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Post by ThumpieNtn on Apr 9, 2004 1:27:12 GMT -5
Hi.. I am Laura, I am from East Tn. My father was murdered in Cold blood on the night of Ocotber 30, 2002. He was shot 6 times in the head at point blank range while he lay sleeping in his living room floor. In the next couple days, my stepmother was named the prime suspect. It took almost a yr to the day for arrest to be made. A grand jury Indicited not only my stepmother but her lover as well, for 1st degree murder and conspiracy to comitt First degree murder. They were both arrested the following day in Sherevport La. We are now awaiting trial which is set to begin July 13 2004 in Morristown Tn. :-[I miss my dad! I will never understand Why? I ask that question 500 times a day and never get an answer.. God Help us all! Hugs, Laura hometown.aol.com/thumper26tnvol/page1.htmlhometown.aol.com/thumper26tnvol/page2.html
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Post by Charlene on Apr 13, 2004 8:29:57 GMT -5
Hi Laura. I am very sorry about your dad. I think being murdered by someone you loved and trusted should be a higher level of crime - you are so much more vulnerable to them than you would be to a stranger who wants to rob and kill you. With a loved one, you let your guard down, you aren't watching them or worried about your safety as you would be around strangers. I visited your page; your dad looks like such a warm and kind man. I will add a link to your page to Victims' Voices on the main web site here. Do you know about the East Tennessee Victims' Rights Task Force? I assume that you already know about them, but their web site is at www.etvictimsrights.org/ and our member honeybare is very active with the group. Stay in touch and let us know how things are going as you near trial. Also, my recommendation is that you go to EVERY hearing that you are able to attend, no matter how insignificant the prosecutor or victims' advocate says they are. There is no such thing as an insignificant pre-trial hearing; there are no "formalities".
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Post by BethMariansChild on Apr 17, 2004 18:12:13 GMT -5
Laura,
I want to reach out to you to let you know that you are not alone. I also live in East Tennessee just down the road in Knoxville. I used to live much closer when I grew up in Jefferson City. Unfortunately, that is also the place where my Mother was murdered 33 years ago. It was long ago, but it is still painful.
The court system can be brutal. If you need support before, during, or after the trial, do not hesitate to call on me. You can email me privately at Femmefire13@yahoo.com or call me. I will be glad to give you my phone number in private email. I can't remember if it is a toll call from here to Morristown, but if it is I can call you right back on my cell so you won't have a long distance charge.
It may have been a long time ago, but losing a parent to murder is something that is so painful that it colors the rest of your life. I will help in any way I can.
What was done to your father was an outrage against humanity. I am so very sorry this has happened to him and to you.
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Post by Thumpie on May 6, 2004 8:45:47 GMT -5
Hi Charlene and Beth, Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to y'all. Thank you so much for responding to my post and all the others that have read it. I know I do not respond to every post but each and every person here are in my thoughts and prayers. Charlene.. You are so right when you say We are very much more vunlerable when it come to comes to murder in the family, The ones who committ theses crimes are the ones who are suppose to love us and protect us not hurt us. My dad loved my step mom and he thought she loved him, otherwise he would have never have taken her back the 2nd time.My dad wanted to live the rest of his life, what time he had left happy. not unhappy and miserable.. My dad had had 3 heart attacks and triple by-pass surgery so he knew his time was limited with his heart, we all did, but we never expected for him to be murdered. Noone ever does, its a living a nightmare and I pray everyday that Nobody else has to walk this road. My father had 1 grandchild at the time a boy 7months old, and one on the way.. My little sister had just found out she was pregnant with a 2nd child when our father was murdered. =(All he wanted to do was to teach his grandchildren to fish and take them to amusment parks and do things with them like he did me and my sister and watch them grow. Why did these 2 people take all of this away? Hatered, greed, jeoulsy.. all piled into one. I cannot comphrend this, no matter how hard I tired. I dont think I ever will. Beth, I am very familar with Jefferson City, have spent alot of time there whether its been playing softball in the summers or visting friends. I am so sorry to hear about your Mom. I guess you know as well as anybody how these little towns are.. talk talk talk.. I have become like an alien.. Regarless I hate it. I am in Grainger County (Beanstation), was raised in Morristown. I have gotten to the point that I just want to stay at home and stay secluded, aleast I know its safe and I don't have to be stared at or I dont get a million questions slung at me.But then I think that I am letting them win this battle if I stay home and hide from the world.. so many emotions, what are we to do? its all so confusing, I am so lost without my dad. =(The trial is coming up soon, the next hearing we will attend is the motion of discovery on the 21th of May. I will keep you all posted. Hugs to you all and May God Bless you, Thumpie
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