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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 08:50 AM
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murder/suicide
I posted last week about the two young children (very good friends of the family) who were struck by a car and killed last Friday night. We found out yesterday that their aunt (the mother's twin sister) undressed herself and the children and purposely walked them into the oncoming traffic. I know this is no way to start out a saturday morning at the lounge, but I am really upset and just needed to share....:cry:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 08:52 AM
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1. aww RP
that is horrible news

how awful

:cry:

:grr:

very sad for your friend and you

:hug:
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 08:52 AM
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2. thanks for the hug
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 08:53 AM
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3. WTF..
:hug:

I just can't think of anything to say.
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Stuart G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:47 AM
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28. I am with you..
My prayers are with you.
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 08:53 AM
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4. holy hell
There are no words..:hug:
I'm sorry.
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 08:55 AM
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5. thanks for all the hugs
:grouphug:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:02 AM
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6. That is so awful
I wish she'd been able to get the help she needed.

:hug:
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:02 AM
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7. jesus frickin christ.
I'm so sorry, Rising Phoenix. :grouphug:

Did the Aunt survive? Those poor babies! :cry: It always makes me go and hug my baby everytime I read something like this. I will keep the family and you in my thoughts today, and send some healing vibes. :grouphug:
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:04 AM
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8. there were no survivors
thanks for the good vibes...and please....hug your baby often:hug:
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:14 AM
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9. omg,
my best friend is a twin, and her twin was killed a few years ago walking home from a bachelor party he go hit by a drunk driver who left him in the road to die. His best friend found him in the road the next morning. It's very hard on twins to lose one, but to lose the kids too, I don't even want to imagine it.

:cry: :grouphug:
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:18 AM
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10. I wish we knew more about this.
You knew the kids? That must make it so hard. I think the entire population is mourning these people. I wish we knew more about her condition and what made her snap. She obviously loved those kids and had children of her own. The press states that she had "a brief history of mental illness", but doesn't specify what kind.
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:20 AM
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12. yes I knew the kids
I'm sure her sister may know what kind of mental illness she had, I only hope the parents know more answers than the rest of us, so they can find some sort of peace.
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:28 AM
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15. FWIW, news is saying she had a short period
of mental illness sometime during the last year. They say her twin had no idea she was still sick or sick again.

It's so sad RP. I'm so very sorry. :hug:
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:16 PM
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30. I was talking to my brother about this
He said the "history" was so vague....."A lot of people have a history of mental illness, but few of them could do something like this"

I just feel sorry for everyone involved, including the aunt who killed them, she must have been so sick.

The nightmares are unbearable.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:20 AM
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11. jesus, phoenix, i am so sorry to hear they were some of your people
:hug:
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:21 AM
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13. thanks for the hug
nicest people ever....its just too sad
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:24 AM
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14. I hope the family can come together and heal.
That has to be a staggering loss. :(
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 09:29 AM
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16. I can't even imagine what they are going through
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:00 AM
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17. I just read that in the WaPo a few minutes ago
Not only is this a tragedy to the mother and her family but I can't imagine how the drivers of the two cars that hit them feel.
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:04 AM
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18. I know
so many lives have been affected....
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:15 AM
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19. Can you post a link?
Thanks
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:26 AM
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22. here you go
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011802452.html?sub=AR
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:29 AM
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23. Thank you. It's horrible. nt
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IzaSparrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:20 AM
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20. wow...
such a tragedy. i'm so sorry to hear this.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:22 AM
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21. Shocking.
I am sorry to hear this. This is so tragic.

:hug::hug:
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:30 AM
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24. My deepest, sincerest and most heartfelt thoughts, prayers, condolences and sympathies to all
Who are affected by this tragedy. I read about it in our papers in Australia. I don't think words are even adequate. I'm so sorry:hug: :hug: :hug:
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:55 AM
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25. Please offer our sincerest condolences to Ken and Mandi
They've lost their entire family in horrific circumstances. I can't even imagine what they're going through. What beautiful babies they were. :cry:
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:17 AM
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26. thank you everyone
for your kind words....:grouphug:
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:20 PM
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31. Ken and Danielle
and thank you
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:42 AM
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27. I feel for the poor people that were driving those vehicles as well.
Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 11:48 AM by alphafemale
I don't think you could ever really get over something like that.
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:49 AM
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29. ...
i don't know what to say....

:hug:

sorry



lost
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 06:58 PM
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32. My deepest sympathies
to you and the family. And sharing is always a good way to start the day, if you need to share something like this all the more reason to start the day with sharing so that others might help you through the day if only with words.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 07:05 PM
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33. That is just heartbreaking.
I'm so sorry. :hug:

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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 07:13 PM
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34. I read that update on sfgate and thought: how much more horrid could it be?
I hope that in those final moments the children had no fear because they trusted her. It's so terrible for the whole family. My sincere condolences to them all.
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