I just thought we should all remember who the real victims are in this crime.
While Fred might have found it taxing and difficult raising her own wayward son, I can guarantee it is nowhere near as difficult as it is for Lenny, Judy, Geneva, Gary's mom and Hazel's mom to wake up every single morning with the knowledge they will never see their children again.
JMO
I don't think any of us feel that way, nor forget the pain of the families of the deceased, at least I don't, Raisin. In order to understand things, sometimes I look at them from the viewpoint of the other person. What were these people like as children, teens, what were their interests, were they loaners, has any other folks gone missing that they knew well? I can still feel pain for the R, M, & G families, but attempt to understand their killers, too. Were they born this way? Are they psychopaths? Do they all have ASPD? Were the two brothers bullied into this by their father? Whose idea was it? I want to know those things. I like to try and figure out what makes folks do what they do. Is there a bad sector on their hard drive? Nature? Nurture?
WS Rules and Etiquette, does include victims as both family members of the victims, and the family members of the suspects. FW and RN, according to WS, TOS, would not be considered victims. They had some role in this. I believe that FW & RW, could probably have ended this a long time ago, and I feel no sympathy for their plight (Reader called out the liars, and said they'd be charged if they didn't step up). I do feel sympathy, most especially, for the children, in the W family, who will have this attached to their name, through no fault of their own. GW3, AW, GW4, and JW made them victims too. S lost her entire family, both paternal and maternal, in 2 1/2 years. B has lost his entire paternal side. I hope that they are with someone who they know, and who loves them.
