Mom beats kids to death, steps in front of truck

[JayS]

Sept. 24, 2003, 2:17PM
Mom beats kids to death, steps in front of truck
Associated Press
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2117936




LAS VEGAS -- A woman bought a baseball bat and bludgeoned her two children to death, then stepped into the path of a truck in an apparent suicide attempt, authorities said today.

*SNIP*

Monahan would not disclose the contents of a one-page note found in the two-room apartment where Ewing's husband discovered the bodies of his children, 8-year-old Phillip and 4-year-old Julie, when he arrived home from work Tuesday.

However, the police lieutenant said the note "left little doubt it was her intention to take the children's lives."

"There is evidence that she was in the depths of a deep depression," Monahan said.

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[RoeBear]

1. I'll contact CO and see if we...

...can call a truce.

[demsrule4life]

2. This mayhem will stop

only when we can ban hands.

[DoNotRefill]

3. If only there was a waiting period....

for baseball bats, this wouldn't have happened...

Sound familiar?

[1a2b3c]

4. No but....

If you outlaw baseball bats only criminals will own baseball bats. :-)

[DoNotRefill]

5. And then...

the Anti-baseball bat crowd will start referring to golf clubs and hockey sticks as baseball bats, and there'll be a "sporting-goods store loophole"... ;-)

[LastDemInIdaho]

6. Ban baseball bats and trucks now!

I'm sure Wayne would agree that fewer baseball bats and trucks would reduce the level of violent deaths in this country.

[CO Liberal]

7. Here's a Challenge For You Pro-Gunners

The next time you find a current story about a murder-suicide involving a baseball bat and a truck, post it. The next time I find a story about a murder-suicide involving a gun, I'll post it.

I'm sure I won't have to search as long as you do.

[Muddleoftheroad]

8. Suicides

Actually most suicides don't get written about because family members don't seek it. But the anti-gun folks are on a mission and promote gun suicide stories as much as possible.

[CO Liberal]

9. No One is "Promoting" Suicide Stories

They're just out there. All the stories I've posted lately were in the News section of Google - all I searched on were "gun", "guns", and "shooting".