I never thought I would meet someone who turned out to be a murderer, but I just discovered that one of our customers is implicated in a high profile murder.
It's shocking really. I'm stunned. Esp. because he's a KID!

It happened a couple of weeks ago. A guy who happens to be in law enforcement goes to wal mart one night and comes on a kid laying in the parking lot looking hurt. He stops to help the kid, another kid comes out of the shadows and shoots the guy. They take his body, dump it in their community and take off to a party. Then they come back and attempt to burn the car to hide their crimes.
They end up catching the kids pretty quickly. I think one was 15 and the other 16. They show their mug shots on the news and I instantly recognize one of the kids. I told running hubby that I thought he had been in the store. RH told me I was nuts. But when they said his name it really rang a bell, so I looked up the record. Sure enough...
UGH
RH now remembers the kid. He was hard to forget. Mostly because he was so rude! I remember speaking to him and all the sudden his phone rang. In the middle of a sentence he turns away and answers his phone as if I didn't exist. I remember thinking that he was a spoiled punk.
Now I'm left pondering if his actions should be a warning sign.
I just keep thinking "so is that what a kid who doesn't value human life acts like?"
Running son remembers him as well. We had a big talk about what makes a kid de-value human life like that? What makes them think that it's remotely ok to kill another person?
Running son is equally stunned. Esp. since it's clear they thought this one out.
scary. sad. stunning.

And of course big prayers to the victim and his pregnant wife.
Yes, pregnant...

Sigh......