Are People Getting Crazier?

Maybe you’ve heard about the man in suburban Detroit who killed his wife (and mother of his two kids) and then chopped her up and sprinkled a little here and a little there. It’s been the big story in the local news every day for the last 3-4 weeks, especially because after he reported her missing, he accused the po-po of unfairly focusing their investigation on him. He did interviews with the media and made up a bs story trying to make it seem like she either ran away or got kidnapped. They finally got a search warrant and found her torso in the famiy garage while he drove to Northern Michigan. They caught up with him after he hid out in a forest without proper clothing for like 14 hours in cold weather.

I always want to believe people, so it irritates the hell out of me when people lie. I absolutely can’t stand it.

Their house was pretty close to where I work – like maybe 4 miles away? And he scattered her remains in the metropark near where they lived. It is a metropark for which I have a season pass. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’ve hiked on the trails where they were searching. The idea that I could be hiking when the weather gets nice and I might stumble upon a finger or toe or something is creeping me out. I hate that he’s tainted such a beautiful area with such a horrific crime.

All the media attention led my parents to an interesting discussion and they shared the details with me. This is the second murder/dismemberment in the metro Detroit area in the last 2 or 3 years. The first one was a small middle-aged woman, an award-winning kindergarten teacher, who claims that in self-defense, she axed her abusive husband to death. This happened in a gated community about 4 miles from where my parents live. She was tried and found guilty. The jury didn’t buy the battered woman story.

My parents now have an agreement – if either of them wants out of the marriage, there is no need to bust out the ax or hacksaw or knife. The other person will just leave, no questions asked. I guess that’s a pretty disturbing discussion to have but I’m glad they have a mutual understanding.