Yep! That's how it always was growing up (hey! Found $300 in this old purse) it sounds RIDICULOUS to those who don't live it. Growing up country also meant growing up poor, while we would hoard the money we got and forgoed thinks like Internet, cable, expensive cell phones, we wouldn't take out loans. Cars were paid for with cash and weren't anything to write home about but got you to A and B. Sometimes the men would try to fix the cars up and sell them for more money. Selling random things from the house to pay the electric bill or buy groceries when we'd fall on hard times. Or selling things to buy something you need, like a new furnace because you don't have the ability to take our the loan for it. I don't find much about the Rhoden's abnormal, because I know how it is. I also know how easy it is to get into slinging pot and realizing the profit that can be made. For people that don't have money and find themselves in legal trouble etc, sometimes it seems like the only option to make a quick buck knowing they aren't qualified for positions. Once that money starts rolling in, it's hard to just stop. It's a crappy cycle to get sucked into, I'm so happy I was able to break free from it, (though I do still live in the country, but have dissociated ourselves from certain family members) but so many people can't. I never landed myself in legal troubles which I think helped me in the long run. Selling any type of drugs is a viscous cycle, you start seeing the money come in and you want more and more and more, it's only normal to want more for yourself or your family, to want to help your kids so they don't struggle their whole life like you did... You aren't thinking about the dangers you are facing, you're blinded by the money.
ETA: someone had mentioned country folk are usually land rich and cash poor, and that's exactly it. The land stays in the family, but the families still struggle, but they find a way to keep their land.
ETA: someone had mentioned country folk are usually land rich and cash poor, and that's exactly it. The land stays in the family, but the families still struggle, but they find a way to keep their land.
But he did have an open domestic case still. According to the pike county civil court records, the case was closed when he died. And there was a judgement against him for court fees starting in 2002. I will have to go back to see when the land was inherited. I think Chris was treated by the family as the oldest "responsible" male. The family would pick the one most capable, not just because he's the oldest.
In a perfect world of a big hospital run by the book.
Yep! That's how it always was growing up (hey! Found $300 in this old purse) it sounds RIDICULOUS to those who don't live it.
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drugs is a viscous cycle, you start seeing the money come in and you want more and more and more, it's only normal to want more for yourself or your family, to want to help your kids so they don't struggle their whole life like you did... You aren't thinking about the dangers you are facing, you're blinded by the money.
Yes, our family has so much family land that isn't even used. I own land I have no idea where it actually is. Also if a cousin has land and wants to get rid of it, they sell to a family member. Could be an 8th cousin, but you sell to a family member.
That is a possibility, especially if it was a bad crime and the family stood by the criminal.Could this have been done to cover up another crime or retaliation for one already comitted?
Chris bought some land from a sibling years ago. I knew I recognized her name, had seen it. I saw her name in the obit.I agree. Maybe CRsr got it because they knew he wouldn't sell it just to make money and would keep it in the family, that's a big deal to these big families that are land rich. It's almost disrespectful to sell property that's been in the family for generations.
I could give you personal life stories to backup every single thing your talking about. Instead I am going to just pick one.Family took care of family. If one member for whatever reason were down on their luck;family helped them out. Now,would they bad mouth them. Well, let's just say some things were said about,"certain individuals who made it a way of life" under their breath.
To close, the people from the Mississippi Delta have pride. Hard times scrapping by sure but never public assistance ever. To my knowledge my aunt who had cerebral palsy & lived with moma and papa. After they were gone collected Social Security Disability but never Welfare ever. Funerals everyone chipped in no questions and no handouts.
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He was not necessarily the sole heir for Clarence. Very possible that Clarence left a will and named his son Christopher as executor.
If Clarence died intestate, his sole heir would have been his surviving spouse.
It's impossible to know for certain about who may have inherited Clarence's estate without seeing probation documents
As far as I've been able to determine, Pike County does not make their probate records available online.
Court records would also be the way to determine if Chris Sr. had a will or if he died intestate.
If he died intestate, his heirs would be his four grandchildren.
Here is a link to the Ohio Bar regarding intestate that includes some layman's language regaring Ohio statute of descent and distribution:
https://www.ohiobar.org/forpublic/resources/lawfactspamphlets/pages/lawfactspamphlet-1.aspx
I've missed a few days of sleuthing this case, and tried to do a thorough-ish quick reading of the subsequent threads.
It doesn't look like there's much new that's come out publicly?
Not really :/ Interview with older KR and LM, but not much.. Daily Mail has said some things - take that with a grain of salt.
Times are really different now in many ways, but none of my aunts, uncle or mother realized they grew up dirt poor. They had everything they needed, not everything they wanted. The house my mom grew up in was built for the $5.00 box of nails. All the family gave my grandfather the lumber, he had to buy the nails and they all built the house.Yes. We NEVER have ever relied on public assistance growing up in this scenario. It was make money, or die trying. Too much pride to take money from the state.
And don't get me wrong, with all my posts about the country living, everyone in our family were hard workers, but when you are making minimum wage supporting big families, it doesn't pay for everything. You kinda grow up with this hustle attitude. If your electric bill needs paid, you'll get it paid on your own somehow.
Nothing new yet.I've missed a few days of sleuthing this case, and tried to do a thorough-ish quick reading of the subsequent threads.
It doesn't look like there's much new that's come out publicly?
A suppressor isn't that quiet though.
Suppressors are tracked more closely than guns. No way an LE would use a legal suppressor in a murder.
They are difficult to get, they take months and special forms before you know if you are approved and they track them closely.
It is much easier to buy an AK-47 than a suppressor.
I agree. Maybe CRsr got it because they knew he wouldn't sell it just to make money and would keep it in the family, that's a big deal to these big families that are land rich. It's almost disrespectful to sell property that's been in the family for generations.
I agree. Maybe CRsr got it because they knew he wouldn't sell it just to make money and would keep it in the family, that's a big deal to these big families that are land rich. It's almost disrespectful to sell property that's been in the family for generations.