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Post by kernriver on Aug 29, 2018 16:09:34 GMT
I knew someone murdered by the Golden State Killer.
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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 29, 2018 16:42:16 GMT
No, knock on wood. I do know my neighbor's grandson murdered his kinda ex-girlfriend. But I did not know either party. Her life now is to live for his phone calls and visits. Pretty sad for her. Edited to add: Something just jogged my memory. When I was little, and for a little while I lived in Topeka, KS, this was in the mid 1970s I am guessing. Our realtor who became friends with my mom had three kids. There were twins and one other (I think older sibling) One of the twins, who I think was about 10 or 12 years old, wanted to ride his bike to the bowling alley which was close by. It was the very first time his parents would let him go alone. He cut across an empty lot and later was found in a creek... it was a bad bad killing. It went on for years in court and no one was ever convicted. They are sure it was a homeless man (who has since died). I did some searching years ago online and found the story. I'll do a quick poke around and see if I can find it again. I think it dragged through the courts at least 20 years. 1979 killing of John F. “Jack” Hanrahan, a 12-year-old Topekan There are tons of different articles... but if interested that's his name.
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Post by maryannscraps on Aug 29, 2018 16:52:11 GMT
About 25 years ago, a friend was murdered by her estranged husband and he committed suicide. She'd been in hiding from him and he found her. She was an amazing person -- the world lost a great one.
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Post by leftturnonly on Aug 29, 2018 17:07:51 GMT
Yes. Several.
One was a robbery. One was a drug deal gone bad. No one has ever been held responsible.
Neither person "deserved" it. Both were tragic for the families and those who loved them.
Both changed my life immeasurably.
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Post by sueg on Aug 29, 2018 17:33:30 GMT
I have just remembered another murder, which was more someone my younger DS knew.
A year or two after they finished High School two of his classmates - not close friends - were involved in a disareement over the attentions of a young woman. She had been dating one of them, then moved on to the other, which did not please boyfriend #1. After an argument, BF#1 got into his car and drove directly at BF#2, hitting and killing him. The court case had only just started when I moved away, and I have never asked DS how it all went down, but I do know he was put on trial for murder.
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Post by Julie W on Aug 29, 2018 17:34:47 GMT
I'm so sorry to hear so many Peas have lost closed friends and loved ones.
DD12 had a preschool teacher who was murdered by her boyfriend. She was in her 30s, and she was just a very kind and caring person, almost childlike - though of normal intelligence. She was into art and had an art car, and used to let kids paint her car. Anyway, her boyfriend who was over twice her weight, was drunk and he beat her and she bled to death. Numerous defense marks found on her body. And he had prior convictions for abuse against women.
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Post by katlady on Aug 29, 2018 18:07:23 GMT
Yes, my friend’s cousin, who I had met a couple of times. Her body was found in a harbor. My friend went to the trial. It was so hard for her and the family to have to go through that. I also had a high school friend whose nephew was murdered.
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Post by Merge on Aug 29, 2018 18:15:30 GMT
The older brother of a classmate was kidnapped, sexually abused and killed when I was in 5th grade. It was a pretty famous case nationwide.
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Post by belgravia on Aug 29, 2018 18:26:15 GMT
Several years ago, a friend of my brother's was murdered in Mexico. Totally gruesome pictures of the scene were published in a Mexican newspaper and posted online. Yes, drugs were most definitely involved.
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Post by jlynnbarth on Aug 29, 2018 18:34:47 GMT
I don't know anyone that was murdered, but I worked with (for 15 years, 17 years ago) the guy that committed the La Jolla, Ca mass shooting in 2017. A really good friend of mine still worked with him. It was shocking news to say the least. Everyone that worked with him including myself knew him to be a really nice guy. I guess in reading articles after the shooting, that he struggled with depression, alcoholism and was financially in over his head. He was shot and killed by the police. My heart breaks for everyone involved that are still suffering the consequences of his actions that day and for all the peas that are affected by other such tragedies.
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Post by missmiss on Aug 29, 2018 18:35:14 GMT
I have had 2 students relatives murdered. My first year of teaching one of my 9th grade student's younger brother was shot and killed due to gangs. My second year of teaching another 9th grade student's older brother was killed and dumped over a bride due to drugs. Lastly during my fourth year of teaching I had a 9th grade student murder one of our star soccer players. The soccer player was with other students who were in a gang or affiliated with a gang and was an innocent bystander in the car when it was shot up.
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Post by casii on Aug 29, 2018 18:35:42 GMT
I'm so sorry for those who have lost family and close friends to senseless violence. It's been a while, but when I was in high school we moved to a town in Oklahoma that seemed to have a dark cloud over it. So many murders and tragic events. My DH says our song is "We Found Love (in a hopeless place)" by Rihanna because that's where we met and what I call the only good thing to come out of living there for 4 long years. About 10 years ago I delivered Christmas presents to a mom and 3 kids through a program that adopted families who had family members in jail. Literally a couple of days after we delivered all those family gifts, the dad got out of jail, went straight to their home and killed his ex-wife and 3 children. I cried all through the holiday season over that. It haunts me.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 29, 2018 18:52:23 GMT
I remembered another one. A young man I’d known since infancy, who loved the baby quilt I made for him so much as a toddler I had to repair it, got into drugs as an adolescent.
A guy he met in a bar was mad that his sister was in love with a young man who the brother did not approve. This man paid my young friend to help kill his sister’s beau.
It was horrific. They took him to a local lake area, beat him, and then as he was on his knees, begging for his life, shot him.
Three families were devastated. It’s been over 25 years, and my friend’s son is still in prison. ( for years he was in the same place as XDH). Once away from the drugs he actually cleaned up and has been a model prisoner. I’m good friends with his mother, and to say this has been hard on her is a huge understatement.
I used to be friends with a woman who was close to the victim’s family. She would tell me about their grief, and how sad that the young couple just wanted to be together and make a family. Evidently the victim was a sweet boy.
Knowing that a baby I’d once held and snuggled could grow up to do something so heinous really shocked me at the time.
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Post by giatocj on Aug 29, 2018 19:25:13 GMT
Yes, a former work associate was beaten to death by her animal of a husband and then thrown into the family pool.
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Post by johnnysmom on Aug 29, 2018 19:32:08 GMT
Such tragedy in one thread My answer is maybe..... almost 8 years ago a classmate of ds (then 9) disappeared on Thanksgiving along with his 2 younger brothers. The dad is currently in prison charged with custodial interference and insists that he gave the boys to some underground group to keep them safe from their mother (who by all accounts wasn't a danger to them, but they were in the midst of a nasty divorce) but they're thought to be dead The dad was just weird, he was a cub scout leader when ds joined .....the only time ds ever asked to quit something and we let him (typically we'd make him finish the year/season), I couldn't put my finger on it on at the time my gut just told me the guy was off and so we let ds quit.....never been so happy to have listened to my gut in my life, that was a year or so before the disappearance.
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Post by cbet on Aug 29, 2018 19:38:50 GMT
About a year and a half ago, a man in our community killed two of his wife's coworkers, then went on to kill her lawyer, then holed up in his apartment and shot one of the police officers who were there to arrest him. He was shot by police and died a few days later. His wife worked at our bank; I didn't know her well, but I did know one of her coworkers quite well. Both the women at the bank were such nice people, and from all accounts, the lawyer and police officer were also pretty special. All because the husband was pissed off that he was going to have to split assets and pay her child support - when he was the one who wanted the divorce in the first place. He went to the bank in the first place to kill her, but they got her out of a back door; I can't help but think that the two women who were in the bank believed that he would leave when she wasn't there.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 29, 2018 21:44:03 GMT
Such tragedy in one thread . Yes. So sad. And I hope I’m not beating a dead horse by pointing out how dangerous men are to the women trying to leave them. Every murder is horrific. Reading this thread really puts a cold hard lump in my stomach.
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Post by inkedup on Aug 29, 2018 21:51:07 GMT
Yes. Travis Alexander, murdered by Jodie Arias, was my friend. A neighbor boy I grew up with was murdered by gang members who were never caught. He was 15 and it was a case of mistaken identity. My friend was never involved in gangs.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 29, 2018 22:17:50 GMT
Such tragedy in one thread . Yes. So sad. And I hope I’m not beating a dead horse by pointing out how dangerous men are to the women trying to leave them. Every murder is horrific. Reading this thread really puts a cold hard lump in my stomach. I was thinking the same thing.
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 29, 2018 22:24:02 GMT
A kid in my neighborhood killed his parents. They home schooled him and kept him away from family and friends. He was also abused. I can't think of anyone else.
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Aug 29, 2018 22:25:56 GMT
Not the murdered but the murderer. Girl I went to MS and 9th grade with (she was class president in 8th grade, well liked) murdered her mom our Freshman year. Her boyfriend helped clean it up. They both were sentenced. I know he got out at some point. I have no idea what happened with her.
I take that back. I forgot that a friend from high school, we hung out a good bit my Sr year, was murdered about 13 years ago. If I remember correctly, he was gay and his boyfriend did it? It was kind of brutal. He was cut up and stuffed in a garbage can.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2018 22:32:38 GMT
Yes, my ex husband was killed by his girlfriend's ex boyfriend. He broke into the house, the police think he struck exdh in the head with a crowbar or hammer. He then tied up the girlfriend and her 16 year old daughter and stabbed them to death. He set fire to the house to cover it up but it was discovered by the paperboy and his mom before much damage had been done to the house. The bodies were discovered when the fire department went in.
After an exhaustive all day manhunt, the police finally caught up with him about 11pm but the coward shot and killed himself before he could be arrested.
We had been divorced about 9 months and shared joint custody of our kids, then 9 and 7. Exdh had contacted me and said I could have full custody of the kids until the end of the school year because he was moving out of state to look for a job. I picked up the boys from school that day and he was killed that night. I truly believe if my kids had been there, they would have been killed.
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Post by walkerdill on Aug 29, 2018 22:35:27 GMT
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Post by Tammiem2pnc1 on Aug 29, 2018 22:54:01 GMT
My sisters good friend in elementary school was murdered by her moms boyfriend. The mom was murdered as well and the little girl was only about 8 years old.
I also know two murderers. Well one murderer and one who was said to drive the getaway car to help his girlfriend after she murdered another young girl who she was jealous of. Most people think he was a lot more involved than driving the car and hiding evidence. He was one of the nicest guys I ever knew, was my neighbor for many years when we were kids. I was shocked when I saw the news. I didn't like his girlfriend though and I guess there was reason for that. I think he served 10 years or so and is out of jail now. The other one was a friend of my parents. He strangled his wife in a fit of rage. I had never met her. When my parents knew him well he was married to someone else. He was sentenced to life in prison. I think my dad had gone to see him a few times.
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Post by sawwhet on Aug 29, 2018 22:59:08 GMT
A friend of mine from university moved up to the Yukon to work/live and was murdered. I didn't speak to her much after she moved. This was pre-internet time (early 90's). I opened my newspaper and saw her picture with the heading "Local women murdered". Honestly, I did a double take and the air left my lungs. Absolute shock. She was helping a friend who was in an abusive marriage. The lady's husband allegedly went out to her home and shot her in the head. He was never seen again. It was on Unsolved Mysteries at one point. I just looked it up and he's never been caught.
My professor's daughter was murdered. She was a teenager that ran away from home and lived with some homeless kids in Toronto. She was beaten, raped and burned. It was awful. They were the nicest people and it ruined their marriage. Years later, I'm told that they got back together. I couldn't imagine the emotional stress that they went through.
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Post by Bobomommy on Aug 29, 2018 23:34:34 GMT
Unfortunately, I know four people who were murdered, one who was involved in a drive-by shooting, and one whose mother killed several people. The grandparents and my parents were close friends. I went to the baby shower for Holly. www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/devil-child-butchers-grandparents-steals-car-drugs-article-1.2964367 I taught Matt when he was in 3rd grade. Destiny was the niece of a co-worker. www.henryherald.com/news/prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-in-moccasin-gap-murders/article_96f75381-0560-550e-9951-22b2e1427d7b.htmlMiranda is the adopted daughter of the assistant principal at a private school where I taught for 12 years. She was adopted when her mother lost custody of her due to addictions she couldn’t conquer. www.henryherald.com/news/police-arrest-in-connection-with-drive-by-shooting/article_b82c2751-6744-501b-9291-80a1b0f79571.htmlPat’s daughter, Susan, who turned her mother in to police rented a house from my parents. She lived next door to us when the investigation began. One day she told my parents that they were moving away, gave them a forwarding address, but said not to tell any of her family where she was moving because she was afraid what might happen if they knew where she moved. Pat is out of prison now and I see her around town with her other daughter.s children. Knowing how many people’s deaths she was responsible for, I would NEVER trust her with my children! www.imdb.com/title/tt1429440/ There’s also a book. In it, mention is made of a dollhouse. Susan sold it to my mother for $100. When my mother passed away, my dad gave it to my daughter. It’s in my guest bedroom now. www.amazon.com/Everything-She-Ever-Wanted-Obsessive/dp/067169071X
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Post by jayfab on Aug 29, 2018 23:50:33 GMT
Yes, a family member was murdered and also had a friend who was murdered both were by men they rejected. I worked with a woman who killed someone, she was in jail for manslaughter, never did hear the whole story, just had to do with another woman and some stairs.
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Post by librarylady on Aug 30, 2018 0:32:35 GMT
Yes, my mother was murdered 5 years ago. :-( My condolences. I am so sad for you to learn this.
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Post by AnotherPea on Aug 30, 2018 0:54:04 GMT
Right off I know six people that were murdered. I sadly probably know a few more, but I don't really want to think that hard about it.
One was a coworker's daughter coming home for Fall break. She was t-boned by a drunk driver. The driver ran. I consider it murder because the driver was an illegal alien that purposefully drove without a license and while drunk. He was found and his defense was that he couldn't read the English word "stop" on a stop sign. 4 crimes led to her death.
2 guys I went to high school with and were very close to.
An acquaintance and two students.
2 of the above were because the victims were gay. 2 of the above were because of drugs. 2 of the above never resulted in an arrest.
None of them were domestic abuse situations. And it is believed that in three of the cases, the victims did not know their murderers.
I personally know two confirmed murderers but suspect I know more.
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Post by mallie on Aug 30, 2018 1:07:37 GMT
I do not know anyone who was murdered, but I did know a murderer.
Such a tragic story. Well-liked teen boy, senior in high school. Never any sign of mental illness or other issues. Never any history of violence. One day, he stayed home from school, got a hunting rifle from the gun safe and at the time elementary school let out, started shooting at anyone walking down the street. Killed several, including kids and moms, then himself. Left no note, no explanation. A few years ago, I met his brother when we were back home visiting and he brought up the tragedy and said they are all still haunted by it, wondering how they could have missed the signs, etc. He reminded me that after he finished high school (he was the youngest), his parents moved out of town -- across country and changed their name. They are all still dealing with the aftermath decades later. So he didn't just kill those innocent people on the street and himself; he also killed his parents' lives as well.
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