Vet Emily Champion and family Murdered

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Arletta

I had a feeling....

Yeah, it was just too weird- two older folk and their daughter get shot by a guy who barely knew them and lived 20 miles away BUT the son, the biggest threat physically, is left unharmed? No.

Makes me think of that case from the early 1970s of the husband who killed his wife and kids and tried to blame it on hippies who supposedly broke in and killed his family, while only slightly injuring him.

The friend who Champion allegedly shot and then blamed for the crime was living with his one-year-old son. Regardless of what the friend did or did not actually do in this thing, I feel terrible for the little boy.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Yeah, it was just too weird- two older folk and their daughter get shot by a guy who barely knew them and lived 20 miles away BUT the son, the biggest threat physically, is left unharmed? No.

Makes me think of that case from the early 1970s of the husband who killed his wife and kids and tried to blame it on hippies who supposedly broke in and killed his family, while only slightly injuring him.

The friend who Champion allegedly shot and then blamed for the crime was living with his one-year-old son. Regardless of what the friend did or did not actually do in this thing, I feel terrible for the little boy.

Not to mention his strangely detached and vague quotes about the whole thing. Pretty obvious from the first article that he was highly suspicious.

Terrible tragedy. Lock that hayseed up and throw away the key.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Not to mention his strangely detached and vague quotes about the whole thing. Pretty obvious from the first article that he was highly suspicious.

Terrible tragedy. Lock that hayseed up and throw away the key.

Yeah. I try not to judge too much how people come across in interviews, because everyone grieves differently, but the incident itself didn't made any sense. A young father, who is starting a new job in a week, drives 20 miles on a Sunday afternoon to (I guess) rob a retired, middle-income couple he (maybe) met a week ago, and then kills them and their daughter when they turn out to be home, but somehow lets the son get close enough to him to take away his gun and shoot him?

The majority of murder victims are killed by someone they know. This guy really was a hayseed to think the cops wouldn't immediately be looking at him.