Over a year ago, a friend of mine lost her 35-year-old daughter. She was murdered by her ex-husband because of a custody dispute regarding their 6 year old little girl. Now, my friend, who was grandmother to this girl, is acting as her mother and raising her. It was always inconceivable to me how this could happen to someone I know.
On Saturday night, my husband's cousin and his wife got into an argument. Alcohol was involved. There are many different versions being told of what happened. The facts we know are: 1) Cousin was shot 2) Wife did the shooting 3) Daughter, 5 years old, called 911. We've been told that the daughter was a witness, and that she was also very nearby when it happened--near enough that she could have also been killed.
Wife admitted that she was trying to kill Cousin. She was in jail, but posted bond and was released yesterday. Cousin had reconstructive surgery on his jaw today and the doctors are still unsure of the prognosis. They are doing a CAT scan on him tonight to find out if there are still bullet fragments lodged somewhere in his head.
Legal guardianship of daughter is basically up for grabs. Her grandmother, my mother-in-law's sister, can't have guardianship because her husband has a criminal record. Wife's mother is a drug addict, and her father committed suicide about a year ago. So, my husband's parents are driving 13 hours tomorrow to go fight for legal guardianship of Daughter.
It always amazes me that I tend to think of life as a straight line, but it is really a series of twists, turns, and falling off cliffs.
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