Does any have a link

[malaise]

for that tragedy in Florida yesterday when an ex army man killed his son 11 year old son in front of neighbours during the kid's birthday party and then went inside and beheaded his wife. I saw it on a Cable channel this morning but haven't seen anything else about it.

Edit for accuracy.

[Emit]

1. OMG. I hadn't heard of this news yet. n/t

[malaise]

2. I was doing something this morning

and the reporter on either MSNBC or CNN warned callers that the report she was about to read was gruesome and then she talked abuot this horrible double murder. I havn't seen other reports and can't find it on the web.

[TomInTib]

3. here ya go

I thought I had seen it on CNN.

http://www.wftv.com/news/9391565/detail.html?subid=22105266&qs=1;bp=t

[malaise]

8. Thanks

No mention of his military past here. What can make a man slaughter his own family in this way - good fugging grief.

[question everything]

21. Served in First Gulf War

Meanwhile, new details about the 40-year-old suspect emerged Sunday, including that Nico was his adopted son and that he served in the Army during the Persian Gulf War, according to a longtime family friend.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-slashing1906jun19,0,6951138.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

[malaise]

24. Fugg Desert Storm?

Yep Question Everything indeed.

Meanwhile, new details about the 40-year-old suspect emerged Sunday, including that Nico was his adopted son and that he served in the Army during the Persian Gulf War, according to a longtime family friend.

Karen Arsenault, 51, of Sanford painted a picture of a loving family but one in which both spouses had medical problems. Franklyn Duzant suffered from arthritis and back problems, which he attributed to the war, she said.

"He said all his health problems were from Desert Storm," said Arsenault, who brought flowers to the Duzant home. "He felt like he may have got exposed to some chemicals somehow."

[Roland99]

4. Here ya go >>>>

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/news-article.aspx?storyid=59586

[malaise]

9. Thank you n/t

[niyad]

14. this article didn't say how his wife was killed. very circumspect.

[TomInTib]

15. decapitated

http://www.wftv.com/news/9391565/detail.html?subid=22105266&qs=1;bp=t

[niyad]

19. yes, I know that--I was wondering why the article didn't say

[TomInTib]

23. the link I sent you had it

Sometimes the early reports are so rushed they leave out facts that are discovered after filing.

[kiraboo]

5. Jesus H. Christ. What the F*** is wrong with people?!

Life is hard. Terrible things happen. How does murdering your family make everything better?

My god, people can be dreadful.

[lpbk2713]

6. I saw a police detective interviewed on the news.

It must have been fairly gruesome because his voice was shaking noticeably.

[Lars39]

7. The articles don't state that he was in the service.

[malaise]

10. Yep I noticed that n/t

[AllNamesHaveBeenUsed]

11. Beat me to it...

No mention of service...

[malaise]

13. This one alludes to it

for the poor neighbours

http://www.local6.com/news/9385975/detail.html

Edit - add.

[Lars39]

12. You might want to edit that out if you can't confirm it.

[dogday]

17. I can confirm that this was reported on MSNBC

and they said he was a soldier....

[malaise]

20. I thought I heard that

so I thought 'oh no not another victim', but one of the links said he was with the Army in Alaska.

[malaise]

18. He did work with the military

but there's nothing that suggests he was in Iraq. They did mention military this morning. Will edit.

Duzant's neighbors say he moved to the area about five years ago after working for the military in Alaska.
http://www.cfnews13.com/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=16507

[dogday]

16. How strange

:shrug:

[malaise]

22. He had serious mental health problems

<snip>
The Seminole County Sheriff says deputies have dealt with Duzant in the past.

Back in 2003, Duzant was taken into custody by Seminole County deputies after a standoff in which he threatened to kill himself in the middle of Reflection Lake.

The sheriff's office says he was admitted for psychiatric evaluation.

The sheriff's office says Duzant's wife told deputies at the time that he'd gone off his medication but didn't elaborate beyond that.

http://www.cfnews13.com/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=16507

Damn,damn, damn.