Since the weekend eight innocent woman and children have lost their lives. Recently, in Delevan, Wisconsin, six people died two of whom were infant twins. Then today, on an Illinois road in Decator, Illinois, three kids and their mom, murdered. Both news accounts interviewed the neighbors in each slaying and I heard the same reaction " this isn't suppose to happen here" and "they were great neighbors". The sad fact is that domestic violence does not pick and choose a certain neighboorhood and no one caused these victims to loose their lives. Someone who was angry and wanted power and control murdered each of them because he had lost his power. I say this because we must all begin to pay attention. This was someone's school mate, church member, co-worker, aunt, sister, daughter, grandchild. If we don't open our eyes these tragic deaths will continue to escalate.
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