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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 09:33 AM Mar 2014

Courtney Cash, grandniece of Johnny Cash, found dead in a box

(CNN) -- Courtney Cash, the grandniece of musician Johnny Cash, was found dead in a box in her home in Tennessee, and a friend is charged in her death, according to Putnam County sheriff's officials.

Wayne Gary Masciarella, who is in custody, is charged with first-degree murder, and more charges are expected, Sheriff David Andrews told CNN.

Masciarella apparently had gone out Tuesday night with Cash and her boyfriend, William Austin Johnson. The couple lived together, and when all three returned to the apartment early Wednesday, there was an altercation. Cash and Johnson were both stabbed, officials say.

Johnson managed to get away from the apartment and gave a statement to investigators at a local hospital.

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/20/justice/johnny-cash-grandniece-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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Courtney Cash, grandniece of Johnny Cash, found dead in a box (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2014 OP
OMG! This is horrible! May she rest in peace. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #1
She had a 20-month-old daughter, who was there jsr Mar 2014 #5
Can we just stop naming people Wayne by now? AngryAmish Mar 2014 #2
Or giving them three names frazzled Mar 2014 #3
In this country, most people have three names anyway Cirque du So-What Mar 2014 #6
It is already a huge list jsr Mar 2014 #4
Damn! No kidding. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #7
Did the murderer kill her just to watch her die? Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #8
You do know this is an actual person, right? ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #9
Yes, if I wanted to really be callous, I would have said, "Maybe this means Roseanne Cash will... Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #10

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
3. Or giving them three names
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 10:00 AM
Mar 2014

I hate to laugh at anything connected to a tragedy so horrible, but you do have a point!

Cirque du So-What

(25,938 posts)
6. In this country, most people have three names anyway
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 11:41 AM
Mar 2014

but if you commit a heinous crime, you're gonna be tagged with all three names forevermore - kinda like early childhood, when most kids find out they *have* a middle name.

 

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)
10. Yes, if I wanted to really be callous, I would have said, "Maybe this means Roseanne Cash will...
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 12:08 PM
Mar 2014

finally write an interesting song"

In all seriousness, I do find this to be a tragic event.

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