24 Hours

It's been a very twisted twenty-four hours. Other words could be used to describe the past day - disgusting, frightening, sad, etc.  But for now, we'll stick with 'twisted.'

Louisvillians would have to be living under a rock to not know about the scarey number of murders this year in Louisville.  To narrow it down even more, just this summer. Yesterday, we had three homicides in a twenty-four hour period.  One yesterday morning happened less than a mile from The Compound. A sicko shot his wife to death in the yard of her 80 year-old mother's house.  It happened a stone's throw from the corner convenience store and the Kroger's that we visit just about every other day.  I'm being a bit melodramatic here - it's not like his homicide was a random shooting, but it still happened less than a mile from where I live.  After the sicko killed his wife, he went about a mile to his house, where he had an arsenal stored.  He was holed up in there until 2:30 this morning, when the police caught him as he was trying to sneak out of the house.  This scene happened in the shadows of an elementary school, which was on lockdown all day long.  Stuff like this isn't supposed to happen in our quiet neighborhood. 

While this guy was still barracaded in his house, the second homicide happened. A guy was shot to death in one of the 'hoods on the outskirts of downtown.  This particular homicide didn't get very much air time on the news stations, as it's something that happens all too frequently here in Louisville any more. 

The third homicide in the twenty-four hour period got a bit more coverage on the news channels and in the newspaper.  It happened just about a mile from where I work at a boarding house.  A man got his throat slit because a guy accused him of using his cast iron skillet.  Please - I am not making this up. A witness said the two guys were arguing over a cast iron skillet for an hour. The witness said the killer, who remains at large, was angry because he was convinced the victim used his cast-iron skillet. So he just slit his throat.

I know it's the full moon, but this is ridiculous.