tt2froggy said:I do hope that closure happens for everyone involved.
froggy, this post is for everyone, not just you. You just happen to be the lucky one who posted "that" word.
I do not know why I keep having to say this. There is NO such thing as "closure" for the victims of crime, ever. Nothing is ever closed in their lives again. It's a media spin and it is crap. Have you ever noticed someone whose child is missing, or whose child was murdered and how they start a speech or letter? "Our lives were forever changed......"
You can close a book, you can close your garage door, but you cannot close a crime or the questions that come with it for the rest of your life. (i.e. "Why was my child taken?" , "If I had been there, could I have protected them?" , "Why is the criminal justice system suited to give justice to criminals?") The list goes on and on and on. No family can ever resume a normal life again. Something is missing, something is askew.
Ask anyone on this board who is living it, they will tell you.
PLEASE, I beg of you, quit using this word "CLOSURE".
The proper expression is "an answer". AN answer, not THE answer. AN answer. So many unanswered questions........only answers, no closure.
Lanie, A victim of crime who will never find "closure"