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Thursday, August 18, 2005

One of the most recent murders to hit my area

Last night, not too far from where I live, An 11-year-old girl was murdered by her father. To people in alot of places (well, everywhere else I have lived) this wouldn't be a big deal because it happens all of the time....but the area where I live is a place where people move to get away from crime and the other negatives cities have (other than drugs or teen pregnancy beacuse there really isn't much else to do here) ...it's an Urban utopia of sorts.. it's own little world. Well, here is an newspaper article about it, I have omitted names, but it is all the same. At the end of the article it says that this is the frst homicide here since 2003, But there has been atleast 1 and maybe two others since then, Not to mention the woman who tried to kill her infant son and herself. I guess even somewhat utopias have their share of problems eventually.

Man kills self, young girl

By Edward J. Sisson

A domestic incident in the 300 block of Tulane Street turned deadly Wednesday night when a man broke into his ex-wife's residence, shot and killed his 11-year-old former stepdaughter with a shotgun and then turned the weapon on himself, according to police.

The former wife, and her 16-year-old son -- who also were in the house at the time, were not hurt.

Chief of Police said the couple recently had divorced and she and her children had moved to the area from Camdenton.

The School District had grief counselors available today at the elementary school where the girl would have been a sixth-grade student, and also at the Technology and Career Center, where The woman worked as an instructor.

"We have our counselor there to assist staff and any students who would like to have some grief counseling. We also have our counselors at (the tech center) to assist any staff and students with grief counseling."

Officers had been dispatched to the scene about 10:15 p.m. for an ex parte violation and reports that a man was trying to break into the residence.

According to police reports, the first officer to arrive at the house found the glass to the front door shattered with the broken stock from a shotgun laying nearby.

The officer entered the home and found the girl's brother -- who appeared to be in shock.

"I think he killed my sister. I think she's dead," the boy told the officer.

The officer then entered the girl's bedroom and discovered her lying across the bed. She had been shot in the face.

The suspect was later located in the basement lying on his back dead, with a shotgun near his body.

A neighbor told investigators that he had been watching television in his bedroom when he heard a shot and then screaming.

Investigators said the first shot was fired into the door of the house to gain entry.

The neighbor heard the woman running down the street screaming, "Oh, my God. Oh, my God."

The chief said detectives are still investigating the chain of events due to conflicting information.

"Basically (the man) kicked in two bedroom doors -- or all three bedroom doors," the Chief said. "It was obvious that he kicked in the master bedroom door and Hannah's bedroom door. The boy's bedroom door didn't have the damage on it like the other two.

"The only conflict we've got here is the sequence of events. We know that each event happened."
The man's vehicle -- a Dodge Durango -- was found nearby, a box of .410-gauge shells, some missing, in the middle seat.

A empty cardboard case for a shotgun was located in the floorboard.

The chief said the homicide is the first in the city since June 2003.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005

One of the most recent murders to hit my area