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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:18 AM Original message |
About the family in Connecticut that was murdered |
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anniebelle (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Most definitely! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Very scary. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. And apparently what they stole from one house was a family picture |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. According to a TV report, none of their previous crimes included violence. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It's a horrible story. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Maybe burglary wasn't the motive with this particular family. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Maybe they were lucky enough not to have been home. Or the murderers hadn't yet got up their "nerve" |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
82. No, they were at home. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I was watching coverage of it today |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I also thought about a movie we saw on cable |
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peacefreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. It reminded me of |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. I reminded me of a family's murder here in Richmond, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. In the CT murder, the mother was raped and strangled, the 11 year old |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. In the case in our town (warning - graphic) |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. These animals are what the death penalty was designed for.. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. What I want to know is something about their backgrounds. I will bet |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Fine. Ask as many questions as you like... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. But don't you wonder how these two got to be the way they are? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Not really. All I know is that they shouldn't be breathing the same oxygen as the rest of us... |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
74. you aren't against the DP |
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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I Don't Buy It |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. tell that to |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
60. But I think there must be those who have an "off" switch on their decisionmaking |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. And I bet you would be wrong. One of them was adopted as a |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
70. Lots of people are abused and unwanted as children.... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I grew up in the town right next to Cheshire |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I live in New Haven. Cheshire always seemed so colorless to me. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Cheshire |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
78. Cheshire has that typical CT old money look |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. About a year ago, my wife & I looked into moving to Cheshire |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
77. Sure leaves you feeling uneasy, doesn't it? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm from Kansas and that happened when I was a kid |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. Exactly |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Crimes like these call for the Death Penalty |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nope, much too easy for them. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Amen Bluebear |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Why so they can get paroled again? Or worse yet escape? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Good for you |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Sorry sweetie, but this is where I have to part ways with my liberal self... |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. There are too many of these cases |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
75. don't become that which you hate... |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Exactly |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. Or prey upon and murder other inmates? |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. They are already career criminals |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. We should be better than the murderers |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I agree 100% n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Psychopaths don't "cogitate" over anything but how they got unlucky in a cruel world. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They can cogitate over how shitty the food is & how pretty the sun is on the other side of the bars |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I'm against the death penalty, |
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ebayfool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. Institutionalized - my father was one of those. He said prison felt safe & was "home". |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Ain't it the truth. Some people give psychopaths a bad name. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Maybe that is truer than you realize. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. I agree about many criminals and their early lives, including that of Charles Manson. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I'm not a psychologist |
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avrdream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Life sentence, with benefits for other humans: |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
71. Guys like this don't give a shit either way. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. It is very difficult to muster any compassion. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. And what if an innocent person is convicted and executed? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
81. I really don't think you should worry about it in this case. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. I have none for them either |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
69. I have no empathy, sympathy, or compassion for them either. Still don't want the State... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. This crime also has some similarities with the "Wichita Massacre," |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
29. It Happens ... We Used to Sing Folk Songs About Such Killers |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
30. When I heard this, I couldn't stop |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
32. There was an article on that same subject |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
38. The only real difference |
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militaryspouse (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. .... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Does it matter what they looked like? |
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against all enemies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. The family has asked that everyone remembers their lost loved ones. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Amazing that Mrs. Petit was a Pediatric Oncology Nurse |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. "It's hard to believe that not one of them could have gotten loose." |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Your post is disturbing on many levels |
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against all enemies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
53. The family has asked that everyone remembers their lost loved ones. |
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militaryspouse (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. aae |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. I got the same feeling. n/t |
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militaryspouse (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. no |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Did you mean your reply to me? I think you replied to the wrong post. |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-27-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. The In Cold Blood murders were notable for its mindlessness. |
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KAT119 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
68. YES!! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
76. No. I really don't. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Hah? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
80. My apologies - -got it mixed up with another book. nt |
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