During the criminal trial, the defense painted Hamilton Somerville as abusing painkillers and his death an accidental overdose, Singer said.

Nov 13, 2001 · Hamilton Somerville was a DuPont heir. He died from a drug overdose, and his wife, Donna, was charged but acquitted of his murder. Their story was featured on the TV series, "Snapped!" Hamilton Somerville inherited his property through his father who inherited it from his brother, Tom Somerville.

May 7, 2003 · When Hamilton Somerville Jr., owner of the 345-acre hilltop estate known as Mt. Athos, died suspiciously in late 2001, the eyes of Orange County, Virginia,...

Jun 29, 2004 · Prosecutors portrayed her as a gold digger who seduced Hamilton Somerville into a quickie marriage and eventually grew tired of him, having affairs with several men. The couple’s holdings include...

Jun 20, 2024 · In real life, Hamilton, a farmer and owner of the 345-acre Mt. Athos estate in Virginia, died under suspicious circumstances on November 13, 2001. His second wife, Donna Somerville, who had...

Feb 15, 2004 · Hamilton Somerville, in the same shiny magazine, became a squire, a gentleman farmer, a millionaire, and a recovering alcoholic killed in his own bed at age 57 in a mansion on a hill.

Jun 30, 2004 · Donna Somerville, 51, went pale and trembled after Orange County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Bouton found reasonable doubt that she gave Hamilton Somerville, 57, an overdose of Oxycodone,...

Jun 18, 2004 · An autopsy showed that Hamilton Somerville, 57, died from an overdose of morphine and codeine, however a defense attorney said an expert will testify that Somerville may have died of heart...

Nov 30, 2003 · It started when the blonde nurse married millionaire Hamilton Somerville just months after tending his dying wife. Ham, as everybody called him, grew up on the sprawling hilltop estate known as...

Mar 10, 2025 · CULPEPER — Investigation Discovery is exhuming the high-profile story involving the mysterious 2001 death of Orange County resident Hamilton “Ham” Somerville, Jr. in a TV episode premiering...