RE: POLL: Do you personally know someone who was murdered?

Jul 19, 2021
8:05:36pm

Jimo Dashen Of all the CB posters, I'm one

Lawsuit alleges prescription drugs were factor in Kristy Ragsdale murder

Her grandson's nightmares are finally gone, but Ann Palizzi still lays awake some nights thinking about her daughter's murder.

https://www.deseret.com/2010/4/20/20109802/lawsuit-alleges-prescription-drugs-were-factor-in-kristy-ragsdale-murder[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.deseret.com/platform/amp/2010/4/20/20109802/lawsuit-alleges-prescription-drugs-were-factor-in-kristy-ragsdale-murder]

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Author

Time

POLL: Do you personally know someone who was murdered?

Jeff Spicoli

7/19/21 5:26pm

Well, not anymore.

Zaphod

7/19/21 5:29pm

Probably ... step cousin ...

Xenon

7/19/21 5:29pm

If yes, share the story

macdizzle

7/19/21 5:32pm

My fourth grade teacher was shot and killed by his brother. I also had a

Coug98

7/19/21 5:36pm

Silver Mesa was a great school. Had the same teacher. So sad.

kirkginn

7/19/21 8:37pm

Yup! That was a long time ago and very sad situation for the family. That poor

Coug98

7/19/21 10:04pm

Childhood friend/next door neighbor was killed by rival gang member from our neighborhood…

Zach Morris

7/20/21 12:00am

Went to HS with the girl that was murdered in that Idaho bank robbery in 1991

timpjynx

7/19/21 5:34pm

(and our HS had like 45 kids per grade, so yeah, everyone knew everyone)

timpjynx

7/19/21 5:36pm

Link to story

timpjynx

7/19/21 5:38pm

The old Caribou County sheriff often talked about the case

AZ Coug

7/19/21 6:33pm

yeah, so senseless.. she was such a sweet girl. wouldn't hurt a fly.

timpjynx

7/19/21 10:00pm

My SIL was shot in the head as a teen but survived. Extremely lucky to be alive.

Niiineteeen84

7/19/21 5:39pm

Intentional or accidental?

ChiCityCoug

7/19/21 5:47pm

Intentional. Point blank with a .45.

Niiineteeen84

7/19/21 5:58pm

Woah. What was the motive?

ChiCityCoug

7/19/21 6:01pm

I posted an article.

Niiineteeen84

7/19/21 6:07pm

Missed that.

ChiCityCoug

7/19/21 6:12pm

I did it after the fact.

Niiineteeen84

7/19/21 6:59pm

I knew this guy:

Cougarclaw

7/19/21 5:39pm

No, but my wife found out she had a half brother that was murdered.

Y-Zag

7/19/21 5:39pm

No, but I grew up with the Helzers.

cypresstx

7/19/21 5:41pm

I had a friend when I was 17 that was at a 7-11 at 1 am in his car while it was

BW84

7/19/21 5:44pm

We had a serial shooter in Mesa years back. Would drive by and shoot someone with a 4-10 shotgun. One of his last victim

mvtoro

7/19/21 5:44pm

No, but I know someone who was a murderer

Zenoch

7/19/21 5:45pm

A few. All gang related stuff.

mokelembembe

7/19/21 5:45pm

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mokelembembe

7/19/21 5:55pm

I knew one of the Zodiac murderer’s victims. He survived. Girlfriend died.

Kaanapali

7/19/21 5:45pm

Also had a client shot by her ex-husband.

Kaanapali

7/19/21 5:57pm

The guy portrayed by Jimmi Simpson in Zodiac?

Kavorka

7/19/21 7:40pm

A girl in our ward who babysat a lot for us.

rocker

7/19/21 5:46pm

Guy I grew up with in my home stake got into drugs, ended up homeless and then

creameryon9th

7/19/21 5:46pm

Assuming she was murdered, a neighbor girl went missing about 40 years ago and

firstclass

7/19/21 5:48pm

No but I used to work with a woman who killed her ex's new girlfriend, and another woman who came across the scene

Clark Addison

7/19/21 5:48pm

Yes, my grandpa was shot in middle of day outside a bank for a measly $400 he had just withdrawn by complete stranger.

opside

7/19/21 5:49pm

This is awful

macdizzle

7/20/21 8:55am

This guy did some handyman work for my dads company

UNLVcougar

7/19/21 5:51pm

RE: POLL: Do you personally know someone who was murdered?

CougarTwins

7/19/21 5:52pm

My neighbors wife died after being sick for months. Turns out her husband was

ChiCityCoug

7/19/21 5:54pm

Sounds just like a situation I'm aware of as well. Do you happen to live in Orem?

BlueBlood94

7/19/21 6:29pm

Yup that’s where it happened. My family only lived there for 3 years while I was

ChiCityCoug

7/19/21 6:40pm

Was there a dateline/ 20/20 about that? Sounds familiar

ponys

7/19/21 6:31pm

Now that you say that I think there was. But I can’t be sure.

ChiCityCoug

7/19/21 6:41pm

There was. It's been featured on a couple shows, actually. The murder of Michele MacNeill. Here's an international story

BlueBlood94

7/20/21 12:30pm

It seems like that show also pointed out that he had cheated his way

AZ Coug

7/20/21 2:50pm

I'm from Orem and vaguely remember hearing about this. Remind me where in town

Penske Material

7/19/21 6:48pm

Based on my incredible memory of knowing my old house address it looks like the

ChiCityCoug

7/19/21 7:09pm

That's what I thought, a few blocks east of Lakeridge.

Penske Material

7/19/21 7:14pm

After consulting with my older siblings I got some of the details incorrect.

ChiCityCoug

7/20/21 1:18pm

My aunt was murdered, but it was before I was born. I grew up with a kid who was

Cosmo's Uncle

7/19/21 5:55pm

Here's a wikipedia article on the guy who murdered my aunt. He killed at least

Cosmo's Uncle

7/19/21 6:13pm

That last name is close to Bundy (Ted Bundy).

84 natlchamps

7/19/21 6:15pm

Sorry for your loss.

84 natlchamps

7/22/21 2:57pm

My dad's sister died a suspicious death back in the 70s

MrClark

7/19/21 5:59pm

A kid/neighbor/sometime friend I grew up with was murdered in prison. He was a kid who always got what he wanted from

specsauce

7/19/21 6:00pm

Yes. My wife's cousin was murdered while she slept at a friends house.

VACOUGFAN

7/19/21 6:03pm

A lady my mom used to visit teach was murdered. She was pregnant and some crazy lady cut the baby out of her.

bag

7/19/21 6:07pm

RE: A lady my mom used to visit teach was murdered. She was pregnant and some crazy lady cut the baby out of her.

bag

7/19/21 6:09pm

Not anymore 😉

mudpupper

7/19/21 6:10pm

Maxi Kleber

NorthernLight

7/19/21 6:11pm

One of my friends moms was the victim in a murder-suicide

Probable Sacko

7/19/21 6:15pm

One of my former young men is in Jail for attempted murder

themathbook

7/19/21 6:19pm

The BYU professor murdered in his home lived in my ward.

Busting Coveys

7/19/21 6:25pm

Was that the one where the killers were after his guns but the police implicated family members at first?

sethj250

7/19/21 11:22pm

Yes. His son and daughter in law spent time in jail wrongly accused.

Busting Coveys

7/20/21 12:21am

A couple of kids from my high school who had been in some of my classes, in

Man Bat

7/19/21 6:27pm

I didn’t know her, but my MIL’s sister was murdered at her apartment at Ricks College by a mentally unstable stalker.

Trent

7/19/21 6:27pm

Kiplyn Davis is my niece. Never recovered but assumed murdered.

Eggguy

7/19/21 6:29pm

Neighbor girl I knew growing up. Got into drugs…murdered by her boyfriend. Then

DwigtA2RM

7/19/21 6:29pm

Our neighbors mother was murdered when she was young

BYU Fan

7/19/21 6:30pm

Yes, I knew two of the Hi-Fi Shop murder victims

AZ Coug

7/19/21 6:32pm

Three, off the top of my head.

Homercles

7/19/21 6:33pm

My neighbor was killed by another neighbor during a domestic dispute.

kcca

7/19/21 6:36pm

A couple:

HandwovenBox

7/19/21 6:42pm

My family ( mostly parents and older siblings) are close friends with

Rivers Cuomo

7/19/21 6:49pm

BYU engineering professor of mine

RoamingCoug

7/19/21 6:50pm

We were in the same ward in Payson.

Busting Coveys

7/19/21 6:53pm

The oldest cold case in Utah was a distant relative, though I admit I didn't

Penske Material

7/19/21 6:53pm

Yup. My college geography professor

Bovine University

7/19/21 7:02pm

I served my mission in Centra America, so unfortunately quite a few people

BigT801

7/19/21 7:29pm

We also have some close friends whose brother was the victim of a serial killer

BigT801

7/19/21 7:30pm

Girl in my 6th grade class apparently got in a fight where the other girl

thewaterboy

7/19/21 8:00pm

RE: POLL: Do you personally know someone who was murdered?

Jimo Dashen

7/19/21 8:05pm

Yes. Cousin. Back in 1988. It was on unsolved mysteries

Mathew

7/19/21 8:44pm

I've posted about it on here before but at my school February 3rd 2020 someone

FieroCoug

7/19/21 8:46pm

Not personally. But a daughter of one of my colleagues was murdered by her boyfriend and then he killed

Adrielle

7/19/21 9:01pm

Too many. A friend in third grade had her father kill their mother. Another

P-Widdy

7/19/21 10:40pm

This happened literally next door to my house when I was 8 years old...

jaromp

7/19/21 10:52pm

Yeah, A member operated a ghetto mart, held up, refused to pay, shot for $13, &

thecthdox

7/19/21 11:22pm

Lawyer I worked with in the Salt Lake Legal Defender's was murdered in Portland

gilbertatty

7/20/21 7:58am

A guy I knew was a fairly significant leader in the Middle East. He was

macdizzle

7/20/21 8:54am

It would probably take you like 600 pages to tell that whole story.

ChiCityCoug

7/20/21 8:56am

Does having 6 kids in your high school kill themselves Count? Suicide High

CariocaCoug

7/20/21 10:09am

Knew 2 and know the father of a famous Utah murderer - Hacking

NYC and Japan

7/20/21 10:51am

A kid I grew up with all through school was murdered on Halloween 1997.

BE-WHY-YOU

7/20/21 2:08pm

Didn't know them, but a guy shot his wife, daughter and self in our neighborhood

TailgateU

7/20/21 2:39pm

I knew bookseller Sherry Black fairly well. She was a colleague and a nice lady

osbooks

7/20/21 4:40pm

Also good to finally have a suspect arrested in the case

osbooks

7/20/21 4:41pm

Girl in my middle school, her siblings and mom

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