Murder in the Family
By Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99437)
Atlanta, Georgia
July 24, 2017 6:59pm CST
I'm seeing the most shocking stories in newspapers and on TV news. I'm almost tempted stop reading the newspapers and watching the news. But it's happening whether I watch it or not. I suppose most of you saw the news about the mother who stabbed to death her husband and four of her children. The fifth child survived the attack and is in the hospital if she hasn't been sent home. And that's another thing. Where will this poor child call home?
If you saw the woman's hearing in court then you saw what a spectacle she made of herself. She smiled and waved to the camera crew and behaved as if she was the happiest woman in the world. The judge had to tell her to sit down and pay attention. The saddest thing is that if she is a mental case and if she ever recovers she will have to live the rest of her life with the knowledge that she murdered her children and their father.
The picture above, if it submits, is flowers in my living room. Just seeing if it will submit.
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@celticeagle (157563)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jul 17
I have to stop watching and reading news at some points. My depression gets too bad. I hope this child you speak of has a good extended family and that someone steps up to take her. I didn't see anything about this. A lot of times these people go undetected for a long time. THey don't get in and get evaluated and put on meds that would have helped this woman probably. She may schizophrenic and listening to voices. The right medication would have saved her family.
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@celticeagle (157563)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jul 17
@RubyHawk .......Many people don't believe in psychiatrists and medications too. I didn't.
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
26 Jul 17
@celticeagle I'm not sure of psychiatry but in a case like this if possible she should have been evaluated. But unless you have good insurance you cannot see a doctor.
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@1hopefulman (45125)
• Canada
25 Jul 17
Oh my! That is one sad story. How can a mother kill her own children? That is insane.
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@1hopefulman (45125)
• Canada
25 Jul 17
@RubyHawk I couldn't find the video of her in court. Has she said why she did what she did?
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Jul 17
@1hopefulman I didn't hear that she said anything about the murders. She might not know what she did. She was smiling in the courtroom an giving the camera crew a thumbs up. Like she was at a party.
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@BelleStarr (61050)
• United States
26 Jul 17
That is a really weird case, something is just not right!!
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@kobesbuddy (73891)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 Jul 17
One day, that child has a father, mother, a home and four siblings. The next day, in a hospital bed healing up from painful knife wounds, inflicted by her own mother, now without brothers, sisters, or a father! And then what happened, where will she end up, that's heart-breaking news! Then, they wonder what's wrong with our children and point their finger at them, for not getting it right:(
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@kobesbuddy (73891)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 Jul 17
Ruby, your flower arrangement is beautiful!
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@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
25 Jul 17
@kobesbuddy Thanks for the compliment. It's the funniest thing, or odd would be more like it, but when this discussion first submitted the picture wasn't there, but when I came back to answer comments , there was my picture.
@RubyHawk (99437)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 Jul 17
Sometimes I wonder if it's worse now or if it seems that way because we now see news from all over the world, and at an earlier time we hardly knew what was happening in the next city. It would be interesting to see what the crime rate was in 1900 compared to now.
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@marguicha (214281)
• Chile
25 Jul 17
I did not see the flowers. But we need blossoms in this world, so filled with violence.
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@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
25 Jul 17
Nobody will suffer the most but her.
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@TiarasOceanView (70040)
• United States
25 Jul 17
I do see the flowers Ruby..so beautiful thanks.
Yes she sounds insane.
This is a terrible crime of one I am sure she will not regret by the sound of it.
@thislittlepennyearns (57983)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Jul 17
I don't read the news except for headlines.
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@jobelbojel (34723)
• Philippines
25 Jul 17
This is terrible and the mother has the right to smile??? She's an evil.
@jstory07 (133739)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Jul 17
I hope she spends the rest of her live in prison for what she did.
@JudyEv (323662)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 17
It would be better for this woman if she never recovers. That is so sad. I rarely read the news nowadays.
@Courtlynn (67002)
• United States
25 Jul 17
Sadly these things happen alot. And even if she isnt mental, she'll fake that she is in court. Poor kids, especially the one still alive