A British oil drilling boss has shot his celebrity wife dead in a murder-suicide in Turkey in an alleged row over her text messages.
David Thomas Blyth, 53, gunned down his wife, singer and comedian Victoria Vera Blyth on June 11 and it is believed he then turned the weapon on himself at their family home in Ankara.
David, originally from Edinburgh, became angry about Victoria’s text message, it is thought. The murder-suicide reportedly happened when the couple’s three children; aged four, 10 and 14, were in the property, and they’ve now been placed in the care of their mother’s relatives, who travelled to Turkey following the tragedy.
Victoria, 40, was a well-known singer and comedian in the Czech Republic. Tributes have poured in for the star, who came to fame in 2004 following the release of her first album, Killing Me Softly – on which she covered the American rock band Eagles’ Hotel California.
Victoria’s sister, Alexandra, posted on Instagram: “It is with deep sadness and pain that I have to announce that my beloved and beautiful sister, the sunshine of our lives who brought us so much joy, with her laughter, positive spirit, drive and energy, has left us forever. Please, I’m begging you all, give us time for the sake of the children.
“My family is going through a very difficult time because they lost both parents. We recently buried our father and now our sister and brother-in-law and we need time to recover, but most of all we need to be here for the children. We really appreciate your beautiful messages, but in these difficult times we need time to breathe.”
David, who was the owner of an international company named ASG Inspection, married Victoria in 2014, initially lived in Prague together but moved to Turkey in 2019 after he started doing business in the Middle East. The singer was born in South Africa before moving to the Czech Republic with her family as a teenager, where she went on to study music.
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