My parents killed my brother-in-law. The story starts almost a year ago
when my younger sister started dating the man who would be her future
husband. They married when she was 17 last October. He had just turned
21. The marriage was consented by both parents.
The day before the
murder, my mother and my brother-in-law got into an argument over the
phone. It exculated and my mother starting threatening to kill him. I
was with her when she started making the threats but I did not really
think she would go through with it and told her to stop, to let the kids
live their lives--my sister was five months pregnant. She got very
angry at me and dropped me off at my apartment that day. There was a
call from her later that night that upset me so my sister and her
husband stayed the night because I was still very upset. The next day,
my mother called, wanting stuff she had left at my apartment.
She was
going to come over with the police. However, they showed up without the
police. I stood by the door holding it closed because I knew that
either she or my dad had the key. Instead of using the key, she smashed
the glass on the door, causing glass to fall on me, then unlocked the
door and came in. She then started beating on my brother-in-law,
calling him names. My father came in seconds behind her with a rifle in
his hands. Without hardly any warning at all, he came into the
livingroom, turned, pointed the gun at my brother-in-law and shot him
three times. My parents then walked out of the apartment and waited
downstairs for the police to arrived while I stood in the kitchen
screaming. They are both being charged with first degree intentional
homicide but they are--I believe--going to try to do not guilty by
reason of insanity. These past two weeks have been very hard for both
my sister and myself. Not only did I witness the murder but since it
happened in my apartment, I could no longer live there. And, since my
name was all over the papers--as well as my parents'--it was difficult
finding a new place.
I still do not know what to think. It seems
surreal sometimes. Your parents are not supposed to kill people. But
they did and have since shown no remorse for what they have done.
Everything has changed and nothing is the same anymore. And it's
really, really very hard for me. I have nightmares and get very angry
sometimes because I don't feel that people understand what I'm going
through. My sister and I are closer than we ever were after going
through this event but it still doesn't change the fact that it happened
and nothing's going to be the same ever again.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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