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Aug 22, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

wonder why someone would think murder is the answer to a financial problem. It's like adding gas to the flames. Weird.

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Aug 22, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

List reminds me of William Bishop who also killed his family and has been on the run since 1976.

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

This is an interesting direction you're going with your content line-up. Both parents have weird expressions, there. I wonder what kind of back story there was to this.

In similar news, I just happened to learn about this game with a similar theme and it seems pretty interesting, so here it goes for anyone who's into murder mysteries:

https://youtu.be/V0qxLrFycrc?t=25

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

It is a terrible story. Religion comes into this in such strange ways... the guy sounds so rule-based it's bizarre, if he's telling the truth about the suicide thing -- but he's not consistent, assuming he's Christian, murder is also a sin, so he doesn't follow his religion's rules there.

Another bizarre and terrible story... At the library where I work, several decades ago there was a terrible murder of a family by someone whose work life had similarly fallen apart. I had just started work there; there were FBI agents interviewing staff who knew the librarian, Alice. I had just met her a few times.

It is hard for me to guess the neurotypes of these two perpetrators. Both cases seem to involve men whose "normal" lives had fallen apart; Hightower seemed more anger-motivated and vicious than List, maybe. We at the library learned of some truly awful things done to the family before they died, including to the young daughter.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/11/08/Brendel-family-bodies-found/2676689576400/

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

Ah ha, the "light bulbs" finally came on for the neighbors!

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Aug 21, 2021Liked by Athena Walker

This real life story is a bit too much for me.

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There’s always a solution to a problem,sometimes it’s not the one we consider ideal,but that’s part of life I suppose. Why someone would take another’s life over something as simple as money,which is printed out by the millions everyday,beyond my understanding. I have a dear friend who in a moment of weakness threatened suicide because her credit score dropped to rock bottom, I told her that of all the stupid reasons to die,that’s probably the worse,thankfully she came to her senses and is successful now,but the gist is, why does money have such power over others?

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