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Navywife


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I have read about crimes like this, written papers for class on crimes like this... but I never thought a crime like this would happen where I live, much less to someone I know, least of all, a friend.

Early Sunday morning,  In a little town in Southeast TN, I awoke to the most horrible news of my life to date.  My friend... my happily married, happily pregnant friend, who was due to have her baby on Wednesday, had been brutally murdered in her home.  She had been beaten, and shot.  My heart stopped, my stomach dropped to the floor.  How could this type of violent crime hit so close to home?  we are the typical town of "this doesn't happen here."  Then I wondered what sort of monster had stolen my friend from me, and a mother from her children.  The answer itself was more ugly and brutal and impossible to accept than the crime itself... the killer was her husband.  The man we all knew, all liked, nad trusted our own kids with.  And he was on the run...and knew where we all lived.

Yesterday afternoon in a standoff with police, the husband, the friend, the killer, the monster, ended his life with a bullet to the head.  In doing so, he spared the kids left behind having to endure a trial.  But he also denied all of us answers... what in God's name had caused him to snap, and shatter a family forever and leave two girls scarred for life?

Early that horrible Sunday morning, an arguement broke out... but something, and no one is sure what, caused it to escelate 10fold.  My friend's oldest daughter knew they were all in trouble, and needed help fast.  So at the tender age of 16, while listening to her mom's helpless screams, begging for her life and that of her unborn child, the oldest daughter hid her little 8 year old sister in a closet, then escaped the house and ran for dear life to a neighbor's for help.  The police arrived shortly after that, but it was too late.  My friend was dead, and so was her unborn child.  And now two daughters, two sisters, are left to cling to each other, and wonder, for the rest of their lives, what caused their loving, doting stepdad to turn on all of them and shatter a family forever.  But the answers might not be as hard to uncover as we thought.

He seemed like such a nice guy... such a doting husband, and stepfather.  And incredibly happy about the upcoming birth of his first child.  No one suspected that a monster could so cleverely disguise himself.   So, no one ever bothered to wonder abut the man/monster's past...and  oh how we should have wondered, at least a little bit.  He actually is a convicted sex offender, with two aggrivated rape charges stemming from 1997.  None of us, including my friend, had a clue. She never would have married him if she had known about his past.  Maybe if we had, the morning of May 19, 2013 would have turned out differently. 

Rest in peace dear friend.  Those of us left behind to carry on without you will take care of your girls.   We will never forget you.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/22291645/breaking-hamilton-co-sheriffs-department-investigates-death

 



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RIP

So very sorry for your loss. We love you Navy.



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Thanks... it just keeps getting worse. This monster had already served the majority of his sentence for a rape he commited in 1997. He was in prison from 1997 until 2012. State Law here requires that he was supposed to be supervised and monitored for the REST OF HIS LIFE, upon his release from prison. Authorities knew he was mentally ill, and had violent tendencies. Unfortunately, something as simple as a mix up in paperwork occured... so when he was released from prison in 2012, HE WAS NOT MONITORED. HE WAS NOT BEING SUPERVISED BY ANYONE. So no one was watching, on that horrible day in May of this year, when he brutally raped his stepdaughter, and then beat her mother (his pregnant wife) to death when she tried to intervene and save her daughter. He beat his wife so badly, at first paramedics couldn't tell if she had been beaten or shot, due to the amount of blood.

A simple paperwork mix up is what allowed these events to unfold. Two innocent lives were lost (those of my friend, and her unborn baby), and two other lives (my friend's daughters) have been changed forever. The only good to come from this is the monster, for whatever reason, took his own life, and can't hurt anyone else.

Something has got to change... because I doubt this is the first, nor will it be the last, incident like this to occur due to "mix up in paperwork." SOMETHING MUST CHANGE.

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Again,let me preface my statment by saying how very very sorry we all are about the death of your friend. Just from what you've told me in our private conversations,she seems like a wonderful lady and a devoted mom. The world is most definately at a loss,and you,her daughters and your extended circle will be in my prayers.

It seems that the overworked and underpaid civil servants that are assigned the thankless task of keeping track of the filthy cowards [ her killer] are being told to shove more on their action item list and are ill prepared for such situations. Why was this person unsupervised? Clerical error? Unacceptable. This shouldn't have happened and had he been supervised this tragic situation may have had a different outcome.

I whole heartedly agree. Something MUST change. We need to legislate for stronger action for worthless scum like this man who has taken so much from us,so cruelly. Sad and senseless all the way around. Has there  been any kind of memorial fund set up for her daughters? Please let us know so we can help. Anything at all,you know where I am,and that is a 24/7 guarentee. Anything at all,and you know I mean it.

Love ya girlfriend. And again,RIP. There is no greater love than our creator's,and no peace more eternal than His kingdom.



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It's been a few months now since this horrific episode and lessons have been learned. Sadly, they are a commentary on how society is today. The reason we were all so caught off guard is because the monster who commited these crimes was a wolf in sheep's clothing. No one knew of his horrible past, and no one bothered to check out his story... had anyone thought to do so, it might have changed everything.

This man admitted to his then fiancée's parents and family that he was on the sex offender registry... but lied about why he was. They believed the story he told them. He married my friend, was accepted into her family. etc. They agreed never to tell anyone what they thought was the truth about his past to spare the family embarrassment, so no one, including me, had any inking that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing. And because he seemed like such a nice, stable, family man, it never occurred to me to check the sex offender registry. I now check it everytime I meet someone new, because in this day and age, you just never know anymore. Had I thought to check it concerning this monster, my friend might still be alive today.

Her daughters' are slowly recovering emotionally and are moving on with their lives, though it's still very painful for them to discuss. But, slowly, they are healing. Her parents are trying to change Tn laws and legislation to prevent something like this from happening again. But I don't know how you can prevent a paperwork mix up.

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You know,I don't know how the hell that happened. I'm insanely paranoid and have run background on people that seemed shady and it has spared me the drama in some situations I might have had a world of grief from.

I'm sorry girl. It gets less painful but it never goes away. It is all of our loss.

 



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