things were much simpler back in the 60's, kids couldn't call others unless they were at home, and there were no nasty emails... gosh, i'll never forget the time my dad listened in on one of my phone calls, and after the call ended i got a lecture that if i went on saying stuff like i was, i wouldn't have my friend anymore! (i was jealous of something she was going to do)
Perhaps the boy's celphone will yield clues?
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From: Linda Macaulay <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 7:10:13 PM
Subject: Re: Watch Out for Kyle!
Kyle,
I am so sorry for Anna and her boyfriend's family. I am so glad you
were able to trace back those awful text messages. You may want to
alert the school as they may get involved in the discipline if
needed. I hope everyone is coping with this tragedy (as well as can
be expected). My prayers are with you and the families involved.
Linda Macaulay
On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:54 PM, KE Cleveland wrote:
> Thanks, Kendall, mags and all. Yes, Anna stayed with a counselor
> provided
> by the school system almost the whole of last week. The school
> brought in a
> team of a dozen or so grief counselors for the student body. Chris
> was a
> very sweet kid. We think we might know what triggered his
> decision. Back
> in the summer he was hanging out with some other boys and decided
> to shoot
> firecrackers off in an abandoned house that the Fire Dept. was
> getting ready
> to burn down. Unfortunately, one of the cherry bombs beaat the
> fire dept.
> to the punch. Once the kids realized the fire was out of control,
> they ran
> (as teenage boys are wont to do) and got caught. Chris had kept
> this from
> Anna, Laura and I. His dad came down pretty hard on him and I
> think Chris'
> had built the consequences up in his mind to the point where he was
> terrified of going to court. He had never stolen so much as a
> candy bar or
> done anything other that this incident with his buddies. It's
> unlikely that
> he would have even received prrobation, and even if he did his
> record would
> be expunged at 18.
>
> Also, Laura and I had told both Chris and Anna that we were not
> comfortable
> with her dating at 15 (he was 17). We encouraged them to remain
> friends and
> he was welcome in our home anytime. Laura and I felt some twinges
> of guilt
> initially, but realized that his response to our request was
> positive and
> our decision probably had no bearing on his decision to end his life.
>
> Anna has received some very cruel cell phone texts and emails from
> some
> girls at school who thought they were being anonymous (guess they'd
> never
> heard of a MAC/IP address). We addressed the situation with the
> parents and
> I'm confident that all will deal with their daughters
> appropriately--save
> for one mother whose "little girl" would NEVER do such a thing!
> (The very
> idea! :-/ ) Kind of hard to deny a text message with your kid's
> cell phone
> number attached to it, but some moms and dads still try.
>
> Anyway, thanks for the prayers for our family and Chris'. After
> Ike and
> this I am emotionally exhausted. When I decompress a bit and get
> some time
> I'll tell some Ike stories. If these kids I worked with represent the
> majority of their age group, I think our country will end up just
> fine. It
> was very, very cool to be in the company of real heroes. Makes all
> of this
> election BS seem so juvenile in perspective.
>
> Kyle
>
> Kyle
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Kendall D. Corbett <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Kyle, our prayers are with Anna, her boyfriend's family and you as
>> you all
>> deal with this. A death like this is a tragedy for all concerned.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 6:59 PM, KE Cleveland <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Laura and I are home safe. We received devastating news last
>>> weekend
>> that
>>> daughter Anna's boyfriend decided to end his life by stepping in
>>> front of
>> a
>>> train at a local crossing. He left no note. Neither Laura nor I
>>> could
>> get
>>> back home, but Laura's parents were fortunately staying at our
>>> home when
>>> all
>>> of this happened. Anna is doing as well as can be expected. The
>>> last
>> three
>>> weeks have been rather rough. I'm headed to a family reunion in
>> Nashville
>>> this weekend. Hoping that better days are ahead.
>>>
>>> Kyle
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> TS Kyle is brewing off the coast of NC (sorry, Kyle, I couldn't
>> resist!)
>>>>
>>>> Does this mean Kyle will bring Kyle back to North Carolina?
>>>>
>>>> Kat
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>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Kendall
>>
>> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>>
>> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
>> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
>> progress
>> depends on the unreasonable man.
>>
>> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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