HS classmate was murdered last night

tara g

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Found out today that a girl I went to school with up until I moved away my senior year was killed last night by another person I went to school with who was two grades ahead - he shot her to death in her home.

Its quite surreal to find out something like that. The victim was only 22. She was the nicest person you would ever meet - she didn't care what type of crowd you were in, she was kind to everyone. Her family used to bring their car to my dad for repairs and he said her entire family was that way. Of anyone that I'd guess something like that would happen to, she wouldn't even be on the list.

Its also shocking to know that I went to school with someone who was capable of murdering an innocent person - for what reasons, all of us are unsure of. It's been crazy seeing everyone's facebook statuses - the many of us who no longer live in the quiet town we all grew up in just stunned by this, (there'd been maybe 3 murders in the last 50 years that any of us have known about in that town) and that someone so full of life with so much going for her had life cut short.

Kind of depressing. RIP Alyssa
 

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I am so sorry - I lost a friend to murder 2.5 years ago - it really is one of the hardest things to deal with. If you need a friend, I am just a PM away.

 

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Murder is such a hard thing to understand.

The daughter of one of my favorite college professors, about my age, was murdered by her daughter a few years ago. She was the last person you would have expected to have an experience like that. And, oddly enough, she should have known her daughter had problems; she was a psychologist!
 

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What a terrible story. I am so sorry for the young girl's family. I am sure they are in shock.
 

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I'm so sorry about your friend


Yesterday was 3 years since my best friend Tammy was murdered. Its such a horrible and shocking thing to deal with.

May she RIP
 
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The news updated the story again, the murderer was her ex boyfriend, who was unstable - he kept telling friends he wanted to be with her again and marry her. So tragic. Her father was out of town, coming home to that news must be devastating.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/2...rough-woman-22
 

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What a small world, my co-worker's daughter was friends with Alyssa and she told me the story this morning.

How sad. What a shock to her parents.

RIP Alyssa.
 
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