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• Anonymous

  There is justice at times

• Anonymous

  I just wish I was there to help in the Beating. Hope he burns in hell. It’s been 16 years since I’ve seen my sister because of him.  BURN,BABY BURN,,,,,

• Anonymous

  I just wish I was there to help in the Beating. Hope he burns in hell. It’s been 16 years since I’ve seen my sister because of him.  BURN,BABY BURN,,,,,

• Anonymous

  Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

• Anonymous

  I hope he burns in hell,,,I wish I was there to help in the Beating,,,,It’s been 16 years since I’ve seen my sister because of him,,,,BURN, BABY, BURN

• Anonymous

  Karma. 

• Anonymous

  I’m sure few people will be sorry to hear of this horrible person’s passing but to paraphrase someone else’s comment on another story, doesn’t this sound like something that would happen in South America?

• Anonymous

   This charming fellow served only 4 years for rape, then got out and did it again (duh) and then added multiple murder to his resume, and we were housing/feeding him for life. WHY? Somehow I just can’t work up much sympathy.  Normally, I feel that prison inmates should be adequately controlled so these things don’t happen, but maybe in this case some other equally depraved prisoner did us all a favor.

• Anonymous

  Eye for an Eye!

• Karen

  But Why did they wait so long.. is my question.. 

• Karen

  But Why did they wait so long.. is my question.. 

• Anonymous

  Sometimes the wheels of justice move very slowly, but eventually it will come around.   May these 2 young women RIP now.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  even though he did what he did. he must have a family . think of his family if he has any 

• Anonymous

  Hope this gives you and your family some closure.

• Centaurmyst

  I’m very sorry for your loss and the pain you feel and have felt over the years for the murder of your sister.  Before celebrating, however, you might want to remember that there will now be another family who are entirely innocent of any wrong doing who will spend their life experiencing the exact pain you and your family have for all these years.  The difference is that they won’t get the sympathy and support that you and your family has.  Instead, they will have to read and hear very hateful comments about their family member.  The man who hurt your sister isn’t here to read what you wrote, but his family is.  As difficult as it is, I hope you are able to remember that.

• Anonymous

  something we can agree on for sure.

• Anonymous

  something we can agree on for sure.

• Anonymous

  It’s not the exact pain,,, My sister was not a convicted felon. He is the
  cause of there pain, I’m sure they know what type of scum he was.

• Anonymous

  It’s not the exact pain,,, My sister was not a convicted felon. He is the
  cause of there pain, I’m sure they know what type of scum he was.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  with this beating there should now come out and charge whoever is responsible for the beating.two wrongs dont make a right 

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  then that inmate should pay for what he did 

• Anonymous

  LOL, think about that statement!  Undoubtedly the person responsible is already in prison for a similar crime. When you’re already doing life in prison in a state without the death penalty, about all that can happen to you is that you lose your TV privileges for awhile.  I don’t disagree with investigating this so it’s less likely to happen again, but it’s pretty tough to “bring to justice” a hardened criminal who’s already doing a life sentence.  Also, given that he only did 4 years for his first rape conviction, what would be the appropriate sentence for the person who murdered him (assuming he wasn’t already doing life)?

• Anonymous

  How? He’s probably already doing a life sentence.

• Anonymous

  Just like he thought of those women’s families? Sure.
  Sympathy and compassion should be reserved for those that deserve it, this man deserved none. If his family is suffering it is because of his actions, no one else’s. He was in prison for his actions, he wasn’t just some innocent guy walking down the street beaten to death, he was a murdering skinner, he got what he deserved.

• Anonymous

  Wow, now you are going to lecture the family of a real victim?
  Please tell me, where in your training as a social worker did you learn to speak to victims this way? He has a right to be happy that the dirtbag is dead, and you lecturing him to tell him he should consider other people’s feelings is pathetic.
  Take a step back and examine your words and intent, logic may never actually influence what you feel, but the least you could do is keep such ignorant and condescending thoughts to yourself and your coworkers…

• Anonymous

  Nothing can change what he did and he was doing his time but now  his family has to read all rude things that everyone is writing on here…..give it a break…..two wrongs don’t make a right and no one.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• Anonymous

  Not necessarily. If the inmate’s murderer turns out to be some punk doing four years for burglary, well, that punk is going to get released back into society again.

  They need to find out who did this just so that the public is protected in the future and the killer is not out walking among us.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OPAW6MFKY2SIYUQYNRYFVIR3V4 Retiree

  THATS too bad!

• Anonymous

  sympathy and compassion should be reserved for those that deserve it…..the core tenet of christianity….

• Anonymous

  We now live in a world where people are worried about a man sexting  and worried about a guy that killed 2 women……

• valgal10

  The wheels of justice turn slowing, but what goes around comes around, my only wish is that he suffered the same pain he inflicted….

• Anonymous

  The core tenet of Christianity? I thought it was the golden rule.

• Anonymous

  At certain times it’s necessary to resist sinking to the level of an animal.

• Anonymous

  At certain times it’s necessary to resist sinking to the level of an animal.

• Anonymous

  At certain times it’s necessary to resist sinking to the level of an animal.

• Anonymous

  At certain times it’s necessary to resist sinking to the level of an animal.

• Anonymous

  At certain times it’s necessary to resist sinking to the level of an animal.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  I agree with your point completely!  Other people (and potential victims) need to be protected.

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  For those commenting “Two wrongs don’t make a right”…………………this event was animal control.  For the things he did, he wasn’t human.  Call me cold and callous but this guy was a predatory animal……..

• Anonymous

  ” The beating and the death may be related”. Really?  I have no love for the inmate and what he did, but that statement is ridiculous.

• Anonymous

  GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH! BURN IN HELL!!

• Anonymous

  Just think of all the $$$ saved over the next 30-40 years!!! Think the state will take that into account and give half of the savings to the family of the woman he killed? Not likely, but a good thought.

• Anonymous

  Just think of all the $$$ saved over the next 30-40 years!!! Think the state will take that into account and give half of the savings to the family of the woman he killed? Not likely, but a good thought.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  I hope he rots in hell. murdering 2 young women.

  My favorite is how this article goes on to place blame on officers & staff at the prison for Valdez, I guarantee you that is un-true. The staff there are some of the most patient, and understanding people I know. They put up with a lot of speculation & ridicule from the “prisoner advocates” & people who have never “visited” the inside of those barbed wire fences. I suggest these people go to the prison and ask for a tour of the facility. I’m certain you have to go through a background check. but take a look at the day to day activities & working conditions for staff. I guarantee you will be amazed at the work these people do. At most times in general population there is one officer to 56 or more inmates. these are the scum of the state. People who are incarcerated for assaults, buglary, armed robbery, thefts, Domestic assaults, rape, murder, you name it. These people protect you from that evil, and you dare question how they do it?

  I whole heartedly believe everyone should work a few weeks at the prison as a “public service” kinda like jury duty. then maybe you’ll understand. although I imagine it’d take more than a few weeks to really grasp at reality.

• Anonymous

  Having a family member a victim of murder, I understand Mr. Lizotte’s feelings.  I don’t understand a lot of other’s who have posted here though.  Our system is broken in many ways, but we have a say in how things are done.  We aren’t in Iran or So. America or China.  I can only shake my head at the “Christians” who claim this is all good with “their” God…  Knew there was a reason (or 20) that I don’t claim to be one of them.  How do they reconcile this with Jesus’ teachings?  The way he lived his life?  Doesn’t quite make sense people.  Think about it.

• Anonymous

  I really DO understand.  My grandmother (at age 76) was raped, strangled to death and then her house set on fire.  The guy was 22 years old at the time (and she was one of three elderly women he murdered- that they could prove anyway).  He was sent to a mental hospital, and after 4 years managed to committ suicide.  It did not make me happy or give me “closure”, but I can’t say I was sad  for him either.  I can’t say I considered his family’s feelings.  They may have been totally innocent and had no part in the way he turned out, but I had no room for compassion for them.  I’ll leave that to other’s, to God.  I know that your pain will never end, you will forever miss your sister, and feel cheated, because you were, and she was.   The best you can do  is to try to live your life the way you think she’d like you to. 

• Debra Irwin

  I am so sorry for your loss peterlizotte.  I can feel your pain.

• Debra Irwin

  I am so sorry for your loss peterlizotte.  I can feel your pain.

• Anonymous

  Thanks, And I am sorry for your loss as well.

• Anonymous

  its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!

• Anonymous

  its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!

• Anonymous

  its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!

• Anonymous

  its a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!!

• Anonymous

  Why, you dont know that this Inmate wasn’t a relation or close friend to one of the victims, and had himself put in jail, to do exactly this!…..all i can say is job well done…im a firm believer in an eye for an eye, and he deserved what he got!

  peterlizotte, even though you and your family will never get over your sisters untimely death, and this will never heal your broken heart….i hope it has given you some kind of closure!

• Anonymous

  Why, you dont know that this Inmate wasn’t a relation or close friend to one of the victims, and had himself put in jail, to do exactly this!…..all i can say is job well done…im a firm believer in an eye for an eye, and he deserved what he got!

  peterlizotte, even though you and your family will never get over your sisters untimely death, and this will never heal your broken heart….i hope it has given you some kind of closure!

• Anonymous

  Why, you dont know that this Inmate wasn’t a relation or close friend to one of the victims, and had himself put in jail, to do exactly this!…..all i can say is job well done…im a firm believer in an eye for an eye, and he deserved what he got!

  peterlizotte, even though you and your family will never get over your sisters untimely death, and this will never heal your broken heart….i hope it has given you some kind of closure!

• Anonymous

  Why, you dont know that this Inmate wasn’t a relation or close friend to one of the victims, and had himself put in jail, to do exactly this!…..all i can say is job well done…im a firm believer in an eye for an eye, and he deserved what he got!

  peterlizotte, even though you and your family will never get over your sisters untimely death, and this will never heal your broken heart….i hope it has given you some kind of closure!

• Anonymous

  Why, you dont know that this Inmate wasn’t a relation or close friend to one of the victims, and had himself put in jail, to do exactly this!…..all i can say is job well done…im a firm believer in an eye for an eye, and he deserved what he got!

  peterlizotte, even though you and your family will never get over your sisters untimely death, and this will never heal your broken heart….i hope it has given you some kind of closure!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MK7PZXR57URSLEZTBS2KGK6KFM Toddlermom

  For all of you that hold the opinion that everyone should consider the feelings of this murder’s family, step back.
  I have a relative who is a convicted felon.  When we were kids, we were pretty close.  If he were to be killed in prison today, as a family member, I would respect the feelings of his VICTIMS!  Fact of the matter is, the man in this news story RAPED and MURDERED these women, and did so without any regard for the feelings of them or their families. 
  As a family member of someone currently in the state penal system, I honestly say that if your comment is  “BURN BABY BURN”, then I have no problem with that! 
  In truth, my convicted family member has been disowned (by me) and I never want to see him again.  I have a family to raise and values to instill in my children.  I intend to set the right example, not condone the wrong one.

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MK7PZXR57URSLEZTBS2KGK6KFM Toddlermom

  For all of you that hold the opinion that everyone should consider the feelings of this murder’s family, step back.
  I have a relative who is a convicted felon.  When we were kids, we were pretty close.  If he were to be killed in prison today, as a family member, I would respect the feelings of his VICTIMS!  Fact of the matter is, the man in this news story RAPED and MURDERED these women, and did so without any regard for the feelings of them or their families. 
  As a family member of someone currently in the state penal system, I honestly say that if your comment is  “BURN BABY BURN”, then I have no problem with that! 
  In truth, my convicted family member has been disowned (by me) and I never want to see him again.  I have a family to raise and values to instill in my children.  I intend to set the right example, not condone the wrong one.

• Olde Hippie

  Sympathy and compassion are implicit in the golden rule.

• Olde Hippie

  Sympathy and compassion are implicit in the golden rule.

• Anonymous

  your talking about oranges and apples

  as opposed to oranges and oranges

• Centaurmyst

  I’m not talking about the convicted felon.  I’m talking about his family who did nothing wrong but now have to deal with the same grief and loss that you have dealt with while having to listen to people celebrate their pain.  The guilty person isn’t going to read or hear things said about him.  Only his family will hear and read it…and it will compound the hurt they already feel.  I also lost a loved one to murder, so I understand that pain as well.  I would never wish it on anyone…even the parents, siblings and children of the person who murdered my loved one.  

• Centaurmyst

  I’m not talking about the convicted felon.  I’m talking about his family who did nothing wrong but now have to deal with the same grief and loss that you have dealt with while having to listen to people celebrate their pain.  The guilty person isn’t going to read or hear things said about him.  Only his family will hear and read it…and it will compound the hurt they already feel.  I also lost a loved one to murder, so I understand that pain as well.  I would never wish it on anyone…even the parents, siblings and children of the person who murdered my loved one.  

• Centaurmyst

  Unless you have lost a loved one to murder you have no business chastising me.  I HAVE lost someone to murder so I know exactly how peterlizotte feels.  I also know that is how the family of the prisoner now feels as well.  Their grief is no less severe than his or mine or anyone else’s whose loved one has been murdered.  I’m sure his loved ones are reading these comments and people like you should think about that before hitting the enter button.  To a parent, child or sibling it doesn’t matter what kind of person this man who was murdered was.  All that matters is that they loved him and they hurt.  They aren’t the ones that committed the crimes so how can you or anyone else justify treating them as if they did?

• Centaurmyst

  Unless you have lost a loved one to murder you have no business chastising me.  I HAVE lost someone to murder so I know exactly how peterlizotte feels.  I also know that is how the family of the prisoner now feels as well.  Their grief is no less severe than his or mine or anyone else’s whose loved one has been murdered.  I’m sure his loved ones are reading these comments and people like you should think about that before hitting the enter button.  To a parent, child or sibling it doesn’t matter what kind of person this man who was murdered was.  All that matters is that they loved him and they hurt.  They aren’t the ones that committed the crimes so how can you or anyone else justify treating them as if they did?

• Centaurmyst

  They know what he did but you can’t control who your family is and people love their families.  You can’t help how you feel but you can remember that there is now another family in pain who will likely not get much support or compassion about their loss.  Forgiveness is hard, I know, but if you don’t find a way the anger and resentment can chew you up and spit you out and ruin your life.  Don’t let the crime against your sister continue to victimize your family.  It’s helpful to find a way to build something positive out of your pain and grief…like being a big brother or “adopting” an abandoned elderly person in a nursing home to visit with.

• Centaurmyst

  They know what he did but you can’t control who your family is and people love their families.  You can’t help how you feel but you can remember that there is now another family in pain who will likely not get much support or compassion about their loss.  Forgiveness is hard, I know, but if you don’t find a way the anger and resentment can chew you up and spit you out and ruin your life.  Don’t let the crime against your sister continue to victimize your family.  It’s helpful to find a way to build something positive out of your pain and grief…like being a big brother or “adopting” an abandoned elderly person in a nursing home to visit with.

• Anonymous

  yeah, the golden rule….do unto others as you would want them to do unto you…..but only for those that deserve it….

• Anonymous

  I do not understand the BDN stating that he had consenual sex with one of the women he murdered????  Who said it was consenual???  I am thinking there was only one person (the rapist) alive to say it was consenual.  It was totally uncalled for the print that statement.

• Tax All Liberals

  This is a pretty strong indication that security is rather lax and compromised.

• Anonymous

  i assume that prosecutors would have made that determination pre-trial….

• Anonymous

  Maine … where it’s still legal for brothers to breed with sisters … how else can you explain all these inane comments …

• yowsayowsa1

  I have a sneaking feeling that this murderer/rapist’s family is feeling relieved as well.

   I know that if I were in their position, I would feel a sort of closure to see him gone.

  There’s no place on earth for someone as damaged as he was, no matter how you try to spin it.

• yowsayowsa1

  I have a sneaking feeling that this murderer/rapist’s family is feeling relieved as well.

   I know that if I were in their position, I would feel a sort of closure to see him gone.

  There’s no place on earth for someone as damaged as he was, no matter how you try to spin it.

• Anonymous

  Are you talking about the ones that sneak in drugs and make extra money on the side to pad their own pockets with???   Palease, who are you trying to shove this crap into.  I have visited this place and these people that work their get paid well, and have a choice to be there.  If they choose to do life there then that is their choice. Conditions there are not bad for the workers, that is a new facility.  THEY HAVE A CHOICE!!!!!!

• Anonymous

  Are you talking about the ones that sneak in drugs and make extra money on the side to pad their own pockets with???   Palease, who are you trying to shove this crap into.  I have visited this place and these people that work their get paid well, and have a choice to be there.  If they choose to do life there then that is their choice. Conditions there are not bad for the workers, that is a new facility.  THEY HAVE A CHOICE!!!!!!

• Anonymous

  Are you talking about the ones that sneak in drugs and make extra money on the side to pad their own pockets with???   Palease, who are you trying to shove this crap into.  I have visited this place and these people that work their get paid well, and have a choice to be there.  If they choose to do life there then that is their choice. Conditions there are not bad for the workers, that is a new facility.  THEY HAVE A CHOICE!!!!!!

• Moose

  One less we have to feed. They should have put him on a pile of  brush and let burn there instead of wasting tax payers money in the creamation process. The devil took his sorry a#s to hell for ever..

• Moose

  One less we have to feed. They should have put him on a pile of  brush and let burn there instead of wasting tax payers money in the creamation process. The devil took his sorry a#s to hell for ever..

• Moose

  One less we have to feed. They should have put him on a pile of  brush and let burn there instead of wasting tax payers money in the creamation process. The devil took his sorry a#s to hell for ever..

• Anonymous

  I agree with this 100% and who knows what kind of family he has, what kind of parents would have raised such a monster, they probably werent school teachers and doctors.  More than likely the family isnt that great either.  And if that was my sister or daughter that was murdered I would not give a dam what that family thought or how they felt.  It does not matter, he caused this, and did he think ahead of time, gee if i murder and rape women, are they going to love me in prison.  This man is a skinner and scum, I hope he doesnt rest in peace, hope he works forever shoveling cole in the inferno.

• Anonymous

  I agree with this 100% and who knows what kind of family he has, what kind of parents would have raised such a monster, they probably werent school teachers and doctors.  More than likely the family isnt that great either.  And if that was my sister or daughter that was murdered I would not give a dam what that family thought or how they felt.  It does not matter, he caused this, and did he think ahead of time, gee if i murder and rape women, are they going to love me in prison.  This man is a skinner and scum, I hope he doesnt rest in peace, hope he works forever shoveling cole in the inferno.

• Anonymous

  Don’t worry his family will get well paid and somebody will lose their job(maybe more than one)I worked with someone years ago whose father had alcohol/drug problems.He made it clear his father was dead to him.Then his father died in a fire at a rehab facility set by a resident illegally smoking.Guess what?Out came the crocodile tears and out came a check for $2.3M.Not bad for someone who he wouldn’t have given the time of day to before.

• Anonymous

  Seems someone on the inside didn’t take a fancy to him either. From what I read, guys who hurt women and children are the lowest form of lowlife in prison as well as on the outside.

• Anonymous

  Another one dispatched to hell. He bought his ticket the day he deccided to become a murderer.

• Anonymous

  I agree that they should try to find out who did it, but that will be tough since there will be a distinct shortage of reliable witnesses who could testify. Also, inmates are segregated according to the seriousness of their crimes so it’s pretty unlikely that a petty burglar who will soon be once again among us decided to kill this murderer. Much more likely it was a hardened criminal who is already serving a life term so knew he had nothing left to lose. With no death penalty, how do you make someone like that “pay for what he did?”

• Anonymous

  Thanks for providing a great example of just such an inane comment as you mention.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  still he may have had a family . just because he turned out the badseed doesnt mean his family was bad. some people that mess do come out of good families .

• Anonymous

  Well, the way I see it, his life sentence is now over.

• Anonymous

   The only injustice now it that our tax dollars are being wasted on this investigation.  The guy was a murderer and a rapist.  An eye for an eye!

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  you add another life sentence 

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  that guy who beat miller up is very dangerous and he is a danger to all in the outside world he can do it again 

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Davida-Willette/100000655412147 Davida Willette

  that guy who beat miller up is very dangerous and he is a danger to all in the outside world he can do it again 

• Anonymous

  Christianity says we are to have mercy on all – it also says that we must render to the Caesar’s what is Caesar’s – that means – among other things – if we get break the law we pay the price — his price was prison with people like him – and look what happened.  Also, the law of Christianity is we reap what we sow – he did…..   So, did he get what he deserved?  probably..but another tenet of Christianity is that they believe (myself included) that I daily do not get what I deserve because my Savior paid that price…..

  So, its hard to balance the Christianity thing with this situation…. in this natural life, he reaped what he sowed – but that is not to say that one cannot experience any mercy or compassion – even if it is for his family — certainly – he showed none to his victims — I get that…… its not easy to feel mercy for the wretched…..   to those who say that Christianity is just a crutch to make life/death whatever seem better or whatever…. there’s nothing easy about being merciful in a situation like this….

• Anonymous

  I’m so sorry for you loss- how tragic.

• Anonymous

  I’m so sorry for you loss- how tragic.

• Anonymous

  sorry about your loss – what a horrible thing for you to have to live with.

• Anonymous

  sorry about your loss – what a horrible thing for you to have to live with.

• Anonymous

  I too have lost someone to murder and can say that I would not presume to tell peterlizotte how to think/feel/or react.  There’s a good chance that the family of the man who was killed is not reading these comments right now – and if they are, it would be nice for people to consider them – but if this peterlizotte cannot – maybe you should back off.  I don’t know what this person needs to do to heal (if that is even possible), but I won’t judge them trying to alleviate their pain – they are not attacking the family of the murderer – just stating  how he feels about him…  could it hurt the family – maybe, but let this person be.

• Anonymous

  No Death penalty in Maine…. But this works just fine.

• Anonymous

  No Death penalty in Maine…. But this works just fine.

• Anonymous

  Nothing to see here folks. Just move along….
  One scum removed from society……
  Sorry to be right to the point..

• Anonymous

  Prison justice. Gotta love it.

• Centaurmyst

  First of all…I never told him how to think or feel.  I suggested that he not forget that the family of this inmate are now experiencing the same grief and pain that he felt when he lost his sister.  Reminding people posting on this article that there is an innocent family whose loved one has been murdered is not in any way offensive.  Anyone who seriously believes that to be offensive should ask themselves why and reflect on that before commenting further.

• Centaurmyst

  That may be true or may not be…but parents don’t stop loving their children simply because they have done bad things.  When someone you love is murdered it is far more complex than them simply dying from an illness or accident.  With murder there is a deep feeling of being violated and victimizezd, a powerful sense of injustice, anger, disgust, outrage, hatred and even more.  The fact that this happened in prison actually makes it even worse because there will always be the “how could this happen” question.  There were prison staff and prisoners are supposed to be supervised.  They will always wonder if the guards knew this but just looked the other way.  On top of that, because their family member did terrible things this grieving family will not only get virtually no compassion or sympathy for their pain…they are also very likely to face significant cruelty and possibly even verbal and emotional abuse.  It’s not like the inmate will be seeing any of these comments…so who are they for?  To thank and congratulate a murderer for murdering a murderer?  Sorry, but that just seems sort of messed up.

• http://katahdin.myopenid.com/ FrankC

  GMAFB ! His family had many years of knowing what a slimeball he was, if they even cared.

  Heck, I’m sure  you’re one who  who talks about peoples environment and how that’s the blame etc etc – Well, his family was his messed up environment !

• Anonymous

  Wasn’t there a little part in the Bible about Sodom and Gomorrah, Book of Genesis maybe?
  Just think of the other inmates as fire and brimstone.

• Anonymous

  Right on!  May you find peace, Mr. Lizotte, I am so sorry for your loss.

• Anonymous

  Sorry….but I am not sorry for this guy, & if he were my family I would be sad but relieved….my sympathy to them, also my sympathy to the families of the murdered women.

• Centaurmyst

  Environment can be a contributing factor in some cases, but that’s not always the case.  Sometimes it’s genetics, a brain injury, metal illness or trauma.  Sometimes it can even be a brain tumor.  The bottom line is that quite frequently there are problems that you can’t see that play a part in who a person becomes.  Some problems can be prevented and some can’t.  I’m just someone who cares about the truth and one can’t find the truth unless they keep an open mind.  

• Centaurmyst

  It’s very easy to say how you think you would feel in that situation but unless you have experienced it you don’t know.  Part of my concern for the family of this inmate is because the loved one that I lost had been to jail for essentially being a black out alcoholic that had made some poor choices in friends and was just basically stupid when drinking.  After doing the time and really working hard to turn things around he was murdered while he was saving the lives of several other people during what amounted to a home invasion. He wasn’t doing anything wrong at all when he was killed and he was unarmed. Even though he died a hero the media reported on his criminal background.  Those of us who loved him not only had to grieve the loss but also hateful comments from people that minimized the value of his life simply because he did time in the past.  This happened many years ago yet his children STILL are impacted to this day.  There are scars some carry that will likely never heal.  It would be such a shame for another innocent family to have to go through that kind of pain on top of the grief. 

• HowdyNeighbor

  An eye for an eye. Karma… He had it comin’… God bless his victims’ families. 

• Anonymous

  i understand what you are saying to a point, but to be honest if it were my son that did these things to those women i would be embarrassed and would have disowned him long ago….  it would not bother me that he died in the manner that he did and going through the rest of my life with out him, oh well, he chose to be the sadistic person that he was so why would i feel bad for him.

• Anonymous

  done bad things?  no bad things is telling a lie or stealing or something along those lines… what this THING did was not a bad thing but a evil and sadistic thing.  he raped a women and got a four year sentence for ruining a persons life then you think that might have taught him something but nope the EVIL SADISTIC person decides to come out and do it not once but twice and this time he says i won’t get caught if they can’t tell and kills the two people,  like i said before if it were my son i would be glad that he is gone and i would be calling the other families atleast once a year and apologizing for what my seed had done to there family.

• Anonymous

  Blood in Blood out.

• Anonymous

   Families that have losers like this usually disown them or they should.  Their pain isn’t the same as the pain of an innocent victim’s family.  He caused enough pain in this world and he just got what was coming to him.

• Anonymous

  Finally, some common sense; families really do disown losers that kill people.

• Anonymous

  Guess what, there are quite a few at MSP who are dangerous. Yet the extreme liberals think that they can be trusted in general population and can be punished by a time out.

• Anonymous

   All the details are not out yet. But if it was a young punk maybe he was forced into it. I don’t think this was a bare handed beating. I think it was fast and swift. Probably took less than 5 seconds. What if said punk was being raped and beaten by this man in the cell they shared, looking at it that way does the punk look like a monster now? Just some different ways to look at it. Sometimes you have to protect yourself no mater what has to be done. 

• Anonymous

  So do the inmates. They could have chosen not to commit the crimes they are convicted of.

• yowsayowsa1

   Ah…yes.

   If only DHHS could have gotten involved earlier in his childhood.
   

• yowsayowsa1

   It is a sad situation, but who made it that?
   We all are responsible for our actions and some like this man will pay the ultimate price.

   It’s time you “social services” folks start teaching your clients that the decisions made today will surely affect what happens in the future. 

• Anonymous

  We don’t really understand what goes on in warren prison but what we do know is all prisoners are there for a reason and it is not usually for something good they have done. I am sorry someone died, I don’t know him and don’t care too. Maybe everyone that is concerned over this killing should also be concerned with the CO’s( correctional officer) that work there, hours have been cut, short cuts are taking place, prisoners are being mixed together to save money, solitary cost to much so lets just take away a T.V. if they become out of control, I am all about saving money for the state but at what expense, next the comissioner will be dealing with the death of a CO that is just trying to do his job without the help they should have.  Maybe this man was killed because  there wasn’t enough help on that day because of all the cut backs lets just play the BLAME game.

• Anonymous

  We really don’t know what goes on in the warren prison and probable do not want to. What I do know is that  the  the prison has also become unsafe for the CO’s (Correctional officers) also they want to play the BLAME game who’s to blame. I am all for saving the state money but at what cost, next they are going to have to be dealing with  the death of a CO. They are short handed prisoners are being mixed together and solitary is not being used as much because it cost to much money. Lets just take away their T.V.  when they become out of control, what don’t they understand about why most of those prisoners are there. I didn’t know the man killed and don’t care too. He  didn’t deserve to die the way he did but he was a prisoner for a reason. Maybe we should send some of these liberals and the ones that sit in a office and decide what goes on in this prison down to take care of these prisoners for a week and see if they change their minds about some of the changes they have decided on. I’m sure they would LOVE to.

• newportres

  And the really extreme ones wont let us kill the ones who should never be released amongst us.

• Anonymous

  What comes around goes around. I do feel for his family but he did not care about the 2 womans families now did he. I’m sure they know who beat him up and I’m sure someone will get charged. It came full circle for him and  I would bet he rubbed someone the wrong way in there or it was a friend of his victim who seeked out revenge.

• Anonymous

  Hey, he was serving a life sentence. No one from the state said how long his life would last. Sentence served.

• Centaurmyst

  Your comment proves my point that the pain and grief of the inmate’s family will be minimized and treated as if it is someone less relevant, significant or real.  

• Centaurmyst

  The person who committed the crimes is dead.  That person’s family did NOT commit any crimes.  They didn’t cause this any more than the brother of the woman the inmate killed caused it.  

• Centaurmyst

  So what did the inmates’ family and loved ones do to not deserve sympathy and compassion for their grief and pain?  

• Anonymous

  I might dare to say your wrong.  This is totally wrong that the prison that has cameras can not figure out who did this.  Its rude 

• Anonymous

  Liberals think he should be fed at tax earner’s expense. I say and eye for an eye.  Put the 35K a year into something that better serves us then their weak consciences .
   Liberals are slowly tying our competitive hands behind our backs in the world of commerce with their ideals……………..

• Anonymous

    Any family member of mine that committed a rape/ murder sure wasn’t worried about the affect that would have on the rest of the family. Why would I be loyal at that point?
  Blood doesn’t run that strongly in my ideals

• Anonymous

    Any family member of mine that committed a rape/ murder sure wasn’t worried about the affect that would have on the rest of the family. Why would I be loyal at that point?
  Blood doesn’t run that strongly in my ideals

• Anonymous

    Any family member of mine that committed a rape/ murder sure wasn’t worried about the affect that would have on the rest of the family. Why would I be loyal at that point?
  Blood doesn’t run that strongly in my ideals

• Anonymous

    Any family member of mine that committed a rape/ murder sure wasn’t worried about the affect that would have on the rest of the family. Why would I be loyal at that point?
  Blood doesn’t run that strongly in my ideals

• Anonymous

  sounds like a mother of a criminal to me wanting to look anywhere else rather then accountability 

• Anonymous

  Don’t be so quick to lump all liberals together, you would consider me one based on the majority of my views, but I say let the punishment fit the irrefutable crime. This man was a serial rapist and murderer, who would have continued if not stopped, capital punishment would have been an appropriate option in my opinion, and while I don’t like that he might have suffered for a month before his death, I won’t loose sleep over it because clearly he didn’t when he caused unknown amounts of pain to those two women. And if 35K a year is what it costs to house people like this, well I too think that money should go somewhere else, like education, where it will be spent making people into valuable, contributing members of society.

• yowsayowsa1

   And as I originally said I suspect they are relieved to see him gone.

• yowsayowsa1

   I’ll repeat;

  “There’s no place on earth for someone as damaged as he was, no matter how you try to spin it.”

• Anonymous

  Then you and I are on the same page. As far as my comment I am sticking to it. The US is losing it’s competitive edge to this crap. I see it everywhere I look lately.  I am not a close minded die hard Rightest either.  I just don’t see how we can fund Utopia any longer.

• Anonymous

  thanks for the lesson in christianity 101….my initial comment was made tongue in cheek….and i’m not buying your caesar theory……

• Anonymous

  you missed my point….can you quote a passage in the gospels in which “deserve” is a litmus test for those who should receive sympathy and compassion? 

• Anonymous

  paid well? are you kidding? theres no such thing anymore, budget cuts, and cost of healthcare & living means most have nothing left in their checking account after paying their bills. let alone having a life outside of the workplace. and I can’t believe BDN removed my comment.. there was nothing wrong with it..