Bloke Murders His Family Over Debts?

[Marty Funkhouser]

link

This is a complete tragedy but I just cannot fathom how a man can come to the conclusion that murdering his entire family is a better option than facing bankruptcy. There was a documentary about a guy buring his house down for similar reasons a while back and it bamboozled me then....very very sad.

[andy400]

How anyone can do that to tiny children is beyond me. Very sad.

[hornetrider]

I can't fathom behaviour like this.

[Eric Mc]

Not altogether unknown. Some people (especially blokes) seem to enter this dark zone when they get into financial trouble where they think the only solution to the problems they are encountering is to wipe everyone out.

It is really a strange mindset but it happens fairly regularly.

[daveparry]

They had not lived there long, could he have been hounded out of his previous address?

[pugwash4x4]

Drove past the incident the morning it occurred- Police everywhere along with incident vehicles, couple of "private ambulances" etc etc.

all very very sad.

[SystemParanoia]

id choose bankrrupcy every time... multiple times.. hell if have their number on speed dial if needs be... but never that.. ever!

[Marty Funkhouser]

This is the film I mentioned - one of the most chilling documentaries I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQrZUc7bDk

[HundredthIdiot]

Marty Funkhouser said:

This is a complete tragedy but I just cannot fathom how a man can come to the conclusion that murdering his entire family is a better option than facing bankruptcy.

People don't decide to murder their own family as part of some rational, well thought out plan.

[Marty Funkhouser]

HundredthIdiot said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

This is a complete tragedy but I just cannot fathom how a man can come to the conclusion that murdering his entire family is a better option than facing bankruptcy.

People don't decide to murder their own family as part of some rational, well thought out plan.

Of course not, I guess I find it hard to understand how facing financial ruin can be such a hugely frightening prospect that it makes a man lose his grip on reality.

[Magog]

Marty Funkhouser said:

This is the film I mentioned - one of the most chilling documentaries I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQrZUc7bDk

It's a bit fking dark isn't it... all those shots of the charred house... when the policeman picks up that photo album and flicks through it with all the photos of the little girl, the wedding video etc... seems very cynically contrived.

[allnighter]

HundredthIdiot said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

This is a complete tragedy but I just cannot fathom how a man can come to the conclusion that murdering his entire family is a better option than facing bankruptcy.

People don't decide to murder their own family as part of some rational, well thought out plan.

I beg to differ.You have to be seriously unhinged to do that no matter what the circumstances are.

[Marty Funkhouser]

Magog said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

This is the film I mentioned - one of the most chilling documentaries I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQrZUc7bDk

It's a bit fking dark isn't it... all those shots of the charred house... when the policeman picks up that photo album and flicks through it with all the photos of the little girl, the wedding video etc... seems very cynically contrived.

Its a film about a bloke murdering his family, I dont see how they could have lightened it up....

[E31Shrew]

Knew the Fosters quite well. Tragic case

[Marty Funkhouser]

E31Shrew said:

Knew the Fosters quite well. Tragic case

What was he like? Very money orientated I guess....

[E31Shrew]

Marty Funkhouser said:

E31Shrew said:

Knew the Fosters quite well. Tragic case

What was he like? Very money orientated I guess....

All the 'supposed' trappings of massive wealth. On the surface a really nice bloke but obviously had financial issues, which he thought, couldn't have been overcome.
I guess he just considered his family as possessions and if he couldn't have them, then nobody else could.
Why he didn't just go in to the woods, and blow his own head off, always baffles me!

[Magog]

Marty Funkhouser said:

Magog said:

Marty Funkhouser said:

This is the film I mentioned - one of the most chilling documentaries I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSQrZUc7bDk

It's a bit fking dark isn't it... all those shots of the charred house... when the policeman picks up that photo album and flicks through it with all the photos of the little girl, the wedding video etc... seems very cynically contrived.

Its a film about a bloke murdering his family, I dont see how they could have lightened it up....

Valid point, just some of the devices used by the documentary makers seemed distastefully emotive.

[oobster]

I followed the Foster story quite closely when it happened, and watched the documentary not long afterwards purely because I just can't understand how anyone could do this to their family. Accidently killing someone in a fit of temper I can just about fathom but why take your poor wife and family with you?

I hope the two wee kiddies in this recent case went quickly and weren't aware of what was happening.

[andy400]

Apparently, Fordingbridge now has a homicide rate eight times higher than the national average, due to this sad event and the Burgate House murders of 1986.

[monman321]

A truly sad affair, on a personal note about 18 years ago when we lived in Manchester my wife and I were under extreme financial pressure due to a failing business venture, mortgage arrears, credit debts etc and 2 young one to look after.

Never at any point did we feel so bad as to go this extent, as bad as it was at the time and it did cause problems between us at the time, it was only money and the banks etc couldn't have what we haven't got. So we were declared bankrupt, liquidators came in we lost our house, cars the lot but the sense of relief of not having to constantly chase money outweighed any guilt we had about not being able to pay off the debts involved.

It did mean that we couldn't even get finance for a stamp for 7 years but we accepted that.