A man and wife in their 70's were murdered at home this morning in my town, what's worse it was one of their sons that did it. Someone would really have to be possessed to do such a thing.
Reminds me of this couple from church who we used to play pinochle with. They had two adopted grown sons who were estranged from them. One of their adopted son's worked out at the gym where I do. His wife was in a program for battered women where my wife worked. This fellow went to his parents' house to steal money for drugs and ended up stabbing them. They both died. They were discovered a week later when a neighbor heard their dogs howling. Their three large dogs ate some of the couple's flesh, probably to survive. -Gruesome stuff.
When you know someone personally who is murdered, it rings too close to home and is very unsettling. You never forget it.