Murder--Have you known someone who was murdered?

Yes. It's a big reason we didn't want to move back to Memphis when DH retired.

Yes.

My grandmother was murdered when I was a little girl. Raped and murdered. Who does that to a sweet old defenseless lady? My dad and his brothers were devastated. They felt they should have moved her in with one of the families so she wasn’t living alone after Grandpa died. Grandma had photos of all the kids and grands on her dresser and the killer lay them all face down as if he didn’t want us watching what he was doing to my grandma. She was a very tiny lady, barely 5’ tall and very slight build. She was in her 80s when she died. I heard they suspected the gardner’s son, but he fled to Mexico and no one was ever charged.

My sister’s ex-boyfriend was murdered by his roommate a few years after high school graduation back in the 80’s. Phil had practically lived at our house.

My DD’s best friend’s MIL was murdered by her crazy soon to be ex-husband. After leaving court-ordered mediation, he pulled up behind her car at a red light, got out, and shot her in the face.

Lexica, that’s a horrific story! I am so sorry for your grandmother and your family.

Lexica, I'm saddened by your story about your lovely grandmother. How truly tragic.

Yes.  I knew her, but was not close friends with her.  We worked at the same place.

She and her husband went missing and later it was determine that they were killed by a known serial killer.  The scary part it that they only lived a few streets/blocks away from me.

Somewhere I read that he just randomly picked their house.  It was stated that he set out across the country intent on kidnapping and murdering someone and picked them because the layout of their house lent itself to an invasion.

It is so weird because we are in an area where you never think something like that would happen and what are the chances of him just randomly picking our town and that area of town. 

I still think about her, it was an awful time when they were missing and no one knew what what happened.  She had worked here for many years and never just would not have shown up.  It was the same with her husband at his place of employment.

When I was in grad school I shared equipment with a girl who ended up being murdered by her boyfriend. I didn't know her well but every time I reserved time on the machine i would see her signature and it would make me so sad.

My sister had a student who was later murdered by her stepfather. She was missing for months before he finally confessed and led police to her remains. So sad.
Lexica I'm sorry for what your grandmother and your family went through.

My son played soccer with a boy all through school. We would sit with the other parents at games. I often talked to the boys mother. His father would come to some of the games but not all of them. When the boy was in High School he killed his father.

Yes.

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Yes. 3.
1. It was about 1990-91 and a lady owned an alterations store next to a store where I worked. I went in one day to have her do some drapes for me and the other lady in there said “oh, she can’t do it” and I was like, well maybe if I talked to her, she’d have time or whatever. I was kind of persistent and she said she’s dead. Apparently, her husband killed her. Murder/suicide.
2. My cousin in 2010. I did not know him very well. And I hadn’t seen him since he was little (he was about 28). He was selling drugs (pills) and told his gf that he’d be right back that we was going to collect money from someone and they stabbed him. His brother went looking for him when he didn’t come home and found him dead in his truck. I know they caught the guy but I don’t know if or what his sentence was.
3. Some girls I used to scrapbook with had a mutual friend (I met her once or twice). She was in the process of getting a divorce and her exdh shot in the stomach in front of their kids and she died.
It’s disgusting how many of us know someone.
And Lexica I’m sorry for your grandma. That’s so sad. Hugs.

I worked a maternity leave for a coworker back in the early 90s. We worked together for a year after she returned and then I moved back to my home province. A couple of years ago I Googled her name out of curiosity and found out she had been murdered by her husband. Although we weren’t close outside of work it was very shocking to discover.

Yes. I had a co worker killed by her husband, in front of their 3 children. He then drove the children to his family's home, and shot himself in front of his children and his family.

As a 911 dispatcher I have heard 3 homicides. I did not "know" them...but it still is not easy to listen to.