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Post by jeni on Aug 3, 2003 14:08:50 GMT -5
Hi, My daughter Patti 37 was murdered by her younger sister Chris 35 on 5-6-99. Of course our lives will never be same ever again. I really lost both of them that fateful day. My heart is still numb and I still do not understand how it could happen but it did. Chris is manic depressive and disabled with fibromyalgia. She had been going to a phychiatrist for 5 years and he was not even counseling her anymore except for about 20 Min. and giving her her meds because he said she was doing so good. He said out of all his patients she would be one he lest expected to harm anyone. He was the 3rd one she faked out in her lifetime. Now after 4 years they think there will be a trial in Sept. I will have to testify against own daughter. I wish she would take a deal instead. They are saying she was insane but I do not agree as she knew her dad and nephew and grandmother by name during the struggle to keep the gun away from her. She also shot her father as he took the gun away from her. I love her and forgive her but that does not mean she should not be held responsible for her actions either. Life is not great to say the least
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Post by BethMariansChild on Aug 5, 2003 20:30:17 GMT -5
Jeni,
I am so very sorry that you lost one daughter to a horrible murderous act and another to the criminal injustice system. It is a sad tale that you have told us. I welcome you to this board and to our unforunate "club". All of us wish we had never had to join, but, like you, it was thrust upon us. It has shaped our lives in ways that no one except another murder victim survivor can truly understand.
I will go one step further with that statement and say that when there is murder in the family, it shapes your life in ways that are unique to that circumstance as well. Having a loved one murdered by a malevolent stranger is terrifyingly tragic, but losing a family member to the hands of another family member is a nightmare that only those who have experienced it can completely understand. The losses are compounded and exponentially deepened by the fact that that the perpetrator is someone very close...with whom you've lived...perhaps whom you've loved.
I can only imagine your pain. I can only imagine your terror at the upcoming trial. I hope for your sake and the sake of all others concerned that your daughter does take a plea.
I will burn a candle in hopes that she does.
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Post by dl on Aug 13, 2003 0:37:14 GMT -5
Jeni, Iam very sorry to read of your loss and I agree our lives will never be the same. My mother was murdered by my brother not very long ago, he was also mentally ill and had never been violent before. I am also in the position of testifying at trial if there is no agreement in a few months. It looks like the trial will happen and I dread it. So we are in a similar position and I think I understand how you feel. I wish the best to you.
dl
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