Homeless woman's body discovered beaten, naked
By Andy Paras , Nadine Parks
The Post and Courier
Police personnel move equipment into the area behind a house at 97 Nassau St. where a woman's body was found Friday.
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James Jamison and Mark Perkins (background) hang out in Marion Square early Monday morning May 15, 2009. Some homeless like to gather in tourist areas they consider safe.
Just hours after officials met Friday to discuss the regional homeless issue, a second homeless woman's body was discovered in downtown Charleston.
Janice Case, 53, was found dead about 2:30 p.m. at 97 Nassau St. on the East Side, authorities said. She was naked, lying face up in the backyard of the abandoned house, several witnesses said.
James Joseph Nehiley, 59, also homeless, was charged with murder in her slaying, said Charles Francis, police public information officer.
Police said Case's death is not linked to that of a 51-year-old homeless woman found Wednesday in Marion Square. Investigator do not suspect foul play in Anita Tedder's death.
Several East Side residents on Friday saw Case's body behind a little yellow house on Nassau Street and recognized Case, a homeless woman who frequented the yard and the nearby intersection at Line Street. She spent her days hanging out there and drinking alcohol with friends, they said.
"I'm not surprised that she is dead, with the kind of lifestyle she lived," Kit Thrash said. "She was always very intoxicated and rambling to herself. She was always asking for nickels and quarters."
C.D. Walker had seen Case many times walking in the area on her crutches. Walker said he wished he hadn't seen her body.
"It looked like she got beaten and dragged back there," he said.
He and other neighbors said Case's face was badly bruised and swollen, and one arm was outstretched above her head and the other was tucked unnaturally at her side. A single crutch lay beside her, they said.
Charleston County Deputy Coroner Bobbi Jo O'Neal said authorities could know more about how she died after an autopsy scheduled for today.
The East Side for decades has been plagued by crime, and the intersection of Nassau and Line streets long has been associated with drug traffic and deadly shootings. Two homeless shelters are within blocks, and some of that criminal activity is being perpetrated not by East Side residents but by the outsiders coming into the neighborhood, said Arthur Maybank, secretary of the East Side Community Development Corp.
"There's a lot of good people in the neighborhood," he said. "We get stuck with a dead body, and a bad name."
Crisis Ministries homeless shelter estimates that as many as 3,000 homeless people live in downtown Charleston. Tim LaRoche is one of them.
LaRoche eats out of trash cans, spends his nights in an abandoned building and then, like many other homeless during the day, treats Marion Square and the public library like his living room.
Sometimes he likes to sit on a park bench, kick off his shoes and take a nap, which he says is not unlike the dozens of college students and tourists who lay out on the crisp green grass. The 33-year-old former carpenter doesn't understand why local police single him out by telling him to move on. "It's a public park," he said.
LaRoche and others said they spend the day at the park and other tourists areas because there's few opportunities for them and because they consider it safer than surrounding neighborhoods.
"Ain't nobody trying to rob you out here," said James Jamison, a former truck driver who's been on the streets since April.
While some people would prefer to see less of the homeless, local leaders said rising unemployment numbers and home foreclosures, together with limited government resources, likely will add to the estimated 5,000 tri-county residents a year who find themselves on the street.
State Rep. Wendell Gilliard called local outreach coordinators and ministers together Friday to gauge and address how prepared they are to meet the growing needs. "Are we providing too little for the onslaught brought on by the recession?" he said.
Stacey Denaux, executive director of Crisis Ministries, said they haven't seen anything yet to indicate a massive increase in the need for shelter, but they're prepared in case conditions, such as extreme temperatures, bring more people to their door. The Meeting Street shelter holds 84 men in the men's dorm and 20 women and children in their family dorm, though that number will increase to 45 after renovations are finished.
Men who don't have medical or mental health needs have to leave at 7 a.m. every day because the men's dorm doubles as the soup kitchen. Many go to work or look for jobs or participate in programs to help them stay sober, Denaux said. Clients must be sober to use the shelter.
But the programs don't usually occupy a person's entire day and many go to public places where they find others, such as LaRoche and Jamison, who consider the rules and confines of the shelter too restrictive.
Jamison said there aren't enough jobs to go around right now for people with criminal histories or no addresses. He and a friend sleep at a parking garage at night and then spend the day either at the park or at the library.
"I'm not an alcoholic. I'm not a drug user," he said. "I just want to live."
LaRoche said he doesn't panhandle, but if he finds a lost iPod on the sidewalk he'll probably hock it for a little cash. A college student's discarded keg is traded in for an easy $5. Anything to make a buck in a city that he says doesn't provide him opportunities to clean up and get a job.
LaRoche was a carpenter for 14 years, making $16 an hour. He said alcohol led him to the streets of Charleston about a year ago. He lost his job and his beloved Harley-Davidson. He got clean for a little while, enrolled in a local technical college but admits blowing his first college loan on "alcohol, prostitutes, hotel rooms and spent a little bit on gas for my motorcycle."
He's since put things in perspective, he said, and is certain he can stay dry if someone gives him a chance.
"I'm going to get on a bus to Columbia," he said. "I hear there are more opportunities for homeless. They provide laundry, clothes and help you get a job."
But Becky VanWie, associate director for the Lowcountry Continuum of Care, said conditions in Columbia probably aren't any better as the effects of the recession grips the entire state.
VanWie said help is available via the $11 million in federal stimulus money that is being made available to the state to prevent people from becoming homeless and help those who lost their homes to quickly find new housing. Charleston County is eligible to receive $831,000 of that money.
Gilliard, who noted that the $11 million is not under control of the governor, said it will help but more needs to be done.
"Now we have to prepare ourselves. It's almost like the perfect storm."
Reach Nadine Parks at nparks@postandcourier.com or 937-5573. Reach Andy Paras at aparas@postandcourier.com or 937-5589.
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jacman (anonymous) says...
I'm really concerned about the way these people are viewed by so many others . They are the less fortunate of our population and don't need scorn but a little kindness and some help . We have people out there eating out of garbage cans in this day and age ? Look....folks....show some sympathy for these people , they need food and a safe place to live , not ending up dead in a park or a back yard some place . What if it was your son or daughter , because believe me , they are someone's out there .
May 16, 2009 at 4:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ironhorse (anonymous) says...
No.....they need scorn. That and a little soap.
May 16, 2009 at 7:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
TheTruthFighter (anonymous) says...
jacman, I totally agree. This is truly sad! No matter what the circumstances where concerning this lady, she was someone's mother. So people, think about that one! What is our sorry, Gov doing about this?
May 16, 2009 at 7:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ironhorse (anonymous) says...
Your right!
I demand our Gov give every bum a squeegee and a bottle of diluted Windex so the can assault my sense of smell while I'm at a stoplight instead of only when I'm walking through the shopping district.
May 16, 2009 at 7:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fedupin09 (anonymous) says...
ironhorse - You better hope you never fall on hard times, get ill or become unemployed. What goes around, comes around. I do hope that the universe finds a way to show you that you are not above misfortune or immue from things that cause hardship. God help you if you become homeless because with your attitude I doubt anyone else will.
Tell us, is your mother proud of the cold, heartless smart mouth she raised? When you die, and there is an obituary, please leave wishes to use your screen name so the rest of us can make a mockery of your life and death. If you can't be respectful of the dead, I can't imagine you have many friends among the living. How sad.
May 16, 2009 at 7:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
buzz457 (anonymous) says...
Jacman,
I doubt that you have spent much time on the east side. If you have then you would know that some folks can't or don't want to be helped. They are content to spend their days drunk, high, or both. No amount of federal tax dollars will change a culture that accepts substance and physical abuse. If you think you could make a difference go hang out at South and America on a Friday or Saturday night and see how life really is in the neighborhood.
May 16, 2009 at 7:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
ironhorse (anonymous) says...
Fedup,
When you voted for B. Hussein Obama did you notice the homeless in line with you? They were promised a bottle of Mad Dog in exchange for their vote.
I don't know any homeless person, so I have no frame of reference on how they became homeless. But I do know how they STAY homeless, and that is because they stay intoxicated, and its molly coddling liberals like you that enable them to remain that way.
May 16, 2009 at 8:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
Let's look at this. "...LaRoche and Jamison, who consider the rules and confines of the shelter too restrictive." AND
"Anything to make a buck in a city that he says doesn't provide him opportunities to clean up and get a job." OK. So the shelter that works hard to help is "too restrictive". ( In other words, they have to behave and stay sober) If I were homeless, I would follow whatever rules/restrictions I had to, to have shelter. Secondly, it's clearly the city's fault that they don't provide showers and jobs. Are you kidding me? It is such a sad situation. But the bottom line is you have to help YOURSELF first and foremost. Only then will you succeed and others will step in to help. There are plenty of people (some I know personally) that have pulled themselves up by the boot straps and succeeded. It can be done. These are the homeless people that probably piss off the other homeless folks that are trying.
May 16, 2009 at 8:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fedupin09 (anonymous) says...
ironhorse - Does every frame of reference you have in your warped mind involve a stereotype? Only democrats or liberals can care about their fellow man? In 2008 and every other election since I have had the privilege to vote, I have voted REPUBLICAN. Perhaps the difference between people like you and me is that I happen to care about what happens to those who walk the earth with me.
May 16, 2009 at 8:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
algorelost (anonymous) says...
This is a tough one, the homeless problem. How do you help people, who don't want help. Did anyone ever see that movie Reversal of Fortune? They give a homeless $100,000 in cash to see what he would do with.
May 16, 2009 at 9:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hartley8184 (anonymous) says...
Hey Jacman,
Why don't you get in your car RIGHT NOW, drive downtown, and offer a bed in your home to a homeless person. Help him find a job, and hang in there with him or her until they get on their feet again. Love them enough to be patient with their addictions, or their mental problems. Recognize that they might well disappoint you over and over again with their poor choices, but you're committed... right? Just do it. Noone is stopping you. Go right now and adopt a homeless person.
Being compassionate isn't about telling other people to feel sorry for the homeless. Its about doing something yourself first.
May 16, 2009 at 9:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
coolfreaknbeans (anonymous) says...
Excellent post hartley8184. Very well said.
May 16, 2009 at 9:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
desspec (anonymous) says...
All of you who say something needs to be done to help them seem to expect someone else to do so ...
May 16, 2009 at 9:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
beachbunny (anonymous) says...
This article and these posts makes me feel ashamed to live in Charleston.
May 16, 2009 at 10:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
babeegurl (anonymous) says...
whenever someone approaches me for money I ask them if it is for food and I say in that case I will get something for you. If they decline I know it wasn't really for food and they agree I go to the closest restaurant and buy them something to eat!
May 16, 2009 at 10:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
LaRoche was a carpenter for 14 years, making $16 an hour. He said alcohol led him to the streets of Charleston about a year ago. He lost his job and his beloved Harley-Davidson. He got clean for a little while, enrolled in a local technical college but admits blowing his first college loan on "alcohol, prostitutes, hotel rooms and spent a little bit on gas for my motorcycle."
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"alcohol led him to the streets", not his fault he's a useless bum, it's the alcohol's fault.
All you compassionate caring souls who wish to somehow justify this type behavior are welcome to do so. What would really be nice is if y'all, minus the rest of us, pay for the consequences while your at it.
With the rare exception of those who actually end up on the street due to circumstances beyond their control, these are the useless self pitying dregs of society and should have their smelly, often disease carrying selves isolated from the general public.
Put them in camps like the Japanese were interred in during WWII. Clean em up, dry em out, turn em out then repeat the cycle ad nauseam.
At least in the interim periods we'll have, somewhat clean,(less dirty?) panhandlers.
May 16, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
outrage (anonymous) says...
fedupin09 - WOW! You want to help the so-called "Less fortunate", yet you want to mock the death of someone who has an opinion that differs from you. You seem to pick and choose your kind acts.
You sound like a liberal who wants help the whole world, but not with your own time or money!
It is like Sean Penn showing up during Hurricane Katrina, bashing Pres. Bush about not doing anything, yet all he brought was a John Boat, a John Boat! Typical Liberal Millionaire, they help all the foreign poor because it is in vogue and gets them good press. All they do here is blame the Republican politicians for everything. Their thought process is scary.
May 16, 2009 at 11:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
jammanofdi (anonymous) says...
Thank you coolfreak - exactly! So it's our fault that we don't provide enough "opportunities" for the homeless? In this economy, who are we supposed to provide "opportunities" to, because I don't see anyone knocking on my door looking to give me handouts. Everyone wants something for nothing. I have a neighbor that has a bumper sticker on his car that says "WORK HARDER. Millions of Obama Voters Depend on You." I used to not think this was the case, but I'm seriously starting to see it.
May 16, 2009 at 11:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RTC (anonymous) says...
I have to say with having 2 family members living on the street that there is no easy fix.
People may ask how can I allow this to happen?
It's quite simple. Do you want an alcoholic and/or drug addict living in your home? Can you really trust that they won't steal from you when your back is turned? Of course not.
I may love them and care about them, but I do not like them or the lifestyle that they have chosen. I don't want my children, who are now all adults, to be exposed to them.
They did this to themselves. It is no one's fault but their own. When you throw away a good job because alcohol or drugs are more important, then it is a problem created by your own hand.
I'm not saying that every homeless person is an alcoholic or drug user, but for the most part they do have a substance abuse problem. That is the main reason that they refuse to go into the shelters. I have heard my family members say many times that the shelters have too many rules. Sure they do. You can't drink in the shelters, and you have to be out by usually 7am and are not allowed back in until nightfall.
I DO love my family, but I am sick to death of their constant excuses, and I don't wish to spend anytime around them, as they will NOT listen to reason.
I have provided them with toiletries, clothing, OTC meds, food, and many other necessities. They always sell anything that they can, so I give them nothing anymore.
It is very hard, and it breaks my heart, but I cannot be a codependent to their lifestyles.
I wish them all the best, and when they are serious about changing then they know how to reach me. Until then, they are on their own. I will not compromise my marriage or my children's welfare because of their choices.
May 16, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
RTC, you've just made my point albeit in a much more civil manner. I've had family members who have stolen from me after I had spent time and money to help them.
Unlike with you though, no change on their part will garner any reward from me. Fool me once shame on you-------, I won't be experiencing any shame, thank you.
May 16, 2009 at 11:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Lazy2009 (anonymous) says...
I can't believe the police would hassle someone who eats out of garbage cans and sleeps in abandoned buildings. Lots of cities, like Columbia, value their homeless population. I urge all of Charleston's homeless to leave the area at once in favor of a place that does not put a stigma on being doless and ultimately homeless. I hear there are many place like that far away from SC.
May 16, 2009 at 11:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tc1 (anonymous) says...
My sympathies RTC as you are the one really suffering. Thank You for the eye witness account of the realities. It saddens me to see/hear of these things but thank God I don't have to suffer the 24/7 heartache of it being a family member.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink seems appropriate.
May 16, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RTC (anonymous) says...
yird, I definitely wouldn't give then the time of day had they stolen from me either. I'm not giving them the chance to steal from me. That is why, eventhough I have 2 empty bedrooms now, they would not be allowed to live in my home. Show me several years of sobriety and a job, then MAYBE we might can be family again.
Just like the woman in this story, I would not be surprised if either one of them ended up like her.
Does anyone deserve this? No, but when you play with fire.....
May 16, 2009 at 11:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
babeegurl,
I love in the hood and do the same thing. Most of the time the money they are asking for will be used for drugs and alcohol. Man, you get hit up all the time in the hood! They are always asking for spare change! lol
May 16, 2009 at 12:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RTC (anonymous) says...
tc1, thank you for your kind words. I don't really consider myself to be suffering, because I have my husband and my children on which to divert my attention.
My brothers just stay in the back of my mind like a nagging thought. My mother is not around to see this, and my father is elderly and ill. He too, washed his hands of them both years ago. You can only deal with this for so long before your own life is ruined. I won't let that happen to mine.
May 16, 2009 at 12:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sassyfraz (anonymous) says...
To prove a point to my daughter I offered to take one of these folks begging for food to the grocery store and buy them anything they wanted up to $50. They refused and told me just to give them the money. Valuable lesson for my daughter.
May 16, 2009 at 12:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrymouth (anonymous) says...
Did anyone else here notice that the common theme here is drug and alcohol addiction? If they really wanted to get their lives straightened out all they have to do is stop drinking and doing drugs. Once your head is clear, it's not that difficult to figure out a way to get your foot on the bottom rung of the ladder to success.
May 16, 2009 at 12:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcountrymouth (anonymous) says...
About 17 years ago a gentleman I worked for stopped to talk with someone who was pan handling. Terry offered the man a job sweeping floors 10 hours a day at $10 per hour in a machine shop. The man turned him down flat and explained that he made more than that by begging on the street corner. After that, I lost sympathy for these so called "homeless".
May 16, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
babeegurl (anonymous) says...
RTC I completely understand my OWN mother is a heroin addict and has entered my house and stole a lot of my belongings even a blender! I was sucked in so many times because I was like "This is my mom I can't let her be out on the street!" but I finally learned my lesson and she no longer a part of my life especially since I have 2 little ones to care for and I definitely don't want them around that kind of atmosphere! I am sorry to the ones who lose honest jobs and can't make it, but to the ones who the reason they are homeless is due to drug addiction I have no sympathy for!
May 16, 2009 at 12:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tc1 (anonymous) says...
"all they have to do is stop drinking and doing drugs."
Wether you mean to or not you make it sound so easy. Addiction of any kind, but some more then others, is an Evil, Horrible Monster. HOWEVER, the first Required step is to want to and for that these people can be faulted.
For the young and invincible reading here - if you don't play with or tease the Monster it Can Not Get You.
May 16, 2009 at 12:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
abitskeptical (anonymous) says...
Part of the addict's mentality is being the perpetual "victim". That gives them a "reason" to get intoxicated--to escape all of their "misery" (which always is so very much worse than anything anyone else has suffered, ya know).
A very large segment of the homeless population is homeless by choice. Being homeless gives them the intertwined situation of having a ready & constant "reason", & also the freedom, to feed their addictions.
Of course not all homeless folks are the same & there are marvelous stories of people who did not choose that lifestyle, but were thrust into it by no real fault of their own...but on their own determination clawed their way out of those circumstances.
The story of Liz Murray comes to mind.
May 16, 2009 at 12:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
eatmorecollards (anonymous) says...
I think the Charleston police should pick them up daily and put them doing public works jobs. Give them lunch and pay them at the end of the day. Soon they will all leave.
May 16, 2009 at 1 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
smadadance (anonymous) says...
There are many homeless people who because of severe mental issues they cannot function in a normal job. They do need medical treatment. I also know many homeless people who through circumstances really have been given no choice but to live on the streets. I met a homeless man a few years ago who I bought lunch he let me to pray over him I kept up a relationship with him and he is now off the streets. One thing we can all do is care for at risk kids who don't have much love and attention and show them while they are young that they do matter and they don't have to succumb to the life that they see around them every day. They can make a better future for themselves, and they do not have to live on the streets.
May 16, 2009 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
stanish (anonymous) says...
After reading this article and a similiar one to it plus the comments, I pray to God everyday please don't let it happen to me. I can feel and sense some of the anger especially those who have had problems with family members involving theft, lies, deception. Compassion, we still have to show compassion as God shown compassion on us. Some of the comments are just COLD, RUDE, and totally unwarranted. When I encounter homeless and less fortunate people I always REMEMBER except for the GRACE of GOD there goes I. Jesus taught us to LOVE despite the situation and show COMPASSION just as he DID for us ALL! We have to FORGIVE just as he DID for us ALL! You always have to remember that one day that same homeless person who you look DOWN upon maybe the very one to take you into their home or help you financially. We don't KNOW what the future holds for us. I'm not a WEALTHY person, but when I am approach by someone homeless or not, I GIVE even if it's a little because I know God BLESSES me in return. They very well may use it towards alcohol or drugs, but I don't worry about it because God bless me to be in a position to give. I see comments by those on here who say they have WASHED their hands of family or other people, but just REMEMBER God STILL BLESSES and FORGIVE YOU when you SIN and do otherwise! He still LOVES us ALL just the same and CONTINUES to BLESS US just the same!. Most of you posting your harsh comments professes to LOVE God, but shun your fellow man who you see everyday. Remember Jesus was HOMELESS during his ministry, "The birds have nests, the foxes have holes, but the Son Of Man DON'T have a place to lay his Head". I use to once upon a time had the feelings some of you had, but THANK God for showing me this in a different light. Just remember today is their day, but tomorrow COULD very well be yours!
May 16, 2009 at 3:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hartley8184 (anonymous) says...
What irritates me immensely is the assertion that there "aren't enough opportunities" in America. Baloney.
You have Mexicans sneaking across the border to get jobs here. You have Cubans who will actually row a dinghy across 90 miles of shark infested ocean to get to Florida. Boat people from Vietnam and Thailand. Penniless refugees from China. I remember the stories of East Germans who would risk being gunned down to climb over the Berlin Wall. I've been to Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, Bosnia. I've seen what "no hope" really looks like. NOBODY in America has any excuse for a wasted life. NOBODY. It isn't possible.
May 16, 2009 at 3:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Rocks66 (anonymous) says...
beachbunny,
If your posting truly reflects your feelings, perhaps you should find a city more consistent with your sense of moral outrage. And that would be......?
May 16, 2009 at 3:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Cid95 (anonymous) says...
"Less Fortunate" = WTF?
As if life is just a big lottery and I happened to win the prize, but that guy in the homeless shelter (where I have worked serving meals, BTW) just got unlucky.
BS!!!
You get out what you put in. You want something? Work for it, earn it. These people can get jobs if they want, but they choose their lifestyle. Failure and success are not the results of "fortune" or any other random factors.
May 16, 2009 at 7:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
yird (anonymous) says...
Old, Syrian proverb; "Good fortune smiles on the efficient."
May 16, 2009 at 11:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
hartley8184 (anonymous) says...
In the socialist paradise that is soon to come, America's homeless might very well be euthanised, imprisoned or sent to mental institutions. But rest assured, the party of compassion won't be nearly as compassionate once they have taken complete control.
Proof? Do a google search on the homeless in communist countries.
May 18, 2009 at noon ( permalink | suggest removal )
sister (anonymous) says...
I"m posting this post as I did on another article regarding the murder of Janice Case.
This world is not a perfect world - far from it. Children grow into adults who choose bad lives, and are forced into bad lives due to circumstances sometimes within their control, and sometimes not.
My deep sympathy to the family of Janice. She apparently lead a very hard life, and took a route to danger. That said, nobody, nobody deserves to have their life snuffed out. She didn't deserve to live a hard life from start to finish.
The prepertrator also lead a very hard life, and he too chose the route to danger. He didn't deserve what happened to him from start to finish either.
It may sound like I'm defending him - I'm not. I'm his sister and I know only too well what life was like from the start, and only too well what happens to children brought into a world of family violence and hopelessness.
I'm pretty angry. I'm angry at a violent parent. I'm angry at nature and nuture. I'm angry that no matter how much we try to lead our siblings in the right direction - it can be useless. I'm angry that this passes down family lines. I'm more than angry that my brother has allegedlly committed this crime. I'm angry that I don't know the details of what happened that day. I'm angry that the reporters and police could have this all wrong, and more angry that they might have this all right!
Aside from the anger this ignites in all of us, we need to do something about the tragedy of homelessness, alcoholism and human violence.
My brother left his family over 30 years ago. We all turned a blind eye. Maybe our blind eyes contribute to the tragedy of homelessness and violence.
Much sorrow for both families - mine and hers.
May 20, 2009 at 11:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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