Lunarscope, I think Napoleon was less than a year old when Travis Alexander was murdered. He got him as a baby. I'm sure Deanna treats him like the baby she never had with Travis. She probably is glad to have something Travis cherished so much to love and baby. It is good that Travis willed his pug to Deanna because she can spoil him like he deserves. Most of his siblings have children and probably have pets. Deanna is like a member of the Alexander family and she lives in Long Beach near the Alexander siblings so they all got to see Travis's "baby" grow up.
Duluth, you posted 1 minute after I did so you were writing your post when I posted. That's why you never saw it.
It's interesting that Judge Stephens is starting another capital case next week. I wonder if that was the case of the cop killer that Martinez is prosecuting. That was supposed to start in February but had to be postponed due to Arias and her attorneys dragging their feet.
Dogs can be a great comfort when you lose someone in a tragedy.
Many years ago, the 20 year old son of a good friend of mine was murdered by two hitchhikers he picked up as he was driving cross country to visit her. Someone found his dog running out in the desert and took it to the pound. The pound called his sister because her telephone number was on the tag. Her brother and his dog were inseparable so she knew if the dog was found without her brother that her brother was missing. She drove 60 miles to pick up the dog and called her mother who was worried because her brother was a day late and hadn't called. They reported him missing.
But his body was not found where the dog was found but found two weeks later in another state badly decomposed. The two men were arrested when they were found driving his car. One man confessed and testified against the other. He said they shot him for his car, turned the dog loose, threw him in the trunk and drove across two states. He was still alive when they took him out of the trunk but they shot him in the head and buried him in a shallow grave.
The man who confessed got Life without Parole and the other man, who actually did the shooting, got the death penalty because the victim suffered a cruel death. The dog grieved his master for months and then finally bonded with my good friend and she got great comfort from the dog until he died 12 years later. She was divorced and lived alone. Her son had no children so she was grateful to have her son's dog to remember him by.
Duluth, you posted 1 minute after I did so you were writing your post when I posted. That's why you never saw it.
It's interesting that Judge Stephens is starting another capital case next week. I wonder if that was the case of the cop killer that Martinez is prosecuting. That was supposed to start in February but had to be postponed due to Arias and her attorneys dragging their feet.
Dogs can be a great comfort when you lose someone in a tragedy.
Many years ago, the 20 year old son of a good friend of mine was murdered by two hitchhikers he picked up as he was driving cross country to visit her. Someone found his dog running out in the desert and took it to the pound. The pound called his sister because her telephone number was on the tag. Her brother and his dog were inseparable so she knew if the dog was found without her brother that her brother was missing. She drove 60 miles to pick up the dog and called her mother who was worried because her brother was a day late and hadn't called. They reported him missing.
But his body was not found where the dog was found but found two weeks later in another state badly decomposed. The two men were arrested when they were found driving his car. One man confessed and testified against the other. He said they shot him for his car, turned the dog loose, threw him in the trunk and drove across two states. He was still alive when they took him out of the trunk but they shot him in the head and buried him in a shallow grave.
The man who confessed got Life without Parole and the other man, who actually did the shooting, got the death penalty because the victim suffered a cruel death. The dog grieved his master for months and then finally bonded with my good friend and she got great comfort from the dog until he died 12 years later. She was divorced and lived alone. Her son had no children so she was grateful to have her son's dog to remember him by.