Double Murder: Wife, Daughter - Attempted Suicide, WV
Man Jumps From Bridge; Wife and Daughter Killed at Home Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 ; 05:51 PM New developments in a brutal double homicide Story by Kimberly Beary Email | Bio MALDEN – Police think a woman who was brutally beaten to death in her Kanawha County home may have been pregnant. About 1 p.m. Sunday, family members found Lisa Pierson, 39, and her daughter Casey Barker dead in their Younger Drive home. Police say the two were repeatedly bludgeoned with a farm tool. State Police said Lisa Pierson may have been pregnant and may have lived for hours after the attack. She died on the way to the hospital. Barker, 20, was dead when police arrived at the home. The double homicide and the strange events that followed span a 12-hour period. Just before midnight Sunday, emergency crews pulled 38-year-old Stanley Pierson, Lisa Pierson’s husband and Barker’s stepfather, from the Kanawha River near Daniel Boone Park. State Police believe he jumped off the Yeager bridge hours earlier. Stanley Pierson is the main suspect in the attack that killed his wife and stepdaughter. Though there was no official court record showing a history of violence at the home, family and neighbors say the Piersons had their share of trouble. “It’s been coming for a long time because of the way they lived and got along,” said neighbor James Blaylock. State Police are guarding Pierson's hospital room at Charleston Area Medical Center’s General Hospital. Officers said he is in serious condition and being treated for hypothermia. Pierson completed a 12-hour-shift Sunday morning at the Charleston Work Release Center where he worked as a corrections officer. He has 10 years experience with the center and a spokesman for the department said Pierson had been a model employee. http://www.wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=15402

Slain Kanawha Woman Was Pregnant, Mother Says Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 ; 03:30 PM Police await confirmation from medical examiner CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman beaten to death with a farm tool over the weekend was pregnant, her mother said. Lucy Barker said her daughter Lisa Pierson was at least five months pregnant. Pierson, 39, and her daughter Casey Barker, 20, were found beaten to death inside their Campbells Creek home Sunday afternoon. Pierson’s body has been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in South Charleston. Police are still waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine if she was pregnant. Investigators said two counts of first-degree murder charges may be filed against Stanley Pierson, Lisa's husband and Barker's stepfather, as early as Wednesday. State Police are gaurding the suspect's room at Charleston Area Medical Center’s General Hospital. He is being treated for a shoulder injury and hypothermia after it is believed he jumped off the Yeager Bridge. http://www.wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=15442