Johnny S. Clarke & Lisa Straub- young Ohio couple murdered

[Snoopy]

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I shall not judge, but the police records do say, that his mother was into stuff, and the police records, do NOT say that her (Lisa's) parents were at all. I am sorry, but as parents we do set examples for our children. I will be the first to say that my own mother was a meth addict, and we suffered the casualties of her choices. Most of us made better choices in our lives, yet my younger brother did get hooked up on Crack, and died just a few years ago from over dose on this drug.

So, if you were to die horribly, at the hands of brutal thugs, who did not know your parents, would it be appropriate to blame your Mother? How about comparing your Mother to your spouse's Mother in an effort to place blame? Don't you think it makes more sense to rightly focus on the THUGS WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME?


Make no mistake, the only people responsible for this crime are the ones who chose to commit it. Texas born and raised, I am all about the death penalty and pray that comes to those who committed this crime. Regardless of their upbringing, I do not feel the death penalty is "vengeance" nor do I see it in biblical terms. to me it what is effective. Face it, Ted Bundy was in jail when he broke out and killed more people. Obviously, that is not effective. Since he has been executed, how many has he killed???? NONE Now that is effective!!!

my brother died by his own hand- no one made choices for him. Those of us that loved him, are just a mere casualty of the choices he made. I do not blame my mother directly, nor do I fail to wonder if he would of made better choices without her influence to guide him. It is what it is. At the end of the day, that is all it is.

and for the record, I do not blame Maytee one way or the other, I could personally careless, Not my business really. I have not ever met her, nor do I know her. Her record shows that she has embraced some challenges in her life that perhaps, were not the best challenges for her children to see nor embrace in their own lives. You take that for what you will. As I said, my own brother may have followed a path into drugs without my mother's influence,or with it- who knows really?, how would any one know? But for you to tie this to this situation to Maytee is on you, because I never implied that it meant anything beyond my own experience within my own family. And I would not take it personal and walk around with it if I were you and had choice. It is what it is, and that is simply all it is! nothing more!