Buford mother's death 'suspicious,' police say

Realistic wrote:

It is strange how everyone is drawing their own conclusion, but what everyone needs to understand that NO acts of violence or abuse should be tolerated! Period. If in fact these girls were being abused physically by their mother, as one of the daughter's had confided in my son, then the mother should have been stopped before this tragedy happened. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors. Let the authorities do their job. Abuse is a vicious cycle and keep in mind that these girls may have been afraid to tell anybody as one daughter confided in my son. Most likely because if the mother found out, as in most cases, the abuse would resurface and become worse. Don't assume... allow the professionals to do their job and run a complete investigation in this very tragic event.

Realistic wrote:

It is strange how everyone is drawing their own conclusion, but what everyone needs to understand that NO acts of violence or abuse should be tolerated! Period. If in fact these girls were being abused physically by their mother, as one of the daughter's had confided in my son, then the mother should have been stopped before this tragedy happened. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors. Let the authorities do their job. Abuse is a vicious cycle and keep in mind that these girls may have been afraid to tell anybody as one daughter confided in my son. Most likely because if the mother found out, as in most cases, the abuse would resurface and become worse. Don't assume... allow the professionals to do their job and run a complete investigation in this very tragic event.

aLifeUncommon wrote:

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Besides, even if she were abusing them,(and yes, that's very very wrong), does not give those children the right to KILL her.

OnTheotherside wrote:

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I wonder what you would say if you felt your life was in danger ... abuse IS wrong no matter what and yes it does not give the children the right to kill, but this lady was an adult and supposedly a former psychotherapist (scary thought) the burden was on her to provide a safe home.

aLifeUncommon wrote:

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Sure it was her burden. And if you don't want folks to judge, don't judge yourself. I am a victim a child abuse, and I didn't kill my mother because of it. There is no excuse for that kind of death. If the children were that fearful, there are school counselors and other folks they could have easily gone to without fear of retaliation. Murder is not the answer to abuse!!!

OnTheotherside wrote:

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I am terribly sorry that you had that horrible experience yourself. However, do you even know how many times BEFORE the actual tragic day these children ran to neighbors asking for help? Did you know that a few weeks before they pleaded with a police officer who came to the house not to send them back?
Again, I am not justifying killing anyone. I am just as appalled as anyone that things had to end up the way they did... It is just very disturbing for me to see that people were so quick to demonize these girls many times on the basis of mere hearsay.

OnTheotherside wrote:

Innocent until proven guilty. You call it murder, the police are still reluctant to do so. Unless you can prove to me that you were there inside those doors and actually experienced what they all experienced your opinion, just like mine, remains mere hearsay. Your past experience with abuse notwithstanding, and with all due respect, you simple do not have all the facts.

A close local friend wrote:

These girls have never been physically abused. We can confirm as well can the neighbors that these kids never ever displayed any sign of physical abused. Muriel has punished the kids for wrong doings by taking away for instance cell phones, computer access rights, etc. but she never physically punished them.
Two weeks before her death we were drinking Martinis at Muriel's house and we realized that the Wodka had been temoered with and contained a foreign substance that gave it a weird taste.

skipp wrote:

I havent herd or seen anything in a couple of days how bout some good info. she was my cousin by marrige

JoS wrote:

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We are all devastated and shocked in CA. No one here to my knowledge is in touch with her family and we are wondering how they are doing; and how are all of her pets?

A close local friend wrote:

These girls have never been physically abused. We can confirm as well can the neighbors that these kids never ever displayed any sign of physical abused. Muriel has punished the kids for wrong doings by taking away for instance cell phones, computer access rights, etc. but she never physically punished them.
Two weeks before her death we were drinking Martinis at Muriel's house and we realized that the Wodka had been temoered with and contained a foreign substance that gave it a weird taste.

A friend wrote:

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From A friend of a grieving friend:
The abuse story was a lie told by the second girl she adopted to harm her mother. Muriel informed my friend of the problems with the girl. Please do not generate stories about an unfortunate woman who met a horrible death and is greatly missed by her friends and family.

JoS wrote:

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We are all devastated and shocked in CA. No one here to my knowledge is in touch with her family and we are wondering how they are doing; and how are all of her pets?

OnTheotherside wrote:

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I am terribly sorry that you had that horrible experience yourself. However, do you even know how many times BEFORE the actual tragic day these children ran to neighbors asking for help? Did you know that a few weeks before they pleaded with a police officer who came to the house not to send them back?
Again, I am not justifying killing anyone. I am just as appalled as anyone that things had to end up the way they did... It is just very disturbing for me to see that people were so quick to demonize these girls many times on the basis of mere hearsay.