You shouldn’t have to die to be safe……
Several days ago a man called 911 to report a murder-suicide. The police showed up to find that he had killed his wife, his 14 year old child and finally himself. The police said this is the second time in 2 months that the city has dealt with the murder of a child. Several months before two mothers and their babies were shot and killed by intruders. When I say babies I do mean babies. One child was just shy of 2 years old, the second baby was 4 months old. They both were shot in their mother’s arms. That case had nothing to do with domestic violence but it did have to do with children dying. It’s rather disturbing to say the least.
I went to visit one of my neighbors today whom I haven’t seen in months. When she answered the door she looked pretty good. She looked healthy but physically tired. She was making cheesecakes for work as she told me about being held at knife point by her husband only days ago. She’d come home from work to find the house empty, which she found strange. Her husband was sitting in the living room furious. He accused her of cheating on him and told her he was going to kill her. Evidently a friend stopped by before my neighbor got home and found her husband sitting in the living room with a gun. He said he was tired of his wife cheating and was going to kill her that evening. He sat there with his daughter in the living room, holding the gun, telling the neighbor he was going to kill his wife that evening. The neighbor talked him down, took the gun and the teenage girl and left. That’s when my neighbor got home and the knife incident happened. She said the knife was huge, one she hadn’t seen before, something along the lines of a gutting knife.
I put a tad bit of distance between myself and her, crossed my arms and continued to listen. My body language said, “I’m threatened” but emotionally I was frustrated, angry and felt helpless. Continue reading ‘Murder – Suicide: Domestic Violence’
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