Mom Texted ‘Say Goodbye To Your Son’ To Ex Before Fatally Shooting Boy, Herself

A Texas woman embroiled in a custody dispute texted “say goodbye to your son” to her ex-husband before fatally shooting their 3-year-old son and herself, authorities said.

On March 19, deputies found the bodies of Savannah Samantha Kriger, 32, and her son Kaiden near a San Antonio park, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said at a news conference on May 1.

Kriger had recorded a video on her phone, Salazar said, in which she and the boy could be seen sitting in the drainage ditch where their bodies were found the next morning.

“Say bye to Daddy,” Savannah Kriger tells Kaiden in the clip, which the boy does, Salazar said. Kriger tells her son she is sorry his daddy is not there with him and kisses him.

An Amber Alert was issued that evening for the pair, who were likely already dead before police launched a search, the sheriff said.

Kriger and her son each died from gunshot wounds to the head, according to the Bexar County medical examiner’s office. Kaiden Kriger’s death was ruled a homicide, and Savannah Kriger’s a suicide.

Kriger was due to attend a custody hearing the day after her death, the sheriff said.

Investigators reconstructed her actions in the final hours of her life, based on surveillance footage and cellphone and GPS data.

On March 18, Kriger left work early and vandalized her ex-husband’s home while he was at work at a car dealership. She damaged some clothes, furniture and other items, the sheriff said.

Kriger then returned to her home, where investigators believe she fired two shots at her wedding portraits and wedding dress, which were laid out on her bed in what Salazar said appeared to be a staged scene.

Police found bullet holes in the portraits and two shell casings in the bedroom, which matched