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Accused killer: "I'm sorry they're gone"(Christmas murders in Washington)
Seattle Times ^ | December 29, 2007 | By Sara Jean Green

Posted on 12/29/2007 1:05:43 AM PST by beaversmom

Within hours of learning he could face the death penalty if he's found guilty of killing three generations of the same family on Christmas Eve, Joseph McEnroe said Friday he has new respect for life.

"You never really realize what life is worth until something like this happens," he said.

During a 15-minute interview at the King County Jail, McEnroe said he's sorry six members of the Anderson family are dead and that he regretted cutting contact with his own family.

Dressed in a white jumpsuit reserved for "ultra-security" inmates, McEnroe wouldn't talk about what happened Christmas Eve at a rural home near Carnation. There, police and prosecutors allege, he and his girlfriend, Michele Anderson, methodically shot Anderson's parents and brother, the brother's wife and their two young children.

"I'm sorry that they're gone. They were my family, too, you know?" McEnroe, 29, said of the victims. "I hope wherever they're at, they're at peace. That's all I'm going to say about them."

McEnroe and Anderson each were charged earlier Friday with six counts of aggravated first-degree murder in the Anderson family slayings.

With his hands chained to his waist, McEnroe had to hunch and sit sideways to talk through a phone in the visiting booth, where a thick window separates inmates and visitors. Tall and slim with a goatee and shoulder-length dark hair, McEnroe spoke softly. At times, his eyes appeared misty.

McEnroe said jail officials have placed him on suicide watch: "I was having a very hard time, but no matter how this turns out, I'm going to try and hold on... I decided I'm going to try and stay alive."

He asked about his family — his mother and siblings in Minneapolis and an aunt and cousins in California. McEnroe stopped talking to them five years ago...

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: anderson; andersonfamily; carnation; deathpenalty; killers; mcenroe; washington
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1 posted on 12/29/2007 1:05:44 AM PST by beaversmom
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2 posted on 12/29/2007 1:08:13 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

That long hair will give the scumbag’s new prison boyfriends something to hold onto.


3 posted on 12/29/2007 1:12:51 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: beaversmom
Murderers often speak about their victims in the passive voice. It's fascinating. I watched a great show on prisons on MSNBC, and every criminal spoke about their crimes without ever mentioning themselves as the agent. "I took a gun into the store to rob it, and then the teller was shot." "I was driving drunk, and an accident occurred." "I'm sorry they're gone."

None of them could say, "I shot the teller," "I hit another motorist," or, "I'm sorry I killed them." It's almost Clintonesque.

4 posted on 12/29/2007 1:20:01 AM PST by Caesar Soze
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To: Lancey Howard

Prison is a waste of tax payer money, hang the scumbag.


5 posted on 12/29/2007 1:22:55 AM PST by exnavy (God means love, not hate.)
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To: exnavy

Soon.


6 posted on 12/29/2007 1:25:36 AM PST by dsc
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To: beaversmom
Charlie Manson had a hate-child? ('cuz there ain't no LOVE comin' outta Charlie!)
7 posted on 12/29/2007 1:35:16 AM PST by mkjessup (Hunter-Bolton '08 !! Patriots who will settle for nothing less than *Victory* in the War on Terror!)
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Two of the victims, Olivia and Nathan Anderson

8 posted on 12/29/2007 2:01:48 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
They were my family, too, you know?

Have pity on the poor orphan..

9 posted on 12/29/2007 2:28:39 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: beaversmom

Monster.


10 posted on 12/29/2007 2:49:08 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: beaversmom

Toast him. Toast the son of a bitch. Him and his little sweetie that was the daughter, who shot her own father.

I remember when I was driving home from work and heard about a killing at a bank in Olympia.
A guy walked in, shot two tellers, and left.
A few minutes later, another fellow shows up to have lunch with his wife, he finds her behind the counter, and she dies in his arms.

After that, the bastard assassin lives out his life in Washington state correctional facilities, and even gets a free liver transplant courtesy of Washington state taxpayers (of which I am one), before he croaks.

Now, King County is trying to decide if the two should get the death penalty.

Let justice be done. What good is a “right to privacy” in the Washington state constitution if it doesn’t sorta imply the “Right to live”?


11 posted on 12/29/2007 3:02:06 AM PST by djf (Whats with Santa and the short guys and toys? Michael Jackson of the Arctic? Somethin fishy here!)
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To: Lancey Howard
“That long hair will give the scumbag’s new prison boyfriends something to hold onto.:

Unless he has ears. He does have that manson glaze in his eyes... I hope someone gives him a case of Chernobyl Hemorrhoids!

LLS

12 posted on 12/29/2007 3:04:02 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims and vote Fred!)
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To: djf

And for those who don’t know, the guys name was Mitchell Rupe.


13 posted on 12/29/2007 3:05:59 AM PST by djf (Whats with Santa and the short guys and toys? Michael Jackson of the Arctic? Somethin fishy here!)
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To: beaversmom
At times, his eyes appeared misty. McEnroe said jail officials have placed him on suicide watch: "I was having a very hard time, but no matter how this turns out, I'm going to try and hold on... I decided I'm going to try and stay alive."

Cue Gloria Gaynor's disco hit, " I Will Survive"/

What a crock. I do hope someone sticks a shank into him.

14 posted on 12/29/2007 3:17:28 AM PST by csvset
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To: beaversmom

Wow, the creep is apologizing already and he hasn’t been to trial. Goes to prove that criminal trash aren’t the brightest bulbs in the string. He should know a creep is supposed to wait until just before the fluid goes in the tube to turn to the survivors and make a “heartfelt” apology. Its always such a nice touch </sarc>.


15 posted on 12/29/2007 3:17:59 AM PST by RushLake (Democrats/MSM have never met a terrorist they didn't like.)
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To: csvset
What a crock. I do hope someone sticks a shank into him.

And the sweet daughter too.

16 posted on 12/29/2007 3:22:49 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: exnavy

I’ll spring for the rope - for BOTH of them!


17 posted on 12/29/2007 3:26:47 AM PST by proudofthesouth (Liberalism IS a mental illness.)
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To: djf
Now, King County is trying to decide if the two should get the death penalty.

I read an article that said they will take into account the wishes of the victims' families. I sure hope all the family members are on board for getting rid of these two demons. I know it won't happen soon enough though. There's already talk in one of these articles that daddy was abusive--setting up the demon daughter as the victim.

18 posted on 12/29/2007 3:27:09 AM PST by beaversmom
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He then shot 6-year-old Olivia before turning to 3-year-old Nathan, who had picked up the batteries from the cordless phone his mother had used in her futile attempt to call for help.

"McEnroe told detectives that Nathan held the batteries up in one hand and gave '... the look of complete comprehension ... as if he understood." McEnroe then fired one last bullet through Nathan's head, according to the affidavit.

Very difficult to understand.

19 posted on 12/29/2007 3:32:34 AM PST by BlackVeil
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To: csvset

Fer cryin out loud, give him a rope!

Course you know there’s probably lawyers lined up outside ready to “represent” him and give him his “fair trial”. The fact that they will “make a few bucks” is sorta lost in the background.

And of course judges who might “run for office” will give them wide latitude.

So, if you live in Washington state, and you decide to “Kill your neighbors”, then you might actually be justified!!!


20 posted on 12/29/2007 3:32:55 AM PST by djf (Whats with Santa and the short guys and toys? Michael Jackson of the Arctic? Somethin fishy here!)
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