Five years ago on Christmas’s Eve
(24 December 2007), six people were murdered in Carnation, Washington. I will
give the information from Wikipedia, before giving my comments and condolences
to the grieving family.
Sara Van Wyk and Pam Mantle
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The Carnation
Massacre was a mass murder that occurred on December 24, 2007, near Carnation,
Washington, a small rural town 25 miles east of Seattle. The murders took place
in the home of Wayne Scott Anderson and Judy Anderson. Six people were killed:
- Wayne Scott Anderson, 60, a Boeing engineer
- Judy Anderson, 61, postal worker, and wife of Wayne Scott Anderson
- Scott Anderson
- Erica Anderson, wife of Scott
- Olivia Anderson, 6-year old daughter of Scott and Erica
- Nathan Anderson, 3-year old son of Scott and Erica
Arrested
and indicted as the perpetrators of the killings were Michele Kristen Anderson
and her boyfriend, Joseph Thomas McEnroe, both aged 29. Michelle is the sister
of Scott Anderson. Investigators have not pinpointed a motive for the slayings,
but believe that a dispute over money may have led to the killings. The
suspects waived their right to appear in court. Court papers say they have
admitted the killing.
According
to official documents, Michele shot her father, and her brother and
sister-in-law. According to the Seattle Times, if Michele Anderson is
convicted, she may become the first woman in Washington State's history to
receive the death penalty.
QUOTE: Sara Van
Wyk has changed from being opposed to the death penalty to a strong supporter.
In 2007, six members of her family including her sister Erica Anderson were
murdered in Carnation, Wash. The accused murderers confessed and one even asked
that she be put to death. Yet, nearly 4 years later the case still has not gone
to trial. The defense bill to date is $3.2 million.
“When you
lose a loved one so quickly and tragically without any warning” says Van
Wyk. "There’s no way to factor the cost.” [Thursday 1 September 2011]
AUTHOR: Sara Van Wyk and Pam Mantle - Inside Mantle's Snohomish (U.S state of
Washington) home, framed photos of Olivia and Nathan sit next to the television
and on the kitchen counter, inches from a stack of Christmas cards and rows of
fresh-baked chocolate-chip cookies. The photos are among the few images Mantle
has left of the children who were slain on Christmas Eve two years ago (2007).
Olivia, 5, Nathan, 3, and their parents, Erica and Scott Anderson, were among
six people shot to death at the Carnation-area home of Scott's parents, Wayne
and Judy Anderson, who also were killed in one of the state's worst mass
slayings. Erica was Mantle's daughter. Michele Anderson, 31, Scott's sister and
the daughter of Wayne and Judy Anderson, and her former boyfriend, Joseph
McEnroe, 31, have been charged in the killings. Mantle and her daughter, Sara
Van Wyk, say they are flooded with memories of Erica, Scott and the children.
But only recently have they been willing to sit down and talk about the deaths
and their impact on their family.
COMMENTS
& CONDOLENCES:
Sara Van Wyk and Pam
Mantle, I am sorry for your losses. Like every other victims’ families who are
in favor of the ultimate punishment, I support and pray for you all. I hope
this blog here will comfort you. Sara Van Wyk, I like you was a former opponent
of the death penalty, but the murder of Sally Anne Bowman and Amrozi’s
execution (together with several other reasons) transformed me to a strong
supporter of the death penalty.
I do not trust the
abolitionist group, ‘WCADP’. If they claim that the death penalty is too expensive,
they are not honest at all. Even if the death penalty is eliminated, life
without parole will become more expensive and they will ask for it to be
abolished next. You can learn more here (Please also see the Californian Death Penalty Cost).
When
Cal Coburn Brown was executed in Washington on 10 September 2010, the victims’
families were satisfied that justice was served. Serial Killer, Robert Lee Yates is another Death Row inmate that most people want to see him die. If you
want to see the death penalty retain in your State, ask prosecutors, police
association and any victims’ rights group to start a campaign similar to Vote No on Proposition 34 in California.
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