12-17-2014, 12:11 PM
(12-17-2014, 11:12 AM)Maggot Wrote: These nuts know what they did was wrong sometimes its the best way for them and hoping he is alive so people can ask why and send them through the system and house them after is just stupid. I'm glad he offed himself. It saves a ton of money and lets the relatives grieve and not have to relive the tragedy.
Yeah, I agree there probably wasn't much to be learned from Stone and his surviving family members may be able to start healing more quickly with him dead. Plus, choosing to take his own life saved the taxpayers a lot of money in court and incarceration costs.
Some more info about Stone was just released: Stone had 3 DUIs over the last 15 years, had been in treatment for PTSD as a result of his 8 years and injuries suffered as a combat Marine in Iraq, and was fighting for custody of his 5 and 8 year old daughters when he decided to wipe out an entire family.
I think the judge made a good decision not putting his little girls in his care; obviously, the man was disturbed and dangerous. He should not have had a gun, but I bet the VMCA did not report the PTSD to NICS authorities and, therefore, he would have passed a background check. The gun-ownership part of the story hasn't been covered in the news I've read yet.
So, my precious daughters -- Merry Christmas, from dad: I killed your mom, your grandma, your great grandma, your aunt, your uncle, your cousin, and....your dad. Awful for his two daughters.
Stone himself was recently remarried and had a third small child.
Ref: http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/12...bled-past/