More info - very sad

[eviltammy]

I called the coroner's office to tell them about the last people she lived with, who tried to shake her down for money and pills after they kicked her out and to ask about when they would release the body. And they told me how she died.

She was murdered. Strangled. They do have someone in custody too.

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100426/articles/100429764

My uncle is going to pay for a funeral - he bought her a plot back when her father died - he had to buy uncle Jay's plot too and went ahead and got her one.

[sigh]

I did go by the motel she stayed in and told them. They had seen the article, but knew her better under her ex-husband's last name and were very upset. She was a huge PITA, but she was also very sweet and made friends easily. One woman there said she had known her for 15 years.

I need to get her clothes out of the car and see if she's got anything nice to be buried in.

I don't think I've ever known anyone who was killed violently. One of my best friends died in a car wreck back when I was in Fayetteville, but mostly it's been illnesses and natural causes. It just hurts to think that she was scared and hurting when she went.

I am okay, just very sad. My therapist called to check on me, before I found out, and then I called her back and talked for a few minutes.

Comments

[lasairfhiona.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. Violent deaths always leave a lot of questions.

{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Of course you're sad. You wanted her to change, to live, to have a good life, and she just couldn't get herself straightened out.

I'm so sorry it ended for her like this.

[elismor.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, Tam. :(

[rainbow.livejournal.com]

*fierce hugs*

Oh, T, I'm so sorry she had such a traumatic passing.

I'm glad they have someone in custody.

That's lovely of your uncle to pay her funeral costs, and to have gotten her a grave.

*hugs and love and vibes*

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

It's awful when someone you know is murdered - I'm at 4, though none were as close to me as your cousin was. [HUGS] It's going to take time and I'm glad you have your therapist checking on you. [MORE HUGS]