Darth Viscera
Sep 13th, 2009, 07:02:07 AM
Sigh. I've been really sad lately, and could use some talking to old friends.
Last week, at about this time, there was a tragedy in my family. An alcoholic named Dennis Carter Sr. drove up to the home of his estranged wife with an axe. Using the axe, he cut down the door, and entered the home with an illegal sawed-off shotgun. He somehow accessed his wife's pistol, that she had bought for personal defense against him. Whether he had stolen it beforehand or he was able to get to it before they did, I guess nobody will ever know. Using the stolen pistol and his own sawed-off shotgun loaded with buckshot, he shot his wife 9 times, killing her. The murderous bastard then shot and killed his own 26 year old son. He then shot and killed his 2 year old grandson. He next moved to kill his pregnant daughter-in-law, who grabbed her 2 year old son, and while being shot at, ran and jumped out the 2nd story window. She was shot in the back, which was partially broken, along with suffering some other gunshot wounds. One bullet lodged in her uterus. Both her elbows were destroyed. She was taken to the hospital, where doctors induced labor in order to save her daughter who was 6 months in the womb. Miraculously, both the baby and the mother survived. The baby is now breathing on her own. The mother is conscious but sedated, and deeply depressed and in shock. There was a second miracle that day. Another baby was in the house, but one of the family members acted quickly and hid him behind the couch. The murderer never found him, so the baby survived.
Afterwords, the murderer drove off in his red El Camino, and a neighbor called the police. 20 minutes later, the police spotted the red El Camino driving down the road. The murderer was heading down to a street that held 2 more houses where my family members lived. He was planning on killing every single family member he could find. The police stopped him, and using the stolen pistol that had belonged to his wife, he blew his brains out, the fucking coward. He should have been put on trial and either executed or made to live in a dark hole alone for the rest of his miserable life, without his precious whiskey sour, so he could think about what he did and suffer.
That was my brother's aunt and her family that he murdered. 3 generations, dead. My brother is sad. His mom just lays in bed in her darkened house, crying at the murder of her sister.
This was avoidable. There was no reason it had to happen. The murderer had a record of violence. He had attacked his estranged family 3 times prior to that, and on one occassion attempted to murder his wife with a machete. The police put him in jail all 3 times, then let him go when his parents bailed him out. All 3 times he got a different judge, who just said "no big deal, it's just a domestic dispute" and let him go. The day before the murders took place, the murderer called up and threatened to do just what he did, go on a shooting rampage. The victims called the police, pleading for help. The police basically told them to call back during office hours. The cops could have sent a deputy to watch over them. They could have gone and taken away all the killer's guns. They didn't do jack shit to stop it. May these policemen suffer the same sadness that, through inaction, they have caused others to suffer.
It makes me shaky and tearful just to write it. I just can't believe this is happening. What a nightmare. His own 2 year old grandson. It doesn't make any sense, it completely defies human nature. I don't even think that Hitler or Stalin or Mao or Saddam would have killed their 2 year old grandsons. Why?
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/06/louisiana.shootings/) | news.aol (http://news.aol.com/article/louisiana-murder-suicide-dennis-carter/657765) | msnbc (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32712873/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/) | The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/06/AR2009090600362.html)
Last week, at about this time, there was a tragedy in my family. An alcoholic named Dennis Carter Sr. drove up to the home of his estranged wife with an axe. Using the axe, he cut down the door, and entered the home with an illegal sawed-off shotgun. He somehow accessed his wife's pistol, that she had bought for personal defense against him. Whether he had stolen it beforehand or he was able to get to it before they did, I guess nobody will ever know. Using the stolen pistol and his own sawed-off shotgun loaded with buckshot, he shot his wife 9 times, killing her. The murderous bastard then shot and killed his own 26 year old son. He then shot and killed his 2 year old grandson. He next moved to kill his pregnant daughter-in-law, who grabbed her 2 year old son, and while being shot at, ran and jumped out the 2nd story window. She was shot in the back, which was partially broken, along with suffering some other gunshot wounds. One bullet lodged in her uterus. Both her elbows were destroyed. She was taken to the hospital, where doctors induced labor in order to save her daughter who was 6 months in the womb. Miraculously, both the baby and the mother survived. The baby is now breathing on her own. The mother is conscious but sedated, and deeply depressed and in shock. There was a second miracle that day. Another baby was in the house, but one of the family members acted quickly and hid him behind the couch. The murderer never found him, so the baby survived.
Afterwords, the murderer drove off in his red El Camino, and a neighbor called the police. 20 minutes later, the police spotted the red El Camino driving down the road. The murderer was heading down to a street that held 2 more houses where my family members lived. He was planning on killing every single family member he could find. The police stopped him, and using the stolen pistol that had belonged to his wife, he blew his brains out, the fucking coward. He should have been put on trial and either executed or made to live in a dark hole alone for the rest of his miserable life, without his precious whiskey sour, so he could think about what he did and suffer.
That was my brother's aunt and her family that he murdered. 3 generations, dead. My brother is sad. His mom just lays in bed in her darkened house, crying at the murder of her sister.
This was avoidable. There was no reason it had to happen. The murderer had a record of violence. He had attacked his estranged family 3 times prior to that, and on one occassion attempted to murder his wife with a machete. The police put him in jail all 3 times, then let him go when his parents bailed him out. All 3 times he got a different judge, who just said "no big deal, it's just a domestic dispute" and let him go. The day before the murders took place, the murderer called up and threatened to do just what he did, go on a shooting rampage. The victims called the police, pleading for help. The police basically told them to call back during office hours. The cops could have sent a deputy to watch over them. They could have gone and taken away all the killer's guns. They didn't do jack shit to stop it. May these policemen suffer the same sadness that, through inaction, they have caused others to suffer.
It makes me shaky and tearful just to write it. I just can't believe this is happening. What a nightmare. His own 2 year old grandson. It doesn't make any sense, it completely defies human nature. I don't even think that Hitler or Stalin or Mao or Saddam would have killed their 2 year old grandsons. Why?
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/06/louisiana.shootings/) | news.aol (http://news.aol.com/article/louisiana-murder-suicide-dennis-carter/657765) | msnbc (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32712873/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/) | The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/06/AR2009090600362.html)