A Commerce man who allegedly shot his sleeping wife multiple times in the head early Friday morning then called his parents and told them to come pick up the troubled couple’s 3-year-old daughter. He then called 911 and told the operator he’d killed his wife.
That is the sequence of events reported by the Commerce Police Department, which has charged Martin Lewis Seymour, 31, with the murder of his 29-year-old wife, Jamie Sue Seymour.
Apparently upset because his wife, who police say was engaged in an extramarital affair, had planned to leave the next day with the couple’s daughter for Indiana, Seymour shot her as she lay on the couch in the living room, said Detective Chad Knight, head of the department’s criminal investigation division.
“We believe she was asleep when it happened, based on the placement of the body and the entrance wounds,” said Knight. “It didn’t appear that there was any kind of struggle.”
Jamie Seymour was a 1997 graduate of Madison County High School, where she served on the cheerleading squad. Martin Seymour was a 1995 graduate of MCHS.
Knight confirmed that the child slept through the shooting. When Commerce officers arrived, they found Martin Seymour sitting in the driveway. The couple’s daughter was already in the car with the suspect’s parents, Knight said.
Preliminary evidence depicts a troubled marriage. Knight said investigators have determined that Jamie Seymour had been involved in an extramarital affair for about a month. Interviews with family and friends, Knight said, indicated that she planned to go with her parents to Indiana for a time of “separation,” but others said she had indicated that she was “through” with the marriage.
Officers found the .380 caliber handgun - which had apparently been purchased just the day before with a check that is expected to bounce - in the kitchen of the 211 Arlington Lane residence.
Knight said police believe Martin Seymour bought the gun “with the intention of taking his life, hers or that of somebody else.”
The detective also said Martin Seymour had been drinking - and appeared to be intoxicated - at the time he shot his wife.
Thank God Georgia still has an electric chair, because that's what he deserves.
I can't make sense of any of it. I knew both Jamie and
Marty fairly well when we were younger, and I never
imagined anything like this would happen. Marty was one
of the most easygoing people I knew. I am shocked and
deeply saddened by all of this. But no one is without
sin, and God can forgive any
sin, so that's between Him and Marty. As for Jamie, it's
overwhelmingly sad that she is gone. I haven't seen
either her or Marty in years, but it's obvious they had
a beautiful child and it's so sad that she will have
to miss her parents. Jamie was obviously a loving
mother and I hate to see any child separated from their
parents. I will be praying for that precious little
child and these two families and close friends that will
have to deal with this situation. God Bless.
I know there are no words or actions anyone can give at this time to console you all right now or to ease the pain. You all are in my prayers and I hope that with the love of eachother you will all get thru this together. All my love: Vanessa
did not get to know them as as we would have liked too.
Jamie was a very pretty woman.
She loved to work in her yard and spend a lot of
time outside with her precious daughter. I would not ever
imagine something like this happening so close to our
home, but it did. I hope Jamie's love and kindness will
show through her little girl as she grows up with only
the memories she can hold dear to her heart of her
mother. I hope this family can stay strong and help
Hannah through the hard times she has ahead. My thoughts
and prayers are with this family. As I pass their house
every day my heart hurts for Jamie's family and little
Hannah.
times she faces ahead.
Martys family. These family's have lost so much!!
It was a blessing to have known Jamie and I will miss her beautiful smile .She was a beautiful girl and had so much to live
for.Jamie was A wonderful loving mother.My heart hurts
for her daughter because she will
have to grow up without her beautiful mother or father.
Jamie will truley be missed by the one that knew and
loved her. We will never forget her!! I just don't
understand how Marty could have done this ! Cause how can
you really love someone and do this to them .Alot of peoples lifes will never be the same ! God Bless and Keep Jamie and
Marty's Family
Marty would turn that anger and rage into a prayer
for little Hannah. She needs to be uplifted in prayer to
the good Lord above more than he needs to be bashed.
I'm trying to take the heat off him, but if you are
bashing, you are giving into the devil which is the
evil behind him and what he did in the firstplace!
Were you not told as a child if don't have
something nice to say don't say anything at all!!
Think about it.
so right in every aspect of your comment! I admire you
for being so bold!!
I am not defending the sick act he committed. There is
NO excuse for what he did!! I personally have lots of bad thoughts about what should be done to him.
I simply asked instead of bashing him and putting
attention on him turn the anger into a good thing
like prayer for that little girl! How dare you attack me
when I simply stated my own opinion! and who are you to be so self-righteous! You turn a prayer request for the family of Jamie into me defending him! I will NEVER defend a murderer! I hope you do better work with these violent men than you interpret an opinion!!!!!
MY prayer goes out to both family.
Too bad the little girl also has to suffer the rest of her life as well. So remember her in prayer.
R.I.P Jamie
You will be deeply missed.♥
RIP Jamie.
There is not a punishment = to the crime he has commited.
all that he did about the murdered woman. We have to consider his source of information though, if you get my drift.
One good thing article did show people and that is Marty is such a loser! With no moral character at all ! So little character and morals in fact, he even wrote a BAD check for his murder weapon! What a sorry excuse of a man. Murderer and might as well say a broke thief! Now the gun shop will have to eat that loss too, you jerk!
Is there is no end to the people you've affected and HURT???
Fry, Marty, fry!
"he says" was for himself, strangely got turned on the woman that was trying to leave him! What an odd coincidence, isn't it? Hmmm, I THINK NOT! You see, it is a documented fact that more women are murdered by abusive husbands and boyfriends when the man realizes they are ready to leave them. It is the #1 time that abused women are killed, and that's when they finally get the strength to seek a better life away from the abuse and attempt to leave. The very proof of this murderer calling his parents first, as said in this article, shows he called mommy & daddy first, after he murdered his wife. He didn't call 911 for his wife, you see, as he knew that wasn't necessary. The abusive murderer knew he accomplished what he intended to do and that he had killed her and she need no help from no one. So, only then does he call mommy & daddy to come get the murdered mother's 3 year old child. Even mommy & daddy got there after the fact and THEY don't know for sure what happened and what was seen and heard by the child, before they arrived! It is NOT possible, they were NOT present! ALL they know is what their murdering son tells them, after all... their daughter in law they saw dead & knew she couldn't tell them her side, just as she can't today, as she's dead at the hands of their son, no less! Did his mommy & daddy also step over what was left of their "shot in the head repeatedly,daughter in law", on the way to pick up the sweet angel, innocent 3 year old? This is sickening and beyond words. This murderer has caused so much grief to so many, that this murderer will forever suffer. By my experience, I can tell you, a man just doesn't kill out of the blue, he had been abusing this woman and drinking for longer than just this night. If she really was having an affair, it breaks my heart that the new man in her life could not have whisked her away, before she was murdered by her abuser...her own husband. Too bad that this murderer didn't use that gun as soon as he bought it for the "real reason", he claims he bought for, to kill himself. Folks, if he had REALLY bought the gun for himself,think about it... we wouldn't be talking about an innocent child without a mother. We would be discussing the death of a drunk man that committed suicide. Probably not even discussing it. I fully believe this gun was bought for the intention the murderer used it for and I feel sure the prosecutors will have no problem in proving that fact. I have full confidence in them. This updated article is trying to do damage control for the image of the murderer and paint the murdered woman as a cheater and the murderer as a despondent, pitiful suicidal man who called his mommy before he called for help for his wife. He knew his wife didn't need 911... as you see, he knew he had accomplished his goal, he had killed her. How dare she leave him, he thought! So he "thinks" , he has accomplished his goal and showed her! With the sick, twisted abusive mind set of "if I can't have you, no one will". You see, that's another common and typical thought process of a abusive man and a way they justify killing the woman trying to escape a life of abuse. Just wait until this excuse of a man is known as "Martina" in prison, then we'll see what a tough guy this abusive,drunk murderer really is! Don't for one minute think that any intelligent person is going to overlook this heinous murder, which was carried out with an automatic weapon that fired into to this abused woman's head repeatedly, simply because she was trying to leave the situation or that his family says she had another man. NONE of this excuses this murder and does NOT make him sit pretty in any light of sympathy from anyone, because it doesn't. Makes us sicker. If anything, it's a bad reflection on him & his family for talking about the character of the murdered woman, by trying to make him look less culpable and pitiful saying the gun was for him! If anything, he looks even more sickening. He does NOT garner ANY SYMPATHY from anyone, it doesn't matter what updates and gossip are added to his story. Just too damn bad he didn't stick to his original plan and kill the abuser, who is himself and not the abused,who was his wife. The coward.
himself, the discussions would have lasted a day or two.
And Hannah would still have her beautiful mother to take
care of her, like she has done so well for the past 3-4
years. This is the other part of my response to you...
I know the other man in her life (if you want to refer to
him that way). He has a beautiful wife himself that he
loves VERY MUCH. You may say, "If he loves her so much,
why was he cheating with Jamie"? I don't see it as "cheating
with Jamie". I see Jamie as "wanting the life that most
women out there has ... companionship, friendship, someone
to do fun things with, laugh with, watch them play with the
kids ... that kind of thing. This guy is like that. I
think Jamie saw him as, not so much a "boyfriend" but as
a loving person that loves his family and she NEVER had
that with Marty. I know Jamie, and I know that she would
NEVER EVER EVER do anything to hurt this guy or his family.
I believe that she just wanted closeness and if she would
have gotten it from Marty, she would never have turned to
someone else. Jamie wasn't a "CHEATER" as she is being
portrayed, she just got caught up in a fantasy world that
most women want...a life with someone she could be friends
with. Imagine how the wife of this guy feels. I personallly
would have thrown all his crap out in the yard and set his
car on fire, but that's just me. AND THAT WOULD BE UNDER
ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAN WHAT IS AT PLAY HERE. Knowing
Jamie, as pretty as she was (and will always be, in my eyes)
she wasn't out to just "cheat on her husband". She could
have any man on this planet. ANY MAN. Your husband, my
husband, ANY MAN SHE WANTED. She picked this man because
of the kind of man he is and because she was in need of
someone to be nice to her. I pray that his wife can
understand that Jamie wasn't after her husband. She was
after the KIND of husband he is. She would never deliberately
hurt this girl or her family. There were a billion
alternatives to solve their problem (Jamie and Marty's)
than what he did. Have you ever heard of D I V O R C E ?
They wrote a song about it for Pete sake. Let us not forget
Marty's family too. They loved Jamie as much as any of us.
They are hurting as much as we are. Granted they still get
to see their son...for however long that may last, but they
lost alot too. Thank God they were close enough to go get
the baby and not let her spend one night in DFACS custody.
If I'm not mistaken, Jamie's mother lost her only daughter.
She needs (and Jamies father too) our prayers more than
any one. Other than Hannah. Thank God again that she will
live far far away from here and that she's so young, she
won't remember anything that happened. It will be up to
the Grandparents to give her her memories of her beautiful
mother.
Just feel touched to say something to you.
I don't know you or anyone involved in this tragic situation. Usually I don't read this newspaper, but this article popped up on my wsb tv home page for each county. I felt compelled to write to you, as I was touched by the strong connection you seem to have had with the murdered young woman. I sense a true love of Jamie coming through in your words. You had to have loved Jamie to understand her as you say you did. I believe and understand every word you wrote. From the bottom of my heart, I know and understand when there is a lack of affection shown on the part of one, it can cause havoc in a marriage. When a man or woman devotes their time to other than the marriage and leaves the other hungry for their touch and recognition, it is painful to watch. We all need and deserve a partner in marriage who gives us not only a roof over our heads, but their TIME. Time spent with each other and attention paid to each other is essential for a marriage to work. It is emotional neglect and abuse when it not given, just as bad as a slap in the face. Abuse can be physical, it can be emotional and it can be verbal. Sometimes all three. Naturally, Jamie, who I can feel was your dear friend, was searching for that when she found kindness in the other man. This wonderful, although married man, provided if only for short moments of time what your friend needed and lacked, in kindness,interest, time and attention it seems by what you say. Take comfort in knowing that before your good friend Jamie's life was ended, at least she was held and loved by a good hearted kind man, if only for a while. Even if she knew, that he couldn't truly ever be hers, if what you say is true. So know that she didn't die without at least feeling loved by a man, who took the time to let her know that she mattered and was worth something. May you have peace in your heart knowing this, as I can feel the heartache through your words. God bless you for maybe opening the eyes of a man somewhere who might read what you wrote and then start treating his wife as she deserves to be treated. Maybe he will spend more time at home and less time with friends, or out of the home, maybe he will give her the time and attention that she needs. Who knows how many women that you've helped with your sincere, true words. So men...compliment your wives, just like you did when you first met her, let her know and feel that you love her. Then, men, you'll always know where and who your wife is with... as she will be in your loving arms, her husbands. A person doesn't turn their back on love, attention and kindness and seek it elsewhere, because remember..."a person never seeks what they already have".
incognito, please know that no one will hold it against your friend Jamie for wanting to mean something to someone and to be loved and having it shown to her. She will always remain beautiful in the minds of all that knew her, I'm sure. I didn't even know her and I cry for the loneliness she must have felt at home to have to seek it elsewhere. May God forever hold her close as she craved here on earth. My heart is with you, Lori Ann
I'm sorry, but you must have misunderstood the point that I was making to incognito. I was speaking directly to incognito's pain, I couldn't offer them more, I wish that I could. I know your view is coming from the wife whose husband found love outside the home, like you said. It's normal for you to write in defense of the wife sine you've been in her shoes. I mean wife of the nice man who loved Jamie enough to risk what he had, not the murdered wife.
I never mentioned anyone sleeping together, so I have no idea where that came from. You do NOT have to be intimate to feel loved and needed by someone. I was replying to incognito offering her comfort and not to accuse anyone of sleeping together. I don't even use that phrase,"sleeping together". You put words in my mouth. Don't do that please, it might confuse readers and they'll think that I said that. Hope you have found peace from when you were the one left at home, while your husband found love and attention elsewhere. I imagine that hurts just as deep, I don't know that view to comment on it. About it being too bad that Jamie and this sweet man she finally found, were not taking time to work on their marriages; I wasn't even talking about who tried to make marriages work or not,because I don't know from that stand point either. I'll only comment if I feel I can help someone. And I was speaking to incognito, because I felt pain come from their words and I tried to offer my outlook on it for comfort. I knew I had to do what I felt in my heart to do. I'm sorry if you felt the need to turn it into something I didn't mean or say. God Bless you again incognito and know all will be well in time. Time will heal you too, Anonymous, if you let it. Don't hold a grudge against your husband because he loved someone else, it will make you bitter.
Everyone on here seems to have all the answers.
Opinions are a dime a dozen.
If you all knew them so well, then why did you not try to get them help? why did you allow Marty to buy the gun? If you were such good friends you knew the state of mind Marty was in. RIGHT?
If you knew them so well, and knew this was a bad marriage headed the direction it was... Why not help them, if not Marty and Jamie then at least Hannah. Death makes people perfect and murder makes people evil. go figure...
CHEATING IS CHEATING NO MATTER THE REASON. MURDER ID MURDER IS MURDER NO MATTER THE REASON.
If all of you who have the answers really had them then maybe this would not have happened.
Yes, Jamie is gone, Yes Marty did it, and will be judged. In the end we are all judged by a higher power that a jury of our peers. We answer for all of our actions GOOD and BAD.
ALL OF US NOT JUST MARTY BUT JAMIE, THE MAN SHE CHEATED WITH, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO SUDDENLY KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS.
My thoughts and prayers continue to go out to both families
There are several things that are certain. Jamie is no longer with her daughter, Marty is in jail, Hannah has lost both parents, both the Bridges and Seymour families are going to struggle with this event for the rest of their lives. There are things that have been told to the community that should never have been told. Satan won the battle for Marty and Jamie Seymour's home the moment that Jamie died.
Who are any of you to sit and JUDGE, only GOD has that right. There are only 3 people who totally know what went on in that home. Jamie, who can't tell it. Marty who is in jail for it and God who knew that it all was gonna happen,
Now I don't profess to know it all, nor do I profess to know what state of mind that Marty may have been in. What I do know is that GOD is the only one who can judge, and unlike those of us that are flesh and blood, GOD forgives us.
So as you type you outrage and judgement of Marty. Remember that SIN is SIN no matter how large of small only the consequences are different. Just because you don't sign your name does not mean that you are not judging, just that you are trying to hid the fact that you are judging.
I will continue to lift up both families and especially Hannah and Marty in my prayers.
I only wish someone had told Marty that
He acted as judge, jury and exicutioner,
He doesn't look like he shed a tear over it in
his mug shot. nor does he look drunk.
Yes I believe the people of the jury have
not only the right to judge but a duty .
It just means that when something bad happens you have friend to take you thru it, and when you do something bad that you have someone who loves you anyway.
WHAT WILL SHE GROW TO THINK ABOUT OF HER DAD?
i can only hope the familys can get past this for the child (HANNAH).
R-I-P JAMIE.............
GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU NOW.
(SLA)
My hat is off to you for being strong and saying what you is right. God Bless and Keep You!
must be the same person...both of you are smarter than hell ---and I couldn't agree more.
Kudos to you and the other wise ones on here who can call a spade a spade.
There's nothing like keeping it real.
RIP Jamie, dear.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.--Psalm 116:15
Melissa
You are mourning and you are not alone, anyone who ever touched this sweet woman's life is. Life isn't always fair, nor easy to understand. I certainly understand you asking for prayer for the families and I respect your right to do so in your comment and bless you for it. Although, I disagree with you that people are judging. They are giving opinions, as there is an enormous difference in a judgment and an opinion. This is a blog concerning the article above it and concerning nothing else, so you would expect there to be opinions of all sorts. That my dear is what a blog is, that's what makes it a blog. You, as well as myself and others have a choice as to whether we read what others are commenting or to click and pass it over. Comments are made up of opinions that neither you, nor I have have to agree with. We also have the right to skip reading comments all together, as I said, as well as to respond or not. That is why there is absolutely nothing wrong with what these people are doing, it's called blogging. A blog is where we read the article, interpret the article as we understand it from what is written, then post our feelings and opinions. As far as you wanting to see people praying and talking about Jamie, her daughter, the grandparents and friends, there are places online where you can start a blog for each of them in their honor. You will receive only positive comments and prayers as you'd like, which is admirable and I pray you will find peace in making your personal blog. There is comfort to be found in doing that.
But, Melissa, this particular blog is for the article above and is for comments and our feelings toward that. It may be called judging, but it isn't, it is called sharing opinions, thought and emotions. People come from all different backgrounds and life experiences that color our world differently, therefore we all will have varying opinions and thoughts on any given topis of discussion. Right now the article above is the focus, so naturally you'll read comments pro & con concerning it. It does not mean one is right and another is wrong. There isn't anything abnormal about shows of anger, disgust, words of love, support and prayers, all are perfectly normal. That, Melissa, is what a blog is for. We all have the choice to read and post or read and ignore. They are not to read what our eyes may want to see, but to read what emotions this has brought out and how people express them through their comments. No one should be told what they should or should not say, that wouldn't be an original comment or thought,would it? No, it would be want you wanted to see. If everyone thought as you'd like for them to think and quit saying what they felt, then it wouldn't be a blog. Please look into starting a blog for all the people that you need and want to start one for, so you may see the responses that you are looking for. But, please don't dictate what others are to say here, just as you wouldn't want that done to you. Only God can judge, Melissa. Ones who blog here aren't judging. It's not a judgment, when you are giving a personal opinion. Blogs are made up of people giving opinions and thoughts, as they see it, that is what a blog is. They're not giving a judgment,they're giving opinions. We have the right to read and respond or ignore, not tell others what we'd like to see, as that wouldn't be fair or right. God bless you and both families involved in this senseless, tragic death of a young woman.
Our love and condolences, Rev and Mrs. P. Collins
So, no the purpose of this BLOG is not for people to come on here and state that the article is inaccurate. Everyone is free to think and have opinions, but trying to convince the readers that it is an inconceivable thing is not there place ...because they do not have the facts. Talk about what happened, sure..but only speak to things as if they are a fact, if you know they are a fact. Many people on this blog are speaking as if they know what happened..they do not..plain and simple.
So, I agree with Melissa, I think everyone should back off the speculation, and not assume that they know more than the experts who investigated this case and crime scene.
ALL any person says about this murder is PURE speculation.
Same goes for YOU... too.
That is, of course, UNLESS YOU are the best friend that was on the phone with Jamie, when she fell asleep or you are Marty.
If you are Marty, then that means you, Marty, heard the voice of Jamie's best friend? Marty,was this while Jamie was talking and fall asleep with your daughter in her arms? Is that how you know? Or are you the best friend? If YOU are neither the best friend or Marty... then how else could YOU, familyfriend know THIS?
Is it a GUESS?
SPECULATION MAYBE??
Because Hannah you said was asleep in her mama's arms and
So Hannah couldn't hear who was on the phone with her mama
I doubt after this trauma, she would remember it anyway to tell WHO her mama wAS talking to!!
If it was her mama's best friend or WHO IT WAS
SO HANNAH DIDN'T TELL THIS to you!
AND Jamie is in heaven.
SOOOO...the only one left to TALK is Marty.
So there ya go.
Why should we believe YOU??!!!
Don't get your logic in telling such as this,it's not changing anyone who is smarts opinion anyway.
Sorry familyfriend BUT...your argument don't fly with a bunch of us.
Now take all your PERSONAL info and cram it.
It is sick to tell details no one would know, but only if you WERE the BEST friend or maybe Marty.
Because why would a best friend come on a blog to say something like this??
And if you are MArty...How could the police let Marty the Murderer have access to a computer to type this? SO! You are just a speculator TOO !
You will not change people's minds ON this MURDER..... no matter whose familyfriend YOU ARE!
YOU Better BELIEVE THAT!
TRY AS YOU MAY!
You are giving details and it makes people on here...have to wonder... WHY???
I have not seen 1 person state something as a FACT but, you.
Why say people are saying what they say are facts?
Where do you see that?
I didn't see that and I read them all.
I only see people mad as hell or smart people explaining why people act like they DO,
not that it's a fact.
Except I do BELIEVE there was abuse going on toward Jamie---I said my " belief" ...NOT fact.
There is a BIGGG difference.
One FACT I did see was from a soldier
only 'cause I know that same fact too like knowledge said too
That a 380 semi auto pistol you DO have to pull trigger each time to shoot several shots.....
like Marty shot in her
that is IF it was a semi auto like KNOWLEDGE said it was
and not automatic weapon.
Some people DO KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
That soldier was right
he was stating a fact on that now.
I thank the Rev for explaining a BLOG to me.
My wife stays on here but not myself.
Speak for yourself about not needing a 2 page essay, because I SURE did and Rev Collins I sure do appreciate it. Your smart words helped me, it's hard to learn stuff about a computer at my age.
Me and my wifes prayers are with this pitiful womans family and that precious child of hers\
Marty we will never understand it
you are a disgrace to us all
when hell...you, yourself,don't even know who you are
or who is typing what.
You can't make up your mind about who you want to be and don't even know
if you
or your boyfriend
or fiance
is the one who typed it---
Gee...how does THAT make YOU sound?
Do you think you are more credible to us now?
...Plus ...you use 2 different names and defend Marty with both of them.
So which is it?
A mourningfriend or familyfriend?
Or both or neither?
Like it REALLY matters if you defend Marty or not.
There is no defending a murderer, my friend.
Whether you are
a family friend,
a best friend,
a fiance,
a boyfriend,
a girlfriend,
a next door neighbor,
a girl or boy who knew them both in school,
a stranger to everyone,
or someone who just read about it
OR WHOEVER you are...
Marty STILL killed Jamie, no way around that.
You look fishy to me, as if you are in Marty's family. Especially to be defending him so much.
Who ELSE would??
Don't know that for a fact now... understand that it's pure speculation and GUESSING on my part.
I'm sure you understand.
So listen, familyfriend aka amourningfriend
aka the fiance of amourningfriend and familyfriend
or whoever YOU are...
I wouldn't trust the words you type,
as far as I could throw them!
You should be ashamed for upsetting people!
and theres is a lot of pain and love and compassion here
and yes the truth has came out too and sometimes the
truth hurts.I have to ask has anyone taken anything from
this tragedy.Has it brought you any closer to your
family of loved ones, If so it is a tribute to Jamie
and her family and Marty's family as well.Are you willing
to forgive her asd the other person as well? To pass
judment on them is to pass judment on ourselfs. It has
been written that if you look upon someone with desire in
our heart then you are just as GUILTY! I will be the first
to admit that I have done that many times down the line.
HAVE YOU ? only you and God knows.This tragedy has torn
2 family's apart and another one on the brink. My prayers
go out to them. I hear they are trying to overcome
this and not let this tragedy clame another one .
I for one commend them for trying. I sincerely hope
they can and show that the enemy does not always win.
I for one would not want to bear the load that this guy
is carring or his wife. If this family is broke up too
then there children will suffer as well . The last
decision for this family, I'm sure will be hers.I hope it
is a better one then her husband made. Regardless of
what anyone has said here . I hold not against you .
My prayers go out you. I pray that God will find a way
to keep this other family together so some good can
come out of the this. God Bless you all .
JAMIE is lost because he made the choice for her. only one person has been lost in fact! he killed her! she had no choice !!
Hannah may or may not see her father , but will she ever see , huge or kiss her mommy ? NO he made the chice to take jamie from her! so think about what you said !!!!!!!!!!!
(SA)
MAY GOD BBE WITH BOTH FAMILYS AND GUIDE THEM IN ALL THIS MESS.
R-I-P JAMIE= YOU WILL FOR EVER LIVE IN OUR HEARTS!!!
Excuse me, but Marty is the one who should have thought about all of this coming out in public,
before he murdered Jamie.
No one would have ANYTHING to say,
if Marty had not murdered Jamie.
Then you wouldn't have to tell people to consider the feelings of the families.
Isn't it so very sad that Marty caused all this to happen and people to talk? How hurtful and shameful for all he involved. How wicked of Marty!
It breaks my heart and many others hearts.
Marty should have known how these days everything is made public. How now days they have these computers that people can sit behind as say what they really think and be free to do it.
That is what our brave men and women fight for.
Our freedom to speak our minds without penalty for stating our beliefs.
It's not like in the olden days when people only talked about a local murder at the barber shop, at church or around the kitchen table at supper time. Now days people can write out their feelings for all to see. It is out there for the whole world to see and will be forever and can't be erased. One day Hannah will grow up and can look all this up on a computer and read it. It's not only written on paper or in a newspaper that can be burned, it's all online now. Hannah will read and know what her daddy took away from her. She will read how much her Momma was loved. Thank God for that, Hannah will know her Momma, Jamie, was loved by many. God Bless Hannah. SHE is the only one that matters now, not grown folks.
He committed MURDER! Doesn't anyone have to be held
accountable and responsible for their actions anymore?
He made a bad choice! What made you think it wouldn't be
put in the paper? And once it's put in the paper, people
get to voice their opinions whether any of you like it or
not! You don't have to read them.
Friend or not, "good person" or not, he made one very
stupid choice!
If they come back then it was ment to be
If they don't then it never was.
Marty should have given this chance to Jamie.
Going to Indiana would have been a good chance for them both to step back and take a good look at what was going wrong in the relationship. It did not have to be the end it could have been a new beginning.
Did he not speak to anyone about their situation? Was he encouraged by others who were drinking to not tolerate her decision, or to not let her go?
Not that any of the answers are excuses,
But surely the advice and the way we talk to others concerning there problems, influences the way they percieve thier lives.A lot of people turn to friends for sugestions and advice.
To think that he spoke to no one concerning
these issues would point to a lack of trust in people in general. Perhaps it was drinking friends that gave advice without taking him or his situation seriously.
It sounds like from the other comments that he had friends, To bad he could not get the support or good advice from them to help him find another way. Perhaps he never asked,
Perhaps the friends did not see.
Here is a photo of the home of the accused as published on the world wide web by 'Google Maps' with street view.
Along the left side of the photo are clickable 'plus and minus' buttons that allow you to zoom in or zoom out.
It appears that there is someone standing on the right side of the home with their back to the camera (perhaps it is the victim, I do not know).
The photo can be dragged and rotated 360 degrees and up and down to allow the viewer to see the entire surrounding area.
The date of this photo is believed to be in the summer of 2008.
If the following link is not clickable, simply copy the following link by highlighting it with your mouse (by clicking and dragging across it) and then pressing 'Ctrl and C' on your keyboard simultaneously to copy the text to your computer's memory temporarily, and then paste the link into your browser's address bar by pressing 'Ctrl and V' alongside the flashing cursor within your address bar.
Here is the link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=214+arlington+ln,+Commerce,+GA+30529&sll=34.223921,-83.473456&sspn=0.007523,0.013132&g=214+arlington+ln,+Commerce,+GA+30529&ie=UTF8&ll=34.225784,-83.473177&spn=0.007523,0.013132&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=34.223871,-83.473183&panoid=Ok3lphhsGVF6ybVlr9_Mxw&cbp=12,274.9916146872714,,1,-5.71109129639521
considered him a close friend. Worked with
him about 5 years ago. With that said,
I agree totally with everything
Steve Kennedy said.
Trust me, you didn't know Marty and Jamie like I did. I knew Marty before he married our Jamie and I did not consent to the marriage. As far as Marty's parents I am in sorrow for them for they are innocent and good people. They on the other hand, still get to see their son behind bars of course and get to talk to him and hear his voice, can look into his eyes and still hug and touch him. As for my wife who can not have this pleasure of ever hearing Jamie's voice again and not ever touch her again and look into her daughters eyes again now has a broken heart.
The pain my wife felt when she had to see her only baby daughter in a coffin begging her not to be dead over and over and don't leave her was the most sad and darkest event I ever had in my life.
Let me tell you, if a married man is a real man, he will love and respect his wife, do things together that interest her, get her little surprises to let her know she is appreciated, do things that would please her like being involved in the family. If a man does these things for his wife, he will have the best friend of his life and the marriage bonds can never be broken no matter who comes along. If Marty ever took interest in his wife's emotional and physical needs, this would of never happened. And lastly, love your children. They didn't ask to come here. That's what a real man does for his wife and family.
destroyed their lives too .
Marty killed her without any mercy !!God will judge us all !!
Has anyone ever known Marty to be remorseful for his actions or admit fault in wrong doing?
Could have been a narsistic personality disorder that sent him over the edge.
Who cares what Jamie did. Neither of them were saints. NO ONE IS! But that does not justify MURDER people!
What Marty did was cold and heartless. How can a person take the life of another person? How can a person take the mother of their child?? You say he was a loving and devoted husband?? How the hell could he be loving of little Hannah if he could take away the most important thing in that child's life???
I am sorry but you folks need to get a grip that keep talking about what Jamie did wrong, or speculating that she was "balled in a fetal position" on the couch. Marty is a coward. He is not a man, and will never be a man. His little girl will resent him the rest of his life (how ever long it may be) and my heart breaks for Hannah.
And to Jamie's BROTHER - I am so sorry you had to clean up and see the brains plastered and the blood stains. I can not imagine having to go through that. My prayers are with you and your family.
As stated in some of the other blogs, Sin has its consequences, and that in the eyes of God SIN is SIN, only the consequences of the sin are different. Marty will be judged here by a jury of his peers, but there is a greater judgment for all of us.
I only wonder what would have happened if everything that has been said on here by "friends & family" had been said to Jamie and Marty would things have been different.
It is Ilegal to be stoned or killed in the street or burned at the stake for having an affair. It is 2008 we have freedom to make choices in our lives.Its called DIVORCE
Affairs are disapointing and it hurts peoples feelings. True But it happens
OH WELL!! We dont always get what we want in this world Waaa! Get over it!!! Pick up the peices and drive on.
To get revenge or throw a tantrum because its unfair is CHILDISH! Wake UP! You learn this stuff in grade school.
Life is unfair. NO ONE can own another person
in America anymore that went out with Slavery.
This information comes from someone who has been married for 18 years.
NO ONE OWNS ME BUT GOD!!
either- but she was not given that choice. I know one thing, he better not get out as long as he is living.
Good Grief Cant you both make up a name of your own or at least use the #1or 2 behind your anonymous
You both are not having your voice heard
or are you both one in the same which makes the statements ridiculas.
Pick a name please.
She keeps asking for her Mommie, we keep telling her she is in Heaven with Jesus and Hannah cries. Hannah cried her self to sleep tonight, missing her mommy, confused on why we can't bring her back. Christmas 2008 for Hannah Seymour was a black day for her. Please keep Hannah in your prayers.
My heart truly goes out to little Hannah. It just breaks my heart to think of what that sweet and innocent little girl must be going through. She shouldn't have to be going through this. Her mother should be here with her and they should be celebrating Christmas together. In time she will learn to cope with this awful incident. I will continue to keep little Hannah in my thoughts and prayers, as well as the rest of the family. God bless you all.