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'Now My family Is Pain-Free And In Heaven': Chilling Facebook
SOPHIE JANE EVANS

Posted on 05/08/2015 9:38:07 PM PDT by Steelfish

'Now My family Is Pain-Free And In Heaven': Chilling Facebook confession of father who 'shot dead his daughter, 19, to relieve her of debilitating migraines... then killed his wife and sister'

Randy Janzen wrote 'chilling confession to fatal shootings on Facebook' Said his torment over daughter Emily's migraines had led him to kill her 'Now she is migraine free and floating in the clouds,' he apparently wrote Added he had shot his wife so she wouldn't have to hear Emily had died

And he gunned down sister so she did not 'have to live with this shame' Shortly after post was uploaded, officials confirmed multiple homicides They said killings involved relatives in two houses in British Columbia Janzen apparently killed himself during police standoff in one of homes Victims not yet formally identified; it is not confirmed Janzen wrote post By SOPHIE JANE EVANS

8 May 2015

A Canadian father has apparently confessed to shooting dead his teenage daughter, wife, and sister at two separate homes in a chilling Facebook post, writing: 'Now my family is pain-free and in heaven.'

In the online post, Randy Janzen seemingly writes that his torment over his 19-year-old daughter Emily's debilitating migraines led him to shoot her in the head at a house in British Columbia.

He adds that he then gunned down his wife, Laurel, 'because a mother should never have [to] hear the news her baby has died', and his sister, Shelly, so that she did not 'have to live with this shame'.

Shortly after the post was uploaded to the social network on Thursday, investigators confirmed a multiple homicide involving relatives had taken place at two different residences in the province.


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: canada; facebook; facebookisthedevil
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1 posted on 05/08/2015 9:38:07 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish; Darksheare

I kind of dead in here at the moment too...

*shivers*


2 posted on 05/08/2015 9:43:31 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: Steelfish
Despair is a horrible thing.

It can eat you up and drive you insane.

3 posted on 05/08/2015 9:51:59 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
To bad He never found the Peace that Passeth all Understanding.
4 posted on 05/08/2015 9:53:57 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: GeronL; Steelfish

Yeah, I’d said that in our thread before reading this.
Yikes.


5 posted on 05/08/2015 9:58:23 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: easternsky
Well apparently he believed in an afterlife at least.

I have known of Godly men who have been driven to similar acts by despair.

I cannot imagine a more painful mental torment than watching your child live in constant pain and knowing that you can do nothing to relieve that pain.

I know that this man has done a horrible thing but I have great sympathy for him none the less.

I will pray for his soul

6 posted on 05/08/2015 10:01:18 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Blue Jays

That murderous man is a selfish lunatic.


7 posted on 05/08/2015 10:09:11 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Steelfish

Janzen was a singer in in various heavy metal bands over the years.


8 posted on 05/08/2015 10:12:51 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: Pontiac

I did not mean that I did not care about the situation, it was horrendous, just meant there is enough in Christ to see us through whatever life delivers, and I say that from one who knows great sorry and pain.


9 posted on 05/08/2015 10:23:34 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Steelfish

Canada is a VERY VIOLENT country.


10 posted on 05/08/2015 10:25:55 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my home page))
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To: easternsky
Sorry I did not mean to suggest that you were being heartless.

I suspect that the man needed a spiritual mentor to help him through the trials of his life. I believe you are right he needed someone to help him pray.

We men are too often too proud to seek out help from God or man when we enter the pit of despair.

I know I have been there.

11 posted on 05/08/2015 10:32:48 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Steelfish


12 posted on 05/08/2015 10:34:12 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
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To: Pontiac

Praying won’t fix crazy


13 posted on 05/08/2015 10:36:41 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
Praying won’t fix crazy

Perhaps not.

But it might prevent it.

14 posted on 05/08/2015 10:53:46 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

“Randy Janzen seemingly writes that his torment over...”

I take it to mean he was more concerned about his torment than hers.

Sad. Migraines in teens are usually outgrown. And then he was too afraid to tell his wife or sister what he had done, so he killed them too.

Well - at least he survived. /s


15 posted on 05/08/2015 10:58:41 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Pontiac

Probably know my story, brain injury, eight years ago. Life is very hard with brutal chronic pain, insomnia, forgetfulness, numbness, burning, vision and hearing damaged, terrible pulsatile tinnitus...and you sometimes think death ain’t such a bad thing, but you keep going. My fiancé suffers my ailment and takes such good care of me. I hope she doesn’t have a gun I don’t now about :(
Aint gonna be no cure in my lifetime, and she may well and up putting me in nursing home.
I feel so helpless.
I condemn but understand this crazy story.


16 posted on 05/08/2015 11:01:47 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622

You are truly blessed to have such a woman.


17 posted on 05/08/2015 11:07:41 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

yeah, and I don’t hold back the truth. Too much of my anger at how life turned out is directed towards her. It’s cowardly, and not becoming of a man. I don’t know how to change it.
I know what my future holds and I don’t think it is going to be very dignifying and I don’t want to face it.
But this board is not the time and place...how about that Tom Brady suspension :)


18 posted on 05/08/2015 11:11:44 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622
By the way don’t give up on your brain. Work with it daily.

A co-worker wife suffered devastating brain damage due to an insulin overdose. It took three years with constant therapy but she recovered a great deal of her function back.

She went from not being able to walk, talk, write, or use her hand to being able to drive, cook, clean and do just about everything most people can do. She will never be the same as she was but her recovery is amazing even to her doctors. They told my coworker when the accident happened that she would likely never live at home again.

It took a lot of therapy and my coworker working with her daily but the results are a miracle.

19 posted on 05/08/2015 11:15:39 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Steelfish

He’s a serial killer. Hang him.


20 posted on 05/09/2015 1:34:41 AM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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