Man Admits Killing Partner Despite Court Orders

Aberdeen News Today | 2 Min | The Daily News Now! · Jun 26, 2026 · 1m

A chilling murder unfolds as Joseph Greer, under court-ordered electronic monitoring, brutally kills his partner Samantha Lee with a claw hammer—despite being explicitly banned from near her. Found by a friend who heard Greer confess, “Samantha is dead. She is in the kitchen,” the 54-year-old mother of three had previously shared fears on social media that he’d kill her. Greer, with a documented history of violence including a violent October assault caught on video, now pleads guilty to murder and assault, facing life in prison. The judge called his actions cowardly and despicable, while…