# My sister has been murdered

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 13, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731 "2012-02-13T19:01:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/162 "2012-02-14T07:47:38Z")

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I’m very sorry to hear this, Frank. My condolences.

Jeez, 3 of 9 kids killed??!! That’s like wartime casualty rates, in a losing war.

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**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/163 "2012-02-14T08:13:33Z")

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Condolences.

You’ve been on my mind since I read this thread this morning at work. Whatever we might think of her choices, she still \*had \*choices and someone has taken them away, that’s what I find so awful.

How are your parents coping?

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/164 "2012-02-14T08:13:51Z")

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Sorry to hear it,\*\* Frank.\*\*

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/165 "2012-02-14T08:23:31Z")

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I’m very sorry for your loss. That’s an awful thing to happen. ☹

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/166 "2012-02-14T08:30:38Z")

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I’m sorry for your loss, **Frank** , both the smaller loss to drugs and the bigger one to death.

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/167 "2012-02-14T08:42:43Z")

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So awful. You have my condolences. I wish I knew what else to say. I’ve never lost anyone that close to me, much less in such a tragic way. Thank you for sharing your memories of her with us.

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**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/168 "2012-02-14T11:28:13Z")

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Add my voice to the chorus of condolences to you and your family. What a shame.

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/169 "2012-02-14T11:43:16Z")

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Checking in with yet another “so sorry”, for all the good that does anyone. ☹

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**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/170 "2012-02-14T11:47:56Z")

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I’m sorry for your loss. I hope you and your family can somehow find peace, and that your parents don’t have to lose any more of their children.

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/171 "2012-02-14T11:55:31Z")

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**Frank** , I am so, so sorry. Can you be with your family, to give each other some support?

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**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/172 "2012-02-14T12:01:08Z")

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My sincerest condolences and sympathy for you and your family.

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/173 "2012-02-14T12:18:36Z")

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Frank, I wish you the best in getting through this. I’m very sorry for you loss.

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/174 "2012-02-14T12:26:06Z")

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I’m so sorry. My strength to you and your family.

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**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/175 "2012-02-14T12:27:52Z")

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My sympathy to you and yours… What a horrible way to go. ☹

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**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/176 "2012-02-14T12:37:51Z")

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I’m sorry to hear this. My condolences.

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/177 "2012-02-14T12:42:23Z")

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I’m so very sorry to hear this horrible news. My condolences to you and your family.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/178 "2012-02-14T13:14:54Z")

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My heart breaks to hear this news, **Frank**.

You have my heart felt condolences for such a tragedy.

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**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/179 "2012-02-14T13:24:08Z")

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Frank, I don’t know you, but I am so very sorry for your loss. It must have been a shock for you and your family, and I wish you strength in dealing with this.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/180 "2012-02-14T14:29:44Z")

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I’m so sorry, Frank - this has been on my mind since I read it yesterday. I wasn’t going to post anything, because it seems like so little to do, but I am so very sorry for your loss.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-has-been-murdered/612731/181 "2012-02-14T14:47:19Z")

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> [@Zsofia](#):
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> I wasn’t going to post anything, because it seems like so little to do, but I am so very sorry for your loss.

And I.

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