Christmas Eve Shooting

What is always amazing to me is that it is the person that nobody would expect to act in that manner. No clues to anyone that he was going to "snap" and commit such a horrible crime.

And his plan backfired when the fire ignited and caught his Santa suit on fire and instead of leaving the country with $17,000, he shoots himself. No winners in this situation.

Divorce is a ugly thing that is plagueing -sp- our society, moral decline is rampant.

It would seem this couple was married less than a year. I know there are situations where being together seems impossible so I dare not judge anybody. I do encourage those who are thinking about getting married to take their time. Talk about things. What are your common goals?

As we have transitioned from children being a necessity to keep the farm going to children being a luxury, the age of the transition from adolescence to adulthood has moved upward. Thus the best age to marry has moved upward. For men it is said to be no earlier than 27 and women 25. I share this information with my kids every day.

Once you are married it takes "remarrying" every time a major change happens in your life. You have to recommit to each other and work through the struggles as a team. It is not easy to be in a life commitment, but it has its rewards.

In this case it sounds like the guy was unstable. I would have hoped someone would recognize the problem first. But sometimes hormones cause a virtual blindness.

It is quite obvious the guy wasn't too bright. Who would wear nylon while using a type of flame thrower?

It is a very sad time for both families. It is terrible that Christmas will carry such sad memories for these people. Hopefully they can find some comfort somewhere.

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Why keep hammering away at an ex-spouse to take his/her money, house, cars and children. If it's not working get what is yours and hit the road

Maybe the kids were HERS, the money and house was THEIRS, and SHE bought the cars. The article said he USED TO BE employed as an electrical engineer. Maybe when she left he lost his source of income and it made him mad. Maybe HE should've been the one to take what was HIS and go on.

Once you are married it takes "remarrying" every time a major change happens in your life. You have to recommit to each other and work through the struggles as a team. It is not easy to be in a life commitment, but it has its rewards.

Well said, we live in a society where it is far too easy to simply "throw away" things and get a new one. Marriage is an institution that must be entered into only after considerable thought and prayer. Today we are programmed to expect "complete satisfaction or your money back" well, that's not what God intended marriage to become. I myself was victim to this in an early marriage that ended in divorce. After years of growing and learning I came to realize that marriage is a covenant, which I now enjoy with my wife today. Is it easy? Absolutely not, but we understand each other and respect each other and work on problems as a lifelong team, only then can you truly understand what a blessing marriage is.