I Followed The Yellow Brick Road

This is the third story that involves murder and Kmart. At first I thought…..what is it with Kmart but I guess because so much of our lives was centered around the workplace I guess that is where most of our life stories come from. It probably would not be any different if we worked at Sears.

Every family has some sort of drama but chances are it is not going to start with an arson-murder attempt that ends in a dramatic and violent suicide. The macabre site of the drama being something we frequently see left untouched in the years to come.

One of Sweeties employees was a man in his mid 20’s. It was known that he had lived with his mother and stepfather. The relationship between the two men was not very good. The marriage had ended. From accounts it was not without drama. On this tragic April day day in 1997 Steve’s mother had been called by her newly ex husband to come to the house. It is here that he attacked her in her truck and tried to drag her inside the house where on the garage wall he had spray painted in large letters, “I built this house with love I burn it down with hate” He then proceeded to lock himself inside the home where he started a fire and shot himself to death.

How sad that hurt and anger ends one life and leaves tragic scars on others forever.