I found this online a long time ago and never had time to get a login to comment back on this thread and now I do.
First I want to say I am a family member and know the people you speak of.
I completely understand the line of thinking here in this thread and why some of you may have questions about band rivalry, the daughter and what possible motives there may be that lead to such a terrible crime that has affected so many people and haunt them to this day.
I want you to know that yes, while you may believe that "the daughter" had something to do with this crime and you can't believe how she could have not been hurt by the person who killed her father and step mother OR that she could have slept through the whole thing I want you to know something:
This young lady loved her father very much. She was very very close to him and he was not only her father but a friend as well. If you only knew what it has taken her to try and move on with a "normal life" after having discovered the bodies in the home and being terrified for her life - as she did not know if the person was still in the home or if she would later become a target since the circumstances of the crime are unknown has been more than difficult for her.
Now, to answer why she does not have blogs and things posted up all over the web- it goes back to being so traumatized from the death of her father and how it completely changed her life and how he has not been there to see major and important events in her life. She also does not have a lot of time to spend on the computer and has dealt with this trauma in more constructive ways- by living life to the fullest and being the best person she could ever be, which is exactly what her father would have wanted. She loved him and her step mother so much and you can't imagine what this has done to her and how strong she has had to be. Can you imagine being the brunt of suspicion and having to live with that- and also with the horrific images that have stained her memory?
Also, I wanted to say that I have lived with "the daughter" and I can assure you she is a VERY hard sleeper. She can sleep through a train going through the living room and several family members can testify to that. She has always been a hard sleeper. Even in the time following her father's death she was a hard sleeper- when she could sleep- since insomnia sometimes set in.
To this very day my own family in my household is very careful about bolting and locking doors and we are almost paranoid about answering the door to strangers. We have taught our children to fear opening the door and to call the police if there are any strange sounds outside. It is not that we fear someone coming after us, but this sort of thing will scar a person in a way that it is hard to recover from. My spouse has become a very light sleeper and we sleep with weapons by our side because this thing is not something you can just "get over" no matter how long time has passed.
It is our prayer that one day we will find out who killed Charlie and Kathy and WHY they did it.
Charlie was a brilliant musician and was a musical genius. They left behind a very young daughter and several step daughters who will never have their father walk them down the aisle or rock his grandchildren to sleep at night. It is heartbreaking.
His eldest daughter who was there that night and who survived for some miracle of God is a beautiful woman of God and we love her very very much.
I have never told her I found this thread, and it would break her heart even further. She misses her dad every single day and she has had to go on with her life and move past this unimaginable horror.
Charlie's band members loved him and thought the world of him. They were so thankful to know him and they have never been the same. None of them were able to continue with their musical dreams because how can you recover from such a tragedy? Charlie wasn't just a band member, he was family, he was their mentor and dear friend.
Kathy was a woman who loved her little girl and it is so sad she has had to grow up without her mother there to tell her all the things she should know about being a woman or boys or any nuggets of wisdom.
All the girls loved Kathy like a mother and they always got along well with her and had fun with her.
I do have suspicions as to what has happened and it has been shared with the police and still there are leads, but no answers.
Please keep this family in your prayers. For now these children have grown without their loved ones and Charlie and Kathy have never been forgotten by the hearts of their parents and all their numerous friends, family, and fans.
So, God- if you're listening up in heaven to my thoughts while I write this in cyber space, please help everyone find closure as to what has happened....please.
Thank you for reading everyone and God bless.