I’ve got zucchini bread in the oven. It came from my parents’ garden. I told my Dad that I’d make them some. I was given 2 large zucchini (is there a plural to this?) and my Mom told me it would make a lot. I really think it will make 8 loaves total. Just given what I already know. 
Anyway, while that’s baking, I thought I’d take a moment to blog.
I know there is evil in this world. Unfortunately. However, I just can’t fathom myself ever harming another person- in any way, shape, or form. Are some people made to be that way? Has society played a role in it? I can’t imagine it, I really can’t.
A little over a week ago, a man not far from here went missing. His roommates told police that he just up and left. I guess as they were talking to the roommates, they began to suspect foul play. I’ve read two different articles in the paper about it- one last Saturday (after they found a body and were going to do an autopsy) and then one yesterday, after more of the story was being released to the media.
Two men and a woman are in jail right now. One of the men and the woman are 20 years old. The other man is 25. He is the one who wants a quick and speedy trial so he can go back to prison. Yes, that is correct. He was just released from a correctional facility about 3-ish months ago, and now wants this over with so he can go back.
The man that they killed, he was letting them stay in his apartment. First, it was the woman, whom he introduced to his family as the woman he was dating for only a month. She then introduced him to the two men. This man would do anything for anyone, to help them out. But from what I have read, I think he had enough of them, and had asked them to leave prior to them murdering him.
We don’t know the why yet, but they did hurt him. Then, bound him when he was still alive, drove to another house where one of the murderers has been to before, grabbed some tools, and tool this innocent man out into the country. They placed a bag over him and hit him with the tools. The woman egged the two men on, saying they hit like girls. She’s the one who told them to place the man in a fetal position in a shallow grave. They placed cornstalks and dirt over the grave and left.
The two men returned a day later with paint thinner that one of them had stolen from a hardware store. They dug up the grave and poured it over the body. The coroner has said that the man has burns consistent to what they have said.
How could anyone do that to someone? You may not like them, but is harming them, killing them the answer? The obvious answer to that one is no. I just don’t understand it. Not only is it morally and ethically wrong, but the Bible also tells us it is wrong. How can someone do that and think it’s okay? Did they not grow up believing in what is taught to us in the Bible? Did they not have people in their lives that taught them right from wrong? Maybe those two questions are where the answer lies.
I didn’t know this man who was murdered, but someone lost a brother, a son, a father, a friend. Unfortunately, it goes on every day in our world. I do know that there are still good people out there- because I know quite a bit of them. However, it means we need to be more careful about what we do, who we know.
I don’t have children of my own yet, so tonight when I see my nephews, I’ll hug them. Give them more kisses, to show them that I love them and will always be looking out for them.
