Emo bromance thing going.
Don't like your parents? Light out. Live on the streets of LA. Live in the woods. Hook up with pot growers in Alpine, California. Sleep on the beaches of Hawaii. Get a job in New Bedford on a boat, Alaska.
Posted on 10/11/2009 12:46:11 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A rural community of about 2,300 residents near the Massachusetts border is reeling in the wake of the random, grisly murder of a woman and the maiming of her 11-year-old daughter — allegedly at the hands of four teenagers.
Prosecutors said the teenagers picked the home at random in the early hours of Sunday morning because it was isolated from the main road, and they intended to kill whomever was inside.
Kimberly Cates, a 42-year-old nurse, was slain in her bed. Her daughter, Jaime, is recovering from surgery at Children’s Hospital in Boston. She is expected to survive.
The news was a “complete shock” to the entire town, said John Quinlan, chair of the board of selectmen. “It’s very much that bucolic, Norman-Rockwell-type New England setting.”
On Tuesday, prosecutors charged Steven Spader, 17, and Christopher Gribble, 19, on murder and attempted murder charges. Both are being held without bail. Their two cohorts — William Marks, 18, and Quinn Glover, 17 — are facing burglary and armed robbery charges.
“You look for rhyme, you look for reason, you look for some kind of logic behind it and there just isn’t any,” Quinlan said. “There was no real cause behind this other than somebody went out to do an act of pure evil.”
What makes this tragedy even harder for the town, Quinlan said, is that Mont Vernon is a tight-knit community. Quinlan and his family knew the Cates well: their daughters were in school together and the two families often shared meals and weekend holidays.
“That’s, I think, what makes it the most terrible, because this is not something that’s abstract and far away,” Quinlan said. “A lot of people knew (them) and know them to be good people and nothing like this should ever happen to anybody.”
The school has been offering counseling to students who know Jaime and Quinlan said the town is working out their plans to help members cope.
In addition to grief, Quinlan said many people in town have been feeling vulnerable, and many are probably changing the security around their homes now.
“This brings it home,” Quinlan said, “that people who do bad things are everywhere, not just in big cities.”
‘maiming’ ? Sounds like there is some mind drugs available in this community.
If there was ever a time for the entire town to storm the jail, remove those little bastards from their cells and administer some good ol’ fashioned frontier justice, this is it.
This sounds like a horror movie. Prayers up for her dear soul and may God sustain her daughter.
Emo bromance thing going.
Don't like your parents? Light out. Live on the streets of LA. Live in the woods. Hook up with pot growers in Alpine, California. Sleep on the beaches of Hawaii. Get a job in New Bedford on a boat, Alaska.
You’re pathetic.
Are those horns on the first perp ?
Products of the local government school system, yobs in search of a little recreational ultraviolence.
Insanity: Hang ‘em High.
Why are not all 4 of them charged with the murder?
It has been less than a week.
The DA office is going after them in a pretty careful and systematic way. They were on site for at least four days collecting physical evidence.
Something in the local paper late last week hinted that there may be others implicated, perhaps more arrests.
Clockwork Orange
Where did these goons come from?
When one believes there's a bottom to which the barbaric depths of humanity can sink, along comes this butchery.
The alarm system is just to wake you up. It's up to you what to do after that. Have a plan.
You can feel it in another article where one father said he was real worried about his son and was told he was being evaluated while at the jail. The only evaluation that father should be waiting for is to hear that his son is room temperature and that his son is beginning (beginning) to pay his debt to that woman and her daughter. The other fathers should do the same.
I’m Catholic and and I take great offence at your comment about Mormons.
Go back to DU, ACORN, or whoever is paying you.
I say we bring back drawing and quartering just for this crew.
N.H. prosecutor: Evidence does not support death penalty charge
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