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Posted by ElectricWhite on 25-05-2012 at 23:12:
Updates
Well, quite a bit has happened since I brought you all news of different events, so I thought I'd take a moment to get you caught up.
Henryville High School
The students finished out this school year at a facility about 10 miles away. The new school building is expected to be finished in time for classes to start this fall.
The Serial Killer
Instead of waiting for more bodies to turn up, the county prosecutor has decided to charge that guy with three counts of murder, seeking the death penalty for two of those counts.
Now, I know that some of you might have strong feelings concerning the death penalty. I'm not going to share my opinion on this. But I do want to let you know how it is in Indiana, since each state that has the death penalty has a differing attitude and set of rules.
If this guy had simply murdered the women, the prosecutor would have gone for a life sentence per charge. But the women whose remains have been found were sexually assaulted and mutilated before they were killed. (The specifics weren't released to the general public -- it was agreed the details were far too gruesome....and, given the current state of the media, that's saying something!) So the prosecutor believed the death penalty is justified in this case. (I'm sure the fact that the creep has a tattoo commemorating the date he killed a woman 10 years ago helped!)
My Dad
This afternoon I signed the paperwork for having my dad buried at sea near Hawaii. His remains will be shipped to Honolulu Tuesday.
This is better than he hoped for -- he was certain that the best I could do was get a local VFW chapter to scatter his ashes off the coast of San Diego. He never dreamed he'd get a full military burial near Pearl Harbor. (I guess he figured that was reserved for those who were there when the place was attacked in 1941.) Anyway, it might be another 3 to 6 months before the actual ceremony, but I'll let you know when it's happened.
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Posted by Springie on 25-05-2012 at 23:19:
Wow! A lot has happened indeed! Hope the kids enjoy the new school...I'm sure it will be bigger and better- it's a shame they had to go through all of this!
All I want is for the serial killer to get what's coming to him. He should suffer for the horrific things he did!
So glad that your Dad will have the proper burial that he wanted. May he rest in peace.
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Posted by KT1972 on 25-05-2012 at 23:35:
sounds like everything is working out for the best!! Hope all goes well for your father's ceremony, EW!
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Posted by ChrisW on 26-05-2012 at 00:12:
Aw, that's great that your dad is getting what he really wanted. Glad to hear it!
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Posted by clouddancer on 26-05-2012 at 00:21:
So glad to hear you father is getting what he wanted.
And that everything else is working out as well.
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Posted by amethyst on 26-05-2012 at 01:10:
EW, I'm glad to hear that your father is getting what he wanted as far as a final resting place.
As for the serial killer, there are some people whose crimes are so heinous, so beyond redemption, that they do not deserve life. That might not be a politically correct thing to say, but it is what I believe, but I also believe that it such a penalty should be used cautiously and only for the worst killers.
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Posted by jublke on 26-05-2012 at 03:02:
EW, that's great news about your dad's burial. 
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Posted by green on 26-05-2012 at 03:06:
EW, while things aren't exactly looking 'up' for you, I am very glad they're looking better. You've gone through enough lately so it's time things started coming together!
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 26-05-2012 at 03:08:
I'm so glad everything is working out as it should. It's things like this that give us faith and hope when things go wrong.
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Posted by k2p2 on 26-05-2012 at 11:55:
Good news to hear about the fulfillment of your father's wishes and the kids being able to have their school back in the fall.
Sad to hear about the other mayhem...hopefully those poor victims families will have some closure to such a heinious act....
You have my thoughts.
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Posted by Daniella T on 26-05-2012 at 19:47:
EW, glad to hear things worked out for your dad's burial. So he fought in the war?
As for the serial killer issue, I don't even want to think about it, so I won't comment.
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 26-05-2012 at 20:04:
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When the US got involved in World War II, he was just 11 years old. But he served in Korea and Vietnam. And in between those two, he served as a driver to the US Special Envoy to the UN, and he participated in several atomic bomb tests. (He once told me that the most beautiful shades of green he'd ever seen were during an underwater test in the San Francisco Bay....I'm sure that memory will help anyone who lives in that area sleep tonight!)
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Posted by Daniella T on 26-05-2012 at 21:07:
That's very exciting! Where was he with the UN special envoy?
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Posted by RIgirl on 27-05-2012 at 01:47:
Glad to hear that things are stabilizing a little bit for you, EW!
You're certainly been through quite a bit these past few weeks and, hopefully, things will calm down now. Hang in there!
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 27-05-2012 at 05:58:
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It was in New York City, but I can't get more specific than that. (Mom and Dad wouldn't tell me more than that, really. But I do know that, at one point, Dad had the option to transfer to Governor's Island or to Pearl Harbor, so he chose Pearl.)
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