Finally got caught up! There were so many posts I wanted to reply to, but I was so far behind that I thought I'd wait til the end... now I'm here and can't remember what all I wanted to say exactly.
In a nutshell: I'm not surprised one bit, unfortunately. I felt that this was a staged suicide from the beginning, and had a feeling it was because of some sort of shady dealings he was involved in. It's sad for all the people of Fox Lake who held him in such high regard, because now we hear that he was stealing from the Explorers, sexually harassing coworkers, cheating on his wife.... not exactly a model citizen.
As soon as I read the texts that were released, I knew Melodie had to be #1 and his son was #2. I will be interested to hear what else comes out. They sure have a lot of text and email evidence, and we just saw a few exchanges!
Someone asked upthread if maybe he was actually thinking of this as a "loan." To that I say: no flipping way!!!He was saying in the text (to his son) that he was paying a bit back and needing him to pay $100 a month so that if questioned he could say that he sometimes makes loans to Explorer Advisors, and 'see?? Everything is on the up and up! Looky how they are making payments!"
I have to say that I am disgusted.
When I think about law enforcement officers who ARE killed in the line of duty, when I think about how brave those people are and how they are TRUE heroes, and then I think about this guy who was a liar and a cheater and still trying to deceive, even in death... I do not have compassion for his single income with kids life. Sorry, not sorry. I know people who really are struggling. I mean REALLY struggling. Those people aren't stealing from the people who trust them to spend that money on frivolous, unnecessary, narcissistic things like gym memberships, adult web sites, and trips to Hawaii.
Okay. I guess I'm done with my rant. So much more I could say, but I'll leave it at that for now.
All MOO, of course.