Posted on 01/02/2024 12:03:01 PM PST by servo1969
I somehow sleep through the midnight knock at the door and even the barking dogs barely get my attention — we get a lot of deer here on Monument Hill and the barking that accompanies their every visit to our yard. The strange man's voice in the foyer got me up and moving in an instant. The tone of the voice said "Cop."
My brain immediately flashes to my niece, Naomi. Aged 19 and certainly partying on New Year's, I picture a car wreck before I even quite know what I was thinking. As I'm pulling on my robe, Melissa steps into the bedroom and says, flat and hoarse, "Naomi is dead."
Not a car wreck. Murdered. Shot by her boyfriend Monday night and killed almost instantly, we learn early this morning, Tuesday.
There's an El Paso County Sheriff's deputy in my kitchen, telling me my niece is dead under "suspicious circumstances," and almost all the festive New Year's party decorations are still up. The juxtaposition is more than jarring. It seems almost cruel somehow. The deputy gives us contact information with the Austin police and a case number — the pain of a jagged cut reduced to a pair of names and some numbers.
The deputy leaves and Melissa immediately calls her baby brother, Naomi's father, Scott. She has him on speaker so she won't have to repeat to me what he says. "He shot her," he says with the anguish of a man who has just lost his only child. I recognize the sound at once. It's the same sound that was in my grandfather's voice 40 years ago when he had to tell me my father was dead.
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That picture needs explanation. One might think he’s the perp but I don’t think he’s the killer here...
Heartbreaking story...
The man in the picture is the author.
Not really if you read the article to the end.......
Yes, REALLY! Unidentified pictures are a common annoyance on FR. This one is REALLY misleading.
It is really easy to post the name. Why not?
He looks so nice, amazing that he’s a murderer.
**** I picture a car wreck before I even quite know what I was thinking. ****
I know that feeling. Fortunately, it was just a case of an over-reactive cop.
Because you're too Goddamn lazy to read the article to the end where the author and his picture are listed......
Now get lost loser..........Sheesh!
Unfortunately, there are morons here, such as you, who simply read the posted edits then make their own idiotic judgments based on ...nothing.
Don't worry, this site has a box of morons and there's still plenty of room for you.
Hey! You’re the one who was remiss for not typing in the author’s name under the picture. We’re not required to read an entire article as an explanation for an unmarked photo! Now go stand in the corner and think about your attitude. ;\
I am neither a moron nor a loser. Your responses are extremely rude.
In case you didn’t notice, while I was adamant about the lack of posting information, I did not resort to calling names.
Your own response suggests that articles are posted for “convenience”. No matter what you say, NOTHING in the article could possibly identify an arbitrary picture at the end of this post!
I never posted the picture nor the article..........
I’m sorry. My mistake.
So sad.
Thanks for posting..
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