax evasion and falsifying information about the sender of e-mail pitches for low-cost, high risk stocks.

He was sentenced in April to 21 months in federal prison camp in Florence and reported to begin his sentence in late May.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Neff said Davidson had become a "consultant" to the FBI investigating other spammers.

Bob Cambron, who lives about a half-mile away, said he was working in the yard when he heard the sound gunshots carried on the wind.

"Immediately after the shots, there was intense screaming," Cambron said.

He drove to the house right away.

"I didn't have any idea what I was driving into," he said. "I just saw the vehicle in the driveway with bodies."

He said he was reluctant to get close "because I didn't want to be the next victim."

He said a neighbor who called 911 also helped the teenage gunshot victim.

"What a nightmare, and such a coward," Eid said. "Davidson imposed the 'death penalty' on family members for his own crime."

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