Jump to content
We Keep Receipts

Family killed in murder-suicide missed Father's Day visit

By We Keep Receipts in Current Events and Hot Social Topics

 Share

4 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

We Keep Receipts Grand Master

We Keep Receipts   9,238

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Timeline
Posted

http://news.yahoo.com/4-bodies-found-utah-home-apparent-murder-suicide-143041448.html

ROY, Utah (AP) — A Utah man shot and killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself on Father's Day, stunning neighbors and relatives who said the family missed an outing that day but otherwise showed no outward signs that anything was amiss.

The wife's brother found their bodies Sunday night after going to check on the family at their home on a quiet, suburban street in Roy, a city of about 38,000 roughly 30 miles north of Salt Lake City.

Police identified the family as Russell Smith, 29; his wife, Shawna Smith, 26; and their children, 6-year-old daughter Tylee and 2-year-old son Blake.

Police believe Russell Smith shot the others and himself, said Lt. Kevin Smith, who is not related to the family. Investigators talked to family members and were trying to uncover a motive.

Sheila Pruitt, Shawna Smith's mother, said her son-in-law had hunting weapons, but there were no signs of violence before the deaths. The family was supposed to go over to his parents' house Sunday but never made it, said Pruitt, who lives in Tacoma, Washington.

Why can't these people leave their families out of it when they decide to kill themselves?

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” – Coretta Scott King

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge." -Toni Morrison

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

President-Obama-jpg.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
iwannaplay54 Proficient

iwannaplay54   985

Posted
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Indonesia
 Timeline
Posted

The Smiths had a large trampoline in their backyard covered in a safety net, and they flew an American flag on a pole in their tidy front yard.

Call the governor. Pass a law. Take that flag out of public buildings.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,309

Posted
Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
 Timeline
Posted

Why can't these people leave their families out of it when they decide to kill themselves?

No kidding. How utterly senseless.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

Link to comment
Share on other sites
 

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
- Back to Top -

Important Disclaimer: Please read carefully the Visajourney.com Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service you should not access or view any page (including this page) on VisaJourney.com. Answers and comments provided on Visajourney.com Forums are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Visajourney.com does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. VisaJourney.com does not condone immigration fraud in any way, shape or manner. VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you.
×
×
  • Create New...