Man on deathbed confesses to murder of mother and daughter after 24 years

A man from West Virginia confessed to murdering a mother and her daughter after 24 years. The 82-year-old man was on his deathbed when he revealed the confession.
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[@zaynsprmcy6421]

shallow grave? on the property they lived?? on the property he owned? they didn’t even try.

[@RealYin5294]

Not only that, but their bodies were on the basement floor for 2 days. Almost seems like they never even checked around the house that they lived in??

[@marrami2059]

Listen to some crime podcast. I’m not surprised anymore on how lazy police detectives can be. You literally need to go after them with the media to put pressure on them.

[@fengzheng7344]

Shameful.

[@Lucivius27]

Why would they suspect the good white man citizen?

[@d1scopotato222]

I'll second that statement, absolutely pathetic.

[@marygoff3332]

They lived on his property, and he wasn't a suspect immediately?

[@mikhelBrown]

If he were *'Black'* the Feds would've moved heaven and earth to solve the case decades ago.

[@iveyhealth2266]

@@mikhelBrown Facts!!!

[@jamiezenichi1017]

Law enforcement people are not very smart. People go missing and the first thing they say is maybe they ran away.

[@0lillyzone386]

The story is somewhat not adding up. I mean, they lived in his property at the time both women went missing. The police should have done a proper search.

[@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300]

@@mikhelBrownexactly. He was allowed to get away with it. Just like trump is being allowed to do what he does talkin back to the judge going after the judges daughter. There is no law for them period.

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

So the killer lived undiscovered, undisturbed, and happily until his death, what an unfair world

[@redblue5140]

If you think people who do stuff like this are happy, you are delusional 🤣

[@seemenowly]

@@redblue5140 if you think they aren’t then you are delusional

[@Omnicis]

@@redblue5140That’s an incorrect usage of delusion, not even a constructive criticism at his proposition, blurting an insult for the sake of your own amusement? I’d say you’re probably around this particular low class of personalization.

[@dakupenndragon810]

If you think this guy is the only one to do such a thing, that’s delusional. People are the worst thing to happen to the world.

[@IlIIIllIII]

Not sure if it was entirely happily, he might’ve been paranoid

[@greenranger9428]

"Search is over!". You kidding me!? They never searched

[@Nightdreaux22647]

They claim and said job done 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@ryuno2097]

​@@Nightdreaux22647they gave themselves a pat on the back and celebrated. 😂

[@GamingKing545]

when i lived in wv they didnt care about anything

[@badnacho1428]

Law enforcement 🥴

[@Der.Geschichtenerzahler]

And they were white

[@emiilyjaane7]

Both Women ??? You mean a woman and a CHILD ?! He shouldn't have to confess on his death bed ! Police should have solved this case 24 years ago!!!! What a coward!!

[@owenb8636]

Seriously. Confessing on your death bed is so low. Take your punishment like a man

[@dudebro91-fn7rz]

​@@owenb8636 Would you prefer if he said nothing in the case remained unsolved ?

[@MYZZ56]

Evil guy

[@nessmarroquin5717]

🎯🎯🎯

[@linzeeerinwoodz]

im so bothered they called the child a woman …🤢

[@sbss924]

I think he is lying about being robbed. I think he did something to the little girl and the mother found out.

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

Probably.

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

The money story was a lie.

[@brooklynbest123]

He had no reason to lie at that point

[@scottsurvival6960]

​@@brooklynbest123Right. Why would he confess if the story is a lie? I mean anything is possible, but there is no reason to doubt him as far as I'm aware.

[@av98]

Maybe to protect someone else. He wants to take care of that person post death. ​@@brooklynbest123

[@LamarA-bq1zz]

He still a POS! I'm not buying the money missing story.

[@JohnnytNatural]

It may be missing but I bet you it was someone else and he killed 2 innocent persons, very tragic

[@user-nq8vm2iv9v]

probably a predator.

[@tonydanger9696]

he hide the bodies for a reason. Otherwhise he woukd have called the cops. He can fool the law, but he can not fool himself

[@thesecretshade]

Abusers will create stories. It's a lie

[@jrviade85]

you cannot buy money anyway you use money to buy other things 😎🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@Beep-Boop101]

Kind of all pointless now, no justice , incompetent police , no closure.

[@betchface752]

Exactly…

[@dryhumorfoe8275]

The little girls father now has closure and he will have a grave to visit. The killer died without being punished, but he is dead and the father no longer has to worry about where his child is. That's all that matters now and if you think that is pointless, you have no empathy. Period.

[@BrainWorm4president2024]

What about the afterlife? lol. Religous people just can't seem to make up their minds on the finality of death.

[@Bbc418]

@@BrainWorm4president2024oh for sure he will get judgement in the afterlife!

[@UrNameIsToby]

@@BrainWorm4president2024 they believe in Easter Bunny and related fairy tales. .....Pretty safe to say those weakminded dont matter

[@jamiegallier2106]

How was this not solved 23 years ago?

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

Small town police incompetence. You’d be shocked at how inexperienced and incompetent police forces are in many small towns.

[@fosfan48]

​@Jamietheroadrunner plus a lot of small town police have big egos and dont ask for outside help when they need it.

[@riyahworld]

@@fosfan48 They shouldn’t even have needed outside help for this though. 😢

[@dilekavan5796]

If you don't want to you never solve it. There is a difference Looking and Seeing

[@Sea-Bass]

@@Jamietheroadrunnerwhat would be your excuse for Chicago, I think there were at least nine shootings so far this weekend, do you think all those are going to get solved?

[@icturner23]

How could the cops not find fresh shallow graves behind a house from which two people had gone missing?!

[@snooze821]

24 years ago he was some 60 year old unassuming old man. In murder cases like this the police spending 99% of their investigation again the father while all the other leads go stale around them.

[@bambinaforever1402]

They never searched. I bet they decided she just ran away from a bad husband

[@beenhog6922]

Its West Virginia 😂

[@skoden1313]

Because they're inept

[@KaladinDarkEyes]

The clip was really confusing I think they lived in a rental property owned by the killer, he moved and buried the bodies at his home not the rental.

[@AngelAPAVLOVSCornDog]

He's lying about the reason... disgusting

[@erykahhoney588]

I agree

[@user-bz6ql1dm9j]

I thought the same ! Maybe the girl spoke up & he killed both of them when confronted

[@Eyes_of_Oryx]

explain the reason... explain how you know??

[@AngelAPAVLOVSCornDog]

@@Eyes_of_Oryx discernment..get some

[@pasques]

​@@AngelAPAVLOVSCornDog so, you don't know?

[@staceyerikson4982]

So, they lived with him, he kept their bodies in the basemeny until he buried them in his yard? How did law enforcement miss this for 2 decades? Why wasn't the place they were living looked at when it happened.

[@NicholasJH96]

Corruption cops were still around, unfortunately some corrupt cops still are but no where near amount they used to be.

[@nicolerickett9191]

Part of the insurance policy scam that occur with single moms and their children. Perhaps....

[@dominique8662]

It's a white man. You all think you are never the problem 😂

[@ArchMonLoL]

At that time the police were receiving money :).

[@fengzheng7344]

Shallow!! is the keyword.

[@rrksk]

The fact that he called the child a woman tells you everything you need to know. I hope they stopped his relief meds.

[@missmadelinesadventures3278]

This isn't a confession. It's called an admittance of guilt. Meaning he wanted the authorities to know he won by never getting caught.

[@evenesteven]

Sheesh, sin typically weighs even more heavily on one's conscious in ones' final days.

[@missmadelinesadventures3278]

@@evenesteven which provokes the admittance of guilt. Such revelation does nothing but makes a sinner think they are guiltless. Passing the pain onto the living. It's extremely selfish. Thank you for bringing that to our attention:) well done ✅

[@trip_t2122]

At least everyone gets closure

[@hyperiondragon]

This was the year 2000 not 1976, when this all took place and the level of incompetence is so astounding.

[@chasedownblocks1736]

If coward was a person

[@poochinsky]

cowards are people 🙄

[@labounti]

What makes him a coward or do you small brains just love throwing words around?

[@Psilo-gn1sx]

This is sickeningly incompetent. Nobody thought to check their *house* ?

[@edra2005]

They should have just kept him in jail and denied medical service

[@SS-iw2nq]

The state is not allowed to deny medical services. Inmates are in state custody so the state has to provide dental, mental health, medical, 3 meals a day, bed, showers, hygiene products, ability to receive and send mail, access to law library, etc. I used to be a Correctional Officer in a male prison in Oklahoma . I’m a military vet and it’s unfortunate USA takes better care of criminals than military vets that are suffering from mental health, homelessness, and addiction.

[@JohnWickkkk]

@@SS-iw2nqnobody cares about your dad story

[@SS-iw2nq]

@@JohnWickkkk Obviously you do since you responded. 😂 You must’ve been an inmate.

[@evilsharkey8954]

@@SS-iw2nqBullshit! Prisons go into lockdowns all the time with no access to anything outside their cells except food and meds. If you lock a person in a cage and don’t feed them or provide medical care, you are an absolute monster. The worst people in prison should be inside the cages, not guarding them.

[@LuckyAtom-dx5yf]

This evil nation will soon be history

[@JessBecause77]

He's lying about being robbed. He did something to the little girl or the mother and then had to silence them both.

[@helloidharbl6753]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@PossibleBat]

Im thinking the same

[@emanueldelacruz1101]

You were there for sure 😂

[@TheSpicyLeg]

Completely beside the point, and unsubstantiated. You believe his confession that he killed them was truthful, do you not? What’s to gain or lose by lying about motive?

[@aic8001]

We got detective Pikachu over here

[@hennmau5]

IDK why I click on videos like these :( so messed up.

[@CookingwithSEL]

To let you know that you should not trust your righ hand to your left we are living amongst so dangerous people in this world 🌎.. SMH be blessed ❤ 🙏

[@verdegaban1615]

Maybe it's a good time to leave social media for a while. I've already been reminded of these awful news a whole lot.

[@bluestsea]

@verdegaban1615 agree. Just depressing and messed up

[@CambieSweets]

I know, this is the second one on my feed this evening.

[@natalie_v0.1]

just a little reminder of what free will means. a blessing and a curse

[@davida1977]

they were buried behind the place they lived? and they could not get a scent or any evidence of dug up ground during the investigation??

[@Cent51]

Not sure if they had kadavor dogs back then? As a human you won't be able smell decomp unless you dig up the grave or it very rocky soil..

[@WarFace-lj4kx]

​@@Cent51Of course they had dogs! 20 years ago isn't back then like using dogs is relatively new or something! They used dogs a hundred years ago

[@kaylean39]

I noticed he had them in a garden. Possibly he covered the bodies with lyme( I hope I spelled it right). Anyways, I’ve read in books about people covering corpses in the substance and building gardens over( typically fragrant flowers, not fruits and veggies)

[@Cent51]

@@WarFace-lj4kx I was talking more in the sense that the department might not had one or the detectives did not think to bring on in todo a search, all those years ago. And 24 years ago is a long time dude, I was 15 back then..

[@MrYfrank14]

Kaylean39- lime slows decomposition so you do not get a lot of stink all at once. It throws the dogs off. But the freshly dug earth or a new garden in the yard of the home where missing people lived is a clue to every cop inthe world, except these clowns.

[@ShalomUSA]

His true judgement awaits him....

[@jamiegallier2106]

No, it doesn’t. He pretty much got away with this.

[@Bbc418]

@@jamiegallier2106he means in the afterlife when he faces God!

[@MarMar-yd5oo]

​@@Bbc418God bares no judgement against his/her creation. God gave us free choice and it's up to us to use it the way we wanted to. It's sad many people do horrible things in their life and some has done none yet they suffer in the most tragic ways. We have free will and it's up to us to carry those judgement.

[@av98]

judgement day. ​@@MarMar-yd5oo

[@av98]

​@@MarMar-yd5oojudgement day

[@BlackGirlLovesAnime6]

This is what I always think about when I do work for cancer patients. I always wonder how many of those unfortunate patients were actually serial killers or just evil people in their youth.

[@tabbycat6458]

Can you imagine how many other people who did the same thing. And when you pass someone on the street or in a store, could be one of them killer's.

[@LuckyAtom-dx5yf]

This is why I'm not kind to old people , I don't care

[@brodude3709]

​@@LuckyAtom-dx5yfwhen you get old don't feel bad when people don't treat you well.

[@Bleacher22]

I could imagine 0.5

[@caseyblankenship987]

Or see then on the news working for our government

[@ayushmalpeddi2793]

​@@brodude3709plenty of articles say during your lifetime the average person ends up walking past up to 36 murderers.

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

From what I gather from this story, he must have been their landlord. I suspect he was a creep and got caught, and did the unthinkable to cover up everything. Amazing that he wasn't the primary suspect. He escaped justice. I hope, at least, there is an estate that will go to the family of the victims.

[@yunarukami6161]

Not really. Otherwise he wouldn't have confessed right before his death took him. He only confessed in hopes he can cross Heaven's gates because he fears that he'll be punished. He kept his mouth closed for how long and now that his life is at its end he'll say what he wants because he won't get punished.

[@caccalot3637]

@@yunarukami6161people still lie on their death beds you clearly haven’t been to any😂

[@caccalot3637]

@@yunarukami6161he does not care about being forgave he let that father suffer until he died he did it because he wanted to get something off his chest before he died and he knew it was messed up, besides that he killed a child and mother over money lol over Money? lol you need think a little harder would you wanna die being labeled a child predator? And yk the threats Child predators usually say make to keep the children silent and look what happened when the little girl spoke up cmon bro it’s not hard to connect dots but you are anime pfp and its the internet so its ok

[@yunarukami6161]

@@caccalot3637 you would know this if you are dead yourself and just so happens to be on your deathbed. Unfortunately that hasn't come yet to take you anytime 🥲

[@Bleacher22]

@@caccalot3637 Like it was the first time someone was killed for the money, what don't people do for the money. Would you want to die labeled as a woman and child murderer? You try to sound smart about it, but you're naive and apparently you watch too much TV.

[@gingerbread_GB]

And this guy gets to live until 82 yrs old. Disgusting.

[@gyutarosan5311]

You gotta title these better. I thought the husband/father killed them.

[@saraijuarez4195]

Fr mother and daughter sounds like it’s his daughter

[@naomianomaly8540]

I thought a man confessed to killing his mom and kid

[@TheOutdoorExperience]

@@naomianomaly8540Same here 😆

[@alexgatz7667]

@@naomianomaly8540that’s what I thought too was mad confused and now I’m just mad 😡

[@michaeljoncour4903]

thank you, i was worried it was my old brain, feeling better now.

[@john_wick1]

How many more cold cases like this go unsolved?

[@yunarukami6161]

Amber Hagerman's case isn't solved

[@ishrendon6435]

In mexico its even worse . Many dont even care to try and solve or are on payroll by powerful criminal organization to ignore it

[@jazbarry13]

Due to sheer incompetence.

[@RojoTrueShinobi]

There’s like a whole show called the Brown Files. It tells the the details and history of recent murders that had never been solved and then either with better technology or new appearing leads solve the cases some of them stay unsolved. But there’s so many murders in the US that law enforcement can’t keep up with them all, open and shut cases are a god sent because you know the ifs, why’s, who’s and what’s, but after 48 hours if you can’t find at least half those answers your gonna have a hard time, then as the trail gets cold they put the case in Brown Files, it’s not a closed case, just unsolved and can always be reopened and back under investigation

[@willslick6837]

Alot

[@Jameskelvin89]

If anyone responsible for the investigation is still alive, they should be put behind bars for letting such an obvious murder go unsolved.

[@skoden1313]

I'm wondering why the girls father was shaking the hands of the police. Their ineptitude cost him justice.

[@therealshellywymer]

Both women? One of those "women" was a little girl.

[@e.c-s8611]

Women "disappear" all the time and police don't do enough to question the people closest to them. It isn't until decades later that they admit "mistakes were made".

[@coleengoodell7523]

If money is missing and you can no longer trust them, you make them move out of your home, you don't shoot them. There is zero justification for what he did to this mother and her daughter. Confess all you want on your deathbed. He had his entire life to confess and bring closure to this father and he did not. God will judge him with all knowledge and truth in the end. I'm so sorry for this father's loss. He never gave up and that is what a good father does.

[@dj.deeznuttz7659]

Unfortunately in the real world when you mess with someone’s money you’ll either end up hurt or buried.

[@janebaker4912]

He's a chomo. That's why he did it. He was inappropriate with that girl.

[@dimlockfork5170]

why would they

[@meangreen6044]

Why are yall surprised? It’s a story as old as time. The privilege of males like him, they’ve been able to delete many women and girls, and he likely played the role of a kind, gentleman, nice guy who would give you the shirt off his back, and helped the police look for the victims.

[@Blue2crows]

That poor family

[@user-st6nt4ou6f]

What a monster! How evil! 👿

[@tnsloek]

That poor man😣 however I am happy he was still alive to find out what really happened to his wife and daughter.

[@breprince1205]

I'm glad the father had closure

[@GP-bs3mn]

I'm glad they didn't pin it on the father.

[@Ms_T_Perfectly_Imperfect]

My first thought

[@Dahmer_Jeff]

I'm still confused. Who was the man to the woman. I thought it was her husband?

[@CyberneticOrganism01]

​@Dahmer_Jeff the killer is the landlord, the husband is the one wearing cap

[@berniejaylea]

But he must have spent 23 years under the glare of suspicion and conjecture. A double sentence, I'd say.

[@GP-bs3mn]

@@berniejaylea that's the part I left out. You know he probably lost all kinds of friends.

[@TobeyMontona]

Buried right where they lived and went missing! What?! So many questions. Did cadaver dogs not get brought there ever.

[@Barbara-te7xz]

A lot of towns don't have money for dogs. It's not just the price of the dog, the handler gets paid for training as well as the cost of training and ongoing training. It gets very expensive.

[@Blueicyyy]

@@Barbara-te7xzAnd? For a case like this every county should have dogs for this there’s no excuse

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

@@Barbara-te7xz The state should have dogs, or get help from the FBI somehow.

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

The rooms inside must have been covered with powder residue.

[@capitalisteconomist]

I looked this case up and the mother was in a nasty divorce/custody battle with the girl's dad. She was even blackmailing him. So when they disappeared, all eyes were probably on the poor dad. Looks like the old fart wasn't even considered a suspect until that bloody bullet was found last year. Old fart just got really lucky with the timing of that divorce

[@c0zyb34R]

How could anybody do something like that and live with themselves after that? He would’ve taken it to court if his health didn’t go south.

[@evilsharkey8954]

He wouldn’t have confessed if he wasn’t on his deathbed. He’s hoping for absolution.

[@JadaCole8]

He lying abt that money, he did something to that lil girl and the mother found out and murder both of them

[@Ksgggg]

Why were you silent for so long when you knew everything my friend. If you don't trust his words, you shouldn't accept him murderer in first place.

[@aiojcxs0932czxlkm]

So what you're saying is that if the law focused on rehabilitation and used European sentencing practices, they would've still been alive? So, basically, what you're saying is that people like you indirectly killed them? brutal.

[@kaylean39]

That poor baby. She looked like such a sweet beautiful soul. This is every parent’s worst fear. Take me, but leave the kid alone. Some people are just demonic 😢

[@FurthermoreJack]

Nah , I bet mom walked in on something, having little to do with money

[@arnoldfrackenmeyer8157]

After confessing on his death bed, the Doctor came in and said "Good News! We got your chart mixed up with someone else. You are gonna live."

[@lindazager]

lol😂

[@Mlogan11]

The news makes it difficult to piece things together- the mother and daughter were separated from the husband- I guess they were divorced. They were living on the murderers property or living with the murderer? Was the mother in a relationship with him or just renting the home? Murderer claims he left money in home and when he came back it was missing. Who knows if this is true.....

[@Dahmer_Jeff]

Incompetent reporting here

[@kevinmcboyle]

he still got away with murder, there was no justice there.

[@hihello8771]

yep, he probably got to have a family of his own

[@123lol908]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t even put him in jail I still think he should have been tied to the hospital bed may be forced to stand up or something

[@maisies927]

He got to live his life. The man waits until his death bed. He only confessed because he thinks God will save him. I hope God never forgives him.

[@JohnWickkkk]

Not up to you so cry about it

[@akosua8779]

Cowards and murders do not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven....the bok of revelation makes that CLEAR that man was not repenting, he was clearing his chest and "helping to solve the mystery because he was dying....if he was repenting it would have been AGES AGO not at the brink of death, only God knows his heart, I hope he isn't playing in the Lord's face like he was with law enforcement

[@sweetcherry7759]

He probably did something unspeakable to those two- ppl like that always do >:-(

[@fireflymiesumae]

Such a coward

[@Leelz247]

That cop at the podium really said "murdered both women" when one of them was in fact a child...

[@VivienVarga-ki3sd]

aaronkerrigan241 go back to your cave caveman boy

[@trinasmith4326]

Show how closely he was following the case.

[@TheCuddlebun]

He may have been trying to avoid saying 'female', since that word seems to incense so many emotional people nowadays.

[@stephanieesea]

@@aaronkerrigan241Nah, he misspoke

[@Ktmfan450]

​@@TheCuddlebunIt only seems to incense one side of the political aisle The ones that go against science

[@Cody1707]

This is why i dont trust old people when they say awwww hes old he needs help. Yea right. You dont know what they’ve done.

[@jenniferthomas5305]

Can't really call it justice how haunting the silence of a broken heart. My heart goes out to the father

[@tonydanger9696]

Another usual suspect

[@MiguelTheDog2024]

let me guess your black usual field worker

[@caccalot3637]

@@MiguelTheDog2024lemme guess your the child touched skin color with the name Miguel😂

[@jean-marcknight8816]

His late confession comes as an ultimate insult and renewed grief. A reminder to the survivor "I did it and got away with it". Coward until the end !

[@legalize4209]

What a coward this dude shouldve been rotting in jail and shouldve never made it to his deathbed as a free man

[@mirandagarcia9334]

Feels like they didn’t even try with this case, the fact the killer got to have a peaceful death when he lied about his reasoning for killing them is absolutely disgusting and a disgrace.

[@CDN1975]

So glad their family finally have answers. Heartbreaking.

[@youngmeezy7635]

Dude waited till his deathbed pathetic

[@SAINTxSZN]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@noneofyourbusinesslolz6112]

I can stand cowards who wait till the last minute to admit to crimes they’ve committed. Like what exactly do you suppose should be done now🤦‍♀️ RIP to the mother and daughter.❤️

[@Txiv.Tsov.Ev.Ntxawm]

Wth would admit it and go to prison for life anyone who get away would of kept quiet

[@Bleacher22]

It's a closure for their family, it's not just about punishing the guilty ones.

[@asahdo]

Better than those who take the secrets with them to their grave though

[@football4life85]

Imagine he made a miraculous recovery right after confessing and now is forced to actually pay for his crimes.

[@ep3865]

"mistakes were made" 🤔 ive heard that before

[@steelearmstrong9616]

Pure laziness, didn’t care and cost to much money

[@187-SaltyCrackers]

He sure fits the description of someone who would indulge in such a sick act.

[@ban1o]

did the police think they ran away or something? I'm confused how a missing mother and daughter killed and buried on the property they live on wouldn't be found very quickly.

[@trinasmith4326]

American police. Enough said. Bottom of barrel of society.

[@mshake7056]

I'm pretty sure this dude did something to both of them or the little girl. Nobody does what he did for just a robbery.

[@ashleywatkins1380]

Those near death demons are bothering him

[@NicoleGibson-87]

They came to collect his soul

[@ebusive]

Remember this. Remember the police have absolutely no obligation or desire to help you.

[@kellyann2242]

So sad he got to live such a long life

[@denzela5539]

Not really

[@moniquehandy3764]

The West Virginia Police back when this first happened should feel ashamed and really low...Right in his back yard....smh Glad the family got some sort of closure....I wouldnt call it justice .... He waited until his death bed to speak....

[@trinasmith4326]

Yeah, he basically just wanted to let the cops know he won.

[@minnipearls3633]

I have so many questions in this case. Why wasn’t the yard searched?

[@ThePoliticalAv]

How did they never have enough reasonable cause to get a warrant right after they went missing?

[@marleyboy7732]

Now he'll stand before the REAL judge after his last breath.

[@JohnWickkkk]

Allak?

[@muhammedaljerari391]

@@JohnWickkkkAllah, Yahweh, etc

[@doublesunday1268]

Santa, the easter bunny, Kim Kardashian.

[@SAINTxSZN]

No such thing 😂

[@MissFeline]

Allah is dead in the grave..Jesus is lord it is him he will answer to🙏

[@DonutsForever24]

That's why you can't look at senior citizens with too much respect because we don't know who they really are .

[@jessies6502]

Unless you're dealing with one who has been -- and still is -- decent their whole life. But don't let that stop you from practicing your prejudice, not at all. 😡

[@travelerforever8849]

everyone have secrets just do not get prejudice against everyone

[@DonutsForever24]

@travelerforever8849 can't trust anyone . Alot of these cat ladies too , probably narcissists who burned bridges with everybody .

[@aiojcxs0932czxlkm]

No one deserves greater respect than anyone else based on innate status alone.

[@Phil-mv8jp]

Typical

[@eligreg99]

This sounds like the laziest investigation

[@capitalisteconomist]

I looked this case up and the mother was in a nasty divorce/custody battle with the girl's dad. She was even blackmailing him. So when they disappeared, all eyes were probably on the poor dad. Looks like the old fart wasn't even considered a suspect until that bloody bullet was found last year. Old fart just got really lucky with the timing of that divorce

[@Celestial96]

It breaks my heart to imagine how many other stories and victims there are out there somewhere who’s souls will never know justice due to police incompetence

[@ericduncan7266]

Poor police work. This wasn’t a hard case to solve had they put some effort into it. SMH 🤦‍♂️

[@AmberColeman-gq1wn]

Oh wow- a man gets away with something in America. Common

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

If he didn't die he could be president.

[@latenightwizard6892]

R.I.P.

[@joyceaitchison5900]

When was a little girl a woman ? can they not read out information correctly.

[@trinasmith4326]

Same police that couldn't figure out that two missing people were dead in their own house and in their own yard. You know, the first place anyone with a braincell would look. Some inbred cops right there. Something is off about them.

[@Ksgggg]

So this is biggest problem you got

[@RebeccaHails]

What a despicable human and a coward. Confessing on his deathbed. I doubt it's much consolation to her family that he died without prison time, even if the murder was solved.

[@Moises.penas650]

How are you going to call a female child a women when she wasn't even an adult????

[@basicallyno1722]

More incompetent police! They lived on his property and he had them in his basement for two days?? What?!

[@MistaFahrenheit]

The cops didnt even try to solve this.

[@capitalisteconomist]

I looked this case up and the mother was in a nasty divorce/custody battle with the girl's dad. She was even blackmailing him. So when they disappeared, all eyes were probably on the poor dad. Looks like the old fart wasn't even considered a suspect until that bloody bullet was found last year. Old fart just got really lucky with the timing of that divorce

[@ericcasanova]

This is so sad.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

I seriously doubt the reason he gave for the murders.

[@nativenation11]

usual cold case suspects.

[@mizzury54]

The tired old " usual suspects " proclamation does not apply on every single case.

[@evilsharkey8954]

@@mizzury54It’s a rebuttal to all the racists who post “the usual suspects” under anything done by a Black person but act like the crimes committed by white people are exceptions.

[@MiguelTheDog2024]

you wouldnt be talking like that in the 1800s lil n word

[@DanneyTanner]

That was definitely a blotched investigation. The spouse is always the first that needs to be fully investigated in a murder. And the backyard of the house where they lived is always the first place they should look for a bodys😮 how did this all go under the radar

[@ryanb3908]

Can't just dig up someone's backyard without a warrant which needs some sort of proof he was guilty which they didn't have until now.

[@Duckfarmer]

This Was Sexually Motivated. He's Just Too Much Of A Coward To Admit

[@dream_grips]

Why are the police shaking his hand???

[@videoview5179]

Sad situation of mother and daughter 😭

[@MabusNero-bb3sv]

😂😂😂

[@SifuPuma]

Hey he skipped out on prison but he has yet to face his judge and sentence

[@theshepherdsinn]

So sad!

[@lewiswilliams6331]

Someone covered it up for him. We need to know that name.

[@capitalisteconomist]

I looked this case up and the mother was in a nasty divorce/custody battle with the girl's dad. She was even blackmailing him. So when they disappeared, all eyes were probably on the poor dad. Looks like the old fart wasn't even considered a suspect until that bloody bullet was found last year. Old fart just got really lucky with the timing of that divorce

[@vguyver2]

That poor family, especially the father. Why is it with these old cases that the cops seem to be the most incompetent people?

[@user-pwfus]

Really poor policing very sad they did not check the property for any odd things.

[@retenfour1548]

Hmmm. Don't believe it was over money. I think he was touching that Lil girl

[@koda3967]

❤ Not too many victims get to find out what happened to their loved ones; grisly, but it's over. Now this person should be convicted before he dies and given a life sentence or forced to the death penalty; it makes no difference that he is 'dying' and felt guilty enough to confess. 🤨

[@eddievanlingen1935]

Murdered a woman and daughter because of missing money ok are you for real? What a sick person!

[@Shinigami8143]

That poor father… what a life of pain and loss. At least he can find some closure, but it’s a shame it’s at the end of his life.

[@TimePiece29]

I agree very sad

[@beatpirate8]

what an awful man. you aint going to heaven w blood on your hands. dont think you confessed and think you get a free ticket to heaven. for money…. for money. a whole family ripped apart