Mark O. Barton

rdf:langString Mark O. Barton

rdf:langString Mark O. Barton

rdf:langString Mark O. Barton

rdf:langString Acworth, Georgia, U.S.

rdf:langString Stockbridge, Georgia, U.S.

rdf:langString His wife and two children; former co-workers

rdf:langString Mark Orrin Barton

rdf:langString Mark O. Barton in 1994

rdf:langString Stockbridge and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

rdf:langString * Hammer * Colt 1911A1 * Glock 17 * H&R Revolver * Raven MP-25

rdf:langString Mark Orrin Barton (April 2, 1955 – July 29, 1999) was an American spree killer from Stockbridge, Georgia, who killed twelve people and injured many more on July 29, 1999. The murders occurred at Barton's home as well as at two Atlanta-area day trading firms, Momentum Securities and the All-Tech Investment Group, where he had previously been employed as a day trader. It is believed that Barton was motivated by large financial losses incurred during the previous two months. Barton killed himself before he could be apprehended by police. Police searching Barton's home found that his second wife, Leigh Ann Vandiver Barton, together with the two children from his first marriage, Matthew David Barton (11) and Mychelle Elizabeth Barton (8), had been murdered by hammer blows before the shooting spree started. The slain children were placed in bed as if asleep. According to a note left at the scene by Barton, his wife was killed on July 27 before the children were on the following day. Before the massacre, Barton was a suspect in the 1993 beating deaths of his first wife, Debra Spivey, and her mother, Eloise Spivey, in Cherokee County, Alabama; however, he was never charged for their murders and always denied having had any part in them, including in the note he left behind with the bodies of his children and his second wife. Despite his denials, authorities still consider Barton a suspect in the 1993 murders.