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hard to believe she was alone after the suicide of her partner Skittles Feb 2013 #1
She'd been in a 3-week court ordered rehab and her father was there until that morning. Gorp Feb 2013 #5
too bad he didn't take the guns with him Skittles Feb 2013 #26
It isn't hard to hide a gun in a house. I don't know if he took any of them, Gorp Feb 2013 #34
there wasn't a "hidden gun" Skittles Feb 2013 #45
Why shoot the family dog? That just compounds the children's trauma catbyte Feb 2013 #2
Suicide is an inherently selfish act. Skidmore Feb 2013 #3
I know. Kill yourself, fine, but to take others with you is monstrous. You are right. catbyte Feb 2013 #4
****sigh**** easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #9
A lot of suicidal ppl actually believe they're doing Dash87 Feb 2013 #17
You have no clue what you are taking about it. nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #20
you don't understand suicide Skittles Feb 2013 #27
I strongly disagree with your charge. Skidmore Feb 2013 #31
You know of your experience. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #39
you speak of a very small element of suicides Skittles Feb 2013 #46
You are full of crap. cwydro Aug 2014 #52
The loss of the dog ChazII Feb 2013 #6
Or, in the irrational mind of a suicidal person nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #21
Yeah, that was a triple blow to those boys; rusty fender Feb 2013 #7
Would you say someone with cancer easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #8
+ 1000 loyalsister Feb 2013 #10
My issue is her killing the family dog. I understand despair and it's tragic, but catbyte Feb 2013 #11
Oh the poor dog loyalsister Feb 2013 #12
She doesn't need our excuses. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #14
Who said I didn't have compassion?!? Lord have mercy... catbyte Feb 2013 #15
You language. easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #16
So I am not supposed to care about that innocent victim? That dog didn't want to get shot. catbyte Feb 2013 #19
... SammyWinstonJack Feb 2013 #24
They are all innocent victims easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #25
So you absolve McCready of any responsibility? How about Adam Lanza? Columbine? catbyte Feb 2013 #32
I'm not a deity. I don't have the power to "absolve" easttexaslefty Feb 2013 #38
Wow, what ugly thoughts nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #22
Best thing that ever happened to them Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #37
Yeah, people are verbally abused, sexually expoited, beaten nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #41
Boo hoo Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author DearHeart Feb 2013 #50
That really bothers me, too...I feel bad for her... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #13
Nice to see people are more concerned nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #23
She had a choice. The dog didn't. Can't you see the difference? catbyte Feb 2013 #33
Nobody said that...try re-reading what people wrote... joeybee12 Feb 2013 #35
exactly. leave the animals out veganlush Feb 2013 #29
"Of your madness" nobodyspecial Feb 2013 #42
The dog was just the beginning Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #44
she shot the dog veganlush Feb 2013 #47
I couldn't agree more Floyd_Gondolli Feb 2013 #48
yes veganlush Feb 2013 #49
It's a good thing they had the children removed from the home. If she was willing to shoot the dog liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #18
She Would Have Killed The Kids SoCalMusicLover Feb 2013 #28
Very sad. NaturalHigh Feb 2013 #30
a human being in pain vs. one more dead dog. CBGLuthier Feb 2013 #36
I should be ashamed of myself, I guess. But I am so tired of this story being in the news. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #40
She may have thought the dog would have gone to a shelter, where it would be euthanized REP Aug 2014 #51
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