Lojo has something she needs to get off her chest.
April 30, 2010 A little over a year ago, the city that I now call home experienced a horrific murder of a young woman. Read about it here. Apparently the admitted murderer will be sentenced today. Read about that here.
I am pretty jaded when it comes to the potential darkness of people and I am not easily shocked when I read or hear about horrific events. But when my mom told me about this murder shortly after it happened, a lump welled in my throat and I just wanted to put my head in my hands and cry. Why? Because the young woman, Teagan Klein, was not the only person victimized at the scene. So was her three year old son. Who, if I recall correctly, was injured and found hiding in a closet(?) at least twelve hours after the murder took place.
Being the day of Douche Bag's sentencing, the event is resurfacing in the news as it has a few other times over the last year. What bothers me is how the media reports I am hearing now, and have heard throughout the year, fail to mention this poor child, let alone the fact that he was assaulted, potentially witnessed his own mother's murder, then hid in the house, terrified and alone for at least twelve hours.
While I don't expect the media to refer to the murderer as Piece of Shit Douche Bag when reporting on the event, I do think it's important to mention that he also victimized a helpless child and changed his life in one of the most emotionally damaging ways possible. That being said, I stick my middle finger high in the air, as I encourage all other people with a soul to do, and send a loud "fuck you" to Piece of Shit Douche Bag while he awaits sentencing today.
May he get fiercely ass pummelled by skinhead neo-Nazis in prison.
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Reader Comments (4)
I just read the articles. I completely agree that there should be more mention of the child. What a horrible, horrible situation. They say he had non-life threatening injuries but one could argue that the emotional scars could very well be life-threatening for him in the future.
Even with my degree in Criminology, having learned about countless cases of murder, I still can't come to terms with how a person could commit such a crime. Looking at Andrew right now, I can't fathom what it would do to him to witness such an act, to lose his innocence (not to mention his mother) so young and to have to continue on - taking that in as if that is normal and a part of life. I pray that little boy has a strong support system now and through his life.
And while I do consider myself an advocate for restorative justice, I have to say I hope the killer gets his just desserts.
It's times like this that I am disappointed we retired the ancient way of capital punishment. *sigh* If only Red Deer could be Texas just for today.
Mind if I come up and sentence him?
Liz: I hear you. Just heartbreaking. There is nothing worse in this world than when children are brutally victimized. There was an in depth article in the paper today about the guy's sentencing. I was wrong about the child hiding in the closet-- I guess Douche punched him in the face, threw him down the basement stairs and locked him down there. I, too, really really hope this kid grows up with a strong support system around him.
Twitch: Oh, I know, oh, I know.
Dalton: I wouldn't mind at all! Preferably with some sort of sharp edged garden tool, because that's apparently how he killed her.
For anyone who is interested, the sentence they gave him yesterday was life in prison with no chance of parole for sixteen years.