I am a 38 year old Christian woman. I lost my dad to cancer in October 2010 and lost my mom in a viscious, brutal murder only five weeks ago.
About my Loss:
My 67 year old mother was brutally beaten, robbed, disfigured and stabbed 19 times by a 28 year old man. I was not even able to view her face before her cremation due to the brutality of the crime. One of the worst things to try to deal with is the fact that a neighbor heard her screaming for help and did nothing. I have never hurt more in my life.
wow as i read ur story my heart breaks for u,u r trying to grieve for ur dad and now ur mom is gone now.my 2 yr old son was beaten to death and left to slowly die by my youngeset chids dad,they only gave the bastard 13 yrs..he was charged with 1dt degree murder,aggravated assualt,endangering a child and false info..they gave him a plea b/c there were no witness and he says that he dropped him in the tub which is untrue..i know how u feel..if i wouldnt have left him home he'd still be here,if i would of noticed he was hurt, i have a lot of if's...make sure that u write any questions u have for the da and if u dont like how things are going make sure u speak up,you have alot of say in what goes on,if u have any questions,please write me
thank you so much,in my opinion u should take the guarentee of life in prison with no parole,my son's case is alot different..he was originally charged with 1st degree but took a plea bargain of 1st degree aggravated manslaughter,the prosecuter offered the best deal he could given the lack of evidence..a trial is like living through it all over again..if there is a guarentee of life take it,but tell me this did they say he was willing to take the offer or does he wanna take it to trial?
unbelieveable,he was on parole when he did this..well i think even if he is dumb enough to take it to trial he is still looking at life but there is no amount of time they will give him that will bring justice to ur mom..i dont know if u belive in god or not but if u do u and ur family will have ur justice when he goes in front of god..u will be in my prayers
Kim, My heart feels such sadness with your sharing. Your world I know is truly empty in so many ways. Hopefully that precious little girl in the picture is yours to shed many moments of love and laughter with during this trying time. I too am so beside myself. I lost a sister to cancer long ago, my dad long ago and my mom a few years back and NOW the love of my life instantly gone is paralyzing my soul and spirit. I now have three death certificates to cry over and lots of pictures to treasure and just struggle with the desire to continue. I was always the one everyone told that I helped them get through the rough times...now I am lost and cry unrelentlessly. I guess when God closes a one ANOTHER door no matter how hard it slams, a window of hope will open...so it is said. Prayers to you friend.
thanks for your thoughts. sometimes i feel sorry for myself because i can't get the image of when i found dad out of my head, and maybe other people don't go thru stuff like that. but they do and God helps heal us all. your story with your mom is powerful. i admire your strength.
tHANK HUN i miss her so much but all i see is her body torn and that driver saying i didnt see her there was an is no way she couldnt see her and the fact that she wasnt going to stop just wont leave my mind i thank you for what you said so very much
i know whatu mean i think about it all the time i have all my moms stuff in my house her clothes and its so hard. my son just turned 1 and my son and my nefew were her first grand kids and they are only two months appart and i get sad because my mom didnt even get a chance to enjoy them and she was so happy and the guy that killed her his mother was like she deserved it and that im a bitch like my mother and im the one who told her, her son was dead even after everything i didnt owe her nothing but since i just became a parent i know how crazy if no one told me if something happen to my son. and on top of that all his friends trat him like he is a saint and they act like they dont care that he killed someone and thats where my angrer comes in
its unbelievable. people only care when it happens to them you know. but when it happens to someone else its like tough luck people just dont care anymore and its so sad i just dont understand why people act that way. my mom always taught me to treat others how you would like to be treated but i guess that went down the drain along time ago. thefunny thing is that the guy that killed my mom i never liked him since he came into my mothers life and i was 13 and we never got alone but for some reason when my mom broke up with him i felt really sorry for him i use to talk to him tell him to give my mom some space that maybe with time she would go back to him but he just wasnt hearing anything anyone said and i really tried to help him. and for my brother he saw the guy as a father figure and his best friendand for him after all that to betray us that way it hurt so much
im just 21 she died 11 days before my 21 birthday and my brother is 23 but i had to take charge of the situation. im the one who had to choose the funeral place if she was gonna be cremated, i took all the stuff out of her apartment, i had to tell everyone what happened to her and i only had one week off work and had to go back to work because i have a kid and i had to take care of myson so for that first month almost i couldnt even cry but i was in so much pain and i didnt know how to let it out. then finally when everything settled down i just got so depress and i couldnt stop crying i cudnt get my feelings in order i just didnt know how to fuction and i just moved out of her house when i was pregnant so i felt like i should i do where would i go if something bad happened with me and my sons father i dont have no family and it was the worst feeling ive ever felt
thats what makes it so hard knowing that there wont be ant justice because he was to much off a coward to face us no t just me and my brother but my intire family. i really think that if he didnt kill himself someone would have killed him because my current boyfriend found them dead and it tramatized him so bad and he says it til this day he would have killed if he was still around. but it just hurts because the guys family has no remorse not even im sorry about what happened. she disconnected my phone and my mothers phone because we were all in a family plan still with the guy and thats the only thing that still had my mothers voice in the voice mail and it erased. then she would sent texts from the guys phone saying if you recieved this message i have just killed wanda(my mom) and she sent it to my brother who was the one that was the worst because he is the closest toboth of them
i was so furious that i even said out of anger that she should be with her son and i no it was wrong to say be she is a horrible person and no wonder her son did the things that he did. then i found out like a couple of weeks later her other son's wife did in a car accident and i read what she put on face book and she was like"im sad about what happened to her but im glad my son and grandaughter are ok thanks to the other son watching over him" but the way she wrote it like it didnt even bother her you know what i mean she is just a really sick person
I know honey I want my Mama back to so very much,I feel like this is all a nightmare and hope i will wake up ,thank for everything you have told me me you dont know how you have helped me,I pray that we all get accountabilty from those who took our prescious mothers and our love ones ,and pray that God will Give us all that peace that passes all understanding , for with out it i cant make it ,i can't stand to wake up when i finally do go to sleep as you said everday it seems to get harder instead of easier, I am here if you need me to listen or be a souding board thank you again sweetie! hugs
I will be Praying hard for you sweetie!! please know you are not alone there i may not be there in person ,but in spirit. God Be with you I know he will
well how did things go in court? im sorry i havent kept in touch i just got internet back..did he accept the plea offer or is it going to trial? let me know how u r doing
yes honey it has they are more for the offender than the victims ,the Girl that killed my mom wasn't charged , they blamed my mom.thats why i am so angry!
just know i am still praying for you and Theresa though i haven't with you yet i am praying for you as well hun its two months today i miss my mama so very much hope to tal;k to you soon !
I am So Sorry to Hear of this Horrifying 'story' and Hope the Perpetrator Has to Face You and Your Family to Hear How You Feel and What You Would Like to be done to him to Receive Justice.
You're welcome K. I hope you receive the Healing & Justice You Need to Feel Better. It's noT easy to say the least losing a Loved One in their sleep let alone through Cancer or WORSE Murdered as you have Experienced. My Thoughts and Prayers are with you and yours.
Music has helped me feel better somewhat, but I've been isolating in 'my' room for a Year and don'T even feel like going out in the sunshine when it miraculously appears here once every few weeks or months.
Yeah. I'm sorry for your loss. It's been almost three and a half since mine passed away, and I can't imagine more. It still doesn't make sense that I'll never have her anymore. Everyone else has always died...not her. I can't tell you how many people have died..I stopped counting. She always used to say "I'm not going anywhere, don't worry, hunny." Of course, because of what I'd learned, everyone goes away, I was comforted by this, but with a lining of fear. Now she's not here to tell me it'll be okay, she's not going anywhere, and not to worry. I miss her. Thank you. <3 -Alexandria
Thanks for the questions. I ended up writing so much to answer that I will have to message you several times or put an attachment. How are you doing today? The weather here is beautiful. I actually went out into the yard today for awhile. Maybe it'll feel right again some day. I think I will try to do an attachment. It's long so you might need to break it up in chunks for reading and processing. Hope you are enjoying some parts of your life, God bless you.prior%20k%20fail.txt
My cousin was murder back in 2002.. It was soo sad because we knew who did it but there was Not even proof to charge the two guys with my cousin murder. My cousin was shot and he was also cut up by a knife and they duck tape his mouth and around his arms and legs and they hided his body down by the Saginaw River and his body was found 6 months later after he was reported missing 24 hours after the night he left with these two guys claiming to be his friends. I dont believe my cousin left with these guys, I believe these guys followed my cousin when he left are aunt house.. When he went missing we all knew something bad had to happen because it was Not like him at all to stay gone long.. My cousin name was Adam he was only 16yrs old.. His mom name was Mary and just a couple years ago Mary had passed her kidneys gave shut down and liver. I had lost alot of family members and the one that made me come to this website is when i had lost my Grandma on August 13th. My grandma was my World.. She was my heart.. And right now its very hard for me.. I know God will give me and everyone who lost a love one the strenght we need to pull thru this..
I had readed about your lost and i couldnt help but cry.. That is so sad and i know God will punish him for what he did.. I dont understand how anyone can do that to someone.. I hope Justice will be served..
No the murderer has not been caught. No one in her neighborhood knows how she died.
They believe what was printed in the paper....that she was shot, but she was not. Her life ended very similar to your moms.
Candance was 36 years old divorced and living in TX. She has a 11 year old daughter.....who luckily was not there she was in Indiana with her father.
I feel like we are in limbo...........no answers........no one to direct my anger to. Every day seems like the last. I feel the same every day, wake everyday crying and fall to sleep in tears. I am trying to cope as best as I can
I am so so sorry for your loss. Your mother looks like a warm loving woman. I will keep you and your mom in my prayers.
I'm so very sorry for your losses. I can't understand why someone wouldn't call the police if they heard someone screaming. I'm so sorry Not all people don't care in the world..If I heard someone screaming I would definitely call the police! Your mother was a very beautiful women, Please tell me this monster is behind bars.
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You're welcome K. I hope you receive the Healing & Justice You Need to Feel Better. It's noT easy to say the least losing a Loved One in their sleep let alone through Cancer or WORSE Murdered as you have Experienced. My Thoughts and Prayers are with you and yours.
Music has helped me feel better somewhat, but I've been isolating in 'my' room for a Year and don'T even feel like going out in the sunshine when it miraculously appears here once every few weeks or months.
http://www.soundstrue.com/shop/Gregg-Braden%E2%80%99s-Music-from-th...
Apr 11, 2011
Alexandria
Apr 11, 2011
Ruth
Dear K,
Thanks for the questions. I ended up writing so much to answer that I will have to message you several times or put an attachment. How are you doing today? The weather here is beautiful. I actually went out into the yard today for awhile. Maybe it'll feel right again some day. I think I will try to do an attachment. It's long so you might need to break it up in chunks for reading and processing. Hope you are enjoying some parts of your life, God bless you.prior%20k%20fail.txt
Jul 13, 2011
Ruth
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Ruth
Hello Kandi
I have been thinking/praying for you all week. ((((Hugs)))) Will be w/ you in spirit at 3-6pm, in my quiet mom cave. Blessings, Ruth <3
Aug 4, 2011
Crystal (BluSkyy)
Aug 19, 2011
Crystal (BluSkyy)
Hi Kandi,
I had readed about your lost and i couldnt help but cry.. That is so sad and i know God will punish him for what he did.. I dont understand how anyone can do that to someone.. I hope Justice will be served..
Aug 19, 2011
Crystal (BluSkyy)
Aug 19, 2011
Terrie B
Kandi,
No the murderer has not been caught. No one in her neighborhood knows how she died.
They believe what was printed in the paper....that she was shot, but she was not. Her life ended very similar to your moms.
Candance was 36 years old divorced and living in TX. She has a 11 year old daughter.....who luckily was not there she was in Indiana with her father.
I feel like we are in limbo...........no answers........no one to direct my anger to. Every day seems like the last. I feel the same every day, wake everyday crying and fall to sleep in tears. I am trying to cope as best as I can
I am so so sorry for your loss. Your mother looks like a warm loving woman. I will keep you and your mom in my prayers.
Was her murderer caught?
Aug 29, 2011
Melissa Broome
Kandi,
I'm so very sorry for your losses. I can't understand why someone wouldn't call the police if they heard someone screaming. I'm so sorry Not all people don't care in the world..If I heard someone screaming I would definitely call the police! Your mother was a very beautiful women, Please tell me this monster is behind bars.
Hugs to you,
Melissa
Nov 24, 2011