...on a sad note..

A man from Maryland is being accused of having stabbed and shot his wife and three of his kids to death before taking his own life with the same gun. Stories like this are the ones that make me question the very existence of human kind. How could someone do that to their own family? I mean he killed the ones that he made.

Despite the note the cops found telling them he had "psychological issues", there is still no reason for any of this kind of negative action to go on. Coming from someone who has dealt with violence her whole life, I say that the signs are very easy to see. If you are close to the person, it’s your job to get help for them because most of them won’t do it for themselves. A lot people with "psychological issues" tend to keep it to themselves and don't tell anyone about it. You have to be the bigger person, realize their problems and connect with them, and take them in to get some help. I can't even begin to count how many occurrences have been in relation to this one.

People that kill anyone, let alone members of their family, more than likely had problems at home or with their life during their childhood. I just finished reading a book called A Devil in the White City by Eric Larson and it tells the tale of two men who team together to create one of the first massive serial killings the United States had ever seen. H. H. Holmes, the mysterious killer who owned the World's Fair hotel where he killed young women, was very crazy and psychotic and had troubles when he was a kid. Sometimes it's very hard to tell whether someone is dealing with personal issues or not; they could keep to themselves. In the book Holmes keeps his killings as a secret and kept it out of the news for years. He used his charm and incredible personality to lure his victims in to the hotel.

So back to the original story, do you think it’s the family’s fault for not recognizing the crisis and getting the father some help? Or his own fault for not confronting the family or any others about the issues he was dealing with? Well, no matter whose fault it was they all ended up dead, anyways. Check it out at http://www.kcrg.com/