AZ - Timothy Romans, 39, & Vincent Romero, 29, slain, St Johns, 5 Nov 2008 - #5

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  • #1,021
To clarify again...this 8 year old child lived an idealyic disneyland life and just woke up one day and decided to kill his father and his roommate?

And that's the reason one of the first words out of his grandmother's mouth was "I knew this was going to happen, they were too hard on him"


I found his grandmothers statement frightening. If she knew or suspected abuse, why didn't she report it? Why didn't anyone report it? Why did she stop talking about it and not elaborate?

Why do you think he killed his roomate?

IMO Grandparents tend to think parents are "too hard" on their children.
 
  • #1,022
Because that is how it goes in small towns like this one, no one reports anything... What happens there stays there... You've heard the saying what happens in this home stays in this home...

MOTHEROF4BOYS
 
  • #1,023
I was responding to dgfred

I get a little emotionally attached to every case I follow, so I resent the implication I'm just here to argue.

It is a public board.
 
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Nope, I simply said, I was contacted by others because I have consistently posted on this case and apparently they have the same opinion. My opinions are my own and formed with the evidence available, professional experience and life experience. Have I heard some things that weren't reported or available in documents? You bet, those things have never figured into my opinions.

I saw that videotaped confession, I will admit my mind was pretty made up. As new information came to light or was discussed...I considered it....other scenarios just never made as much sense to me.

About Tim, Do you believe he was lured and executed because he was a witness? How do you excuse that or rationalize that? I am really taken back........and I need to understand you. In eariler posts you alluded to the boy being abused........my not knowing what went on in that house, the shootings understandable etc...I was under the impression you feel the boy is mentally stable. Is that correct?

Yep...other than the damage caused by his father and his step mother and the fact that he has to deal with what he did...
The person responsible for this is Vince Romero
 
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Nope, I simply said, I was contacted by others because I have consistently posted on this case and apparently they have the same opinion. My opinions are my own and formed with the evidence available, professional experience and life experience. Have I heard some things that weren't reported or available in documents? You bet, those things have never figured into my opinions.

I saw that videotaped confession, I will admit my mind was pretty made up. As new information came to light or was discussed...I considered it....other scenarios just never made as much sense to me.

About Tim, Do you believe he was lured and executed because he was a witness? How do you excuse that or rationalize that? I am really taken back........and I need to understand you. In eariler posts you alluded to the boy being abused........my not knowing what went on in that house, the shootings understandable etc...I was under the impression you feel the boy is mentally stable. Is that correct?

BBM
So you have been in "constant" contact with posters you have met via the internet on insessions and you know this family?

Maybe if you actually knew the family, knew the boy that videotaped confession might have a different meaning. Only you and OBE are the only two people who I have heard from ALL the other boards indicate they felt that this boy was a cold calculating murderer based off that confession given by an 8 year old boy with two armed police officers doing the typical "triangle let's move in closer" tactic with him...I find that unreal.

I do know this boy and yes I do find him to be mentally stable and I don't think it will do any good to release what is found in the evaluations...he is a minor and it is none of anyones business...
 
  • #1,026
Yep...other than the damage caused by his father and his step mother and the fact that he has to deal with what he did...
The person responsible for this is Vince Romero

I haven't posted in ages, although I've followed this case from the beginning. While I don't wish to get into a confrontation with you, I draw the line at your statement that VR is responsible for his death and that of his room-mate. There are many, many cases of child abuse (if, indeed this is the case) in this country, yet abuse (again, if this is true) does not call for murder.
 
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Yep...other than the damage caused by his father and his step mother and the fact that he has to deal with what he did...
The person responsible for this is Vince Romero


WOW!

There is no justification or excuse for planning, killing, luring to kill again and trying to lie and cover it all up.

You can blame one DEAD victim all you want for the crime, the one that pulled the trigger is ultimately responsible. But whatever helps you sleep at night.

and you all me bias?
 
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BBM
So you have been in "constant" contact with posters you have met via the internet on insessions and you know this family?

Maybe if you actually knew the family, knew the boy that videotaped confession might have a different meaning. Only you and OBE are the only two people who I have heard from ALL the other boards indicate they felt that this boy was a cold calculating murderer based off that confession given by an 8 year old boy with two armed police officers doing the typical "triangle let's move in closer" tactic with him...I find that unreal.

I do know this boy and yes I do find him to be mentally stable and I don't think it will do any good to release what is found in the evaluations...he is a minor and it is none of anyones business...


What I suggest you to is, you are a little too close. You obviously love this boy and need to believe as you do. Denial is a powerful thing and perfectly normal.

How can you explain away and excuse Tim's murder ? Reguardless if Vince was abusing the boy or not...what about Tim?

It takes a cold calculating person to do what this boy did and the way he did it....horrific. But you go ahead and continue to blame a dead man.

I do not base my opinions on the number of people that share them. No one should.
 
  • #1,029
WOW!

There is no justification or excuse for planning, killing, luring to kill again and trying to lie and cover it all up.

You can blame one DEAD victim all you want for the crime, the one that pulled the trigger is ultimately responsible. But whatever helps you sleep at night.

and you all me bias?



Can a child be full responsible? when stops the responsibility of the adults in a child's live? when acts an adult careless? In this case all the adults in his live who are responsible for him before the shootings are running away and say "not me" -after the shootings! the only person who want to take the responsibility for her kid is his natural mom.
In my eyes his dad and his step mom still act careless. If he make death threads before they even act more careless, they leave the weapons and munitions accessible for an 8 year old boy who make death threads. I know it's not forbidden in AZ but it's stupid and careless.

the comment at the end of the article you posted say's it all

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Kid threatens to kill dad, and dad doesn't take away his gun ??? bad move, dad

here is the link again
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/109706.php
 
  • #1,030
I haven't posted in ages, although I've followed this case from the beginning. While I don't wish to get into a confrontation with you, I draw the line at your statement that VR is responsible for his death and that of his room-mate. There are many, many cases of child abuse (if, indeed this is the case) in this country, yet abuse (again, if this is true) does not call for murder.


-but it can cause murder.
 
  • #1,031
WOW!

There is no justification or excuse for planning, killing, luring to kill again and trying to lie and cover it all up.

You can blame one DEAD victim all you want for the crime, the one that pulled the trigger is ultimately responsible. But whatever helps you sleep at night.

and you all me bias?

So because a person is dead through violence and they are absolved of their crimes? A man beats the heck out of his wife and kids and the wife kills him...but he is absolved of his actions that caused this affect? A child should just sit there and take the abuse and not fight back. The one time he did try he was just beat again. Tiffany started monitoring his calls with his mother. His own grandmother knew this was happening and refused to believe it and did nothing. Ask your friend why Vince's father, Leroy, would spit in the face of Tiffany if he ever saw her again. Ask your friend why there are no pictures of Vince and Tiffany in Liz's home. Ask your friend why there are pictures of Vince, Eryn and CR in Liz's home. Ask your friend why there are pictures of Vince's sisters husbands in Liz's home...but none of Tiffany. Ask your friend why the only pictures of the Wedding are of Vince, CR and other family members...none of Tiffany. Ask your friend why Vince told his dad he would never have children with Tiffany. I think Tiffany started a pattern of abuse towards CR that Vince did nothing to stop and to keep her happy he 1) allowed it to go on and 2) started beating CR himself.

Tiffany can sit in her wheelchair the rest of her natural life and wonder just how her life went so bad...you do not beat a child the way she did...I sure hope Karma is a bigger bi**h than I am. I cannot wait for the day they bring charges against her...that's what will make me happy. So far there has been nothing in the case that makes me happy, except the fact the I opened my heart to this young family in need and have been changed since. And Yes I do sleep better at night knowing that someday Tiffany will answer to the one above...and yes I have lost many nights of sleep worrying about this little boy and thinking about how torn apart that family is now.

Vince and Tiffany are just going along their merry way raising this boy, providing this idealic life for this boy and he just wakes up and decides I'm going to kill my dad...come on...Don't you think maybe they could have taught their son coping skills, some anger management skills. If my 8 year old son told me some of the things people claim "after the fact" that he said, I certainly would have my child in therapy...at a minimum.

This was a perfect storm brewing...child abuse, home alone, loaded weapons available, taught to use them...dysfunctional family...

The problem is this is not a black or white issue...this is not a third world country...we don't give up on our children

Again, stop putting words in my mouth...I never called you bias...

I know what he did, I know why he did it, does it make it right...no way, does the child need help...yes he does...can this child have a normal life...probably not...but I will do my best to make sure he has a good shot at it and so will his mother.
 
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So because a person is dead through violence and they are absolved of their crimes? Their crimes? First I would need to know for a fact a crime was even committed. I know of zero evidence of the crimes you are alleging. A man beats the heck out of his wife and kids and the wife kills him...but he is absolved of his actions that caused this affect? If there is actually evidence the man beat his wife. Would I believe the wife if there wasn't a bruise on her and no evidence to corroborate her claims. Nope. She would be a woman that murdered her husband. A child should just sit there and take the abuse and not fight back. The one time he did try he was just beat again. Tiffany started monitoring his calls with his mother. His own grandmother knew this was happening and refused to believe it and did nothing. Ask your friend why Vince's father, Leroy, would spit in the face of Tiffany if he ever saw her again. Ask your friend why there are no pictures of Vince and Tiffany in Liz's home. Ask your friend why there are pictures of Vince, Eryn and CR in Liz's home. Sorry, the last two sentences confused me. Ask your friend why there are pictures of Vince's sisters husbands in Liz's home...but none of Tiffany. I think I know why, they love the boy and are willing to believe him. Ask your friend why the only pictures of the Wedding are of Vince, CR and other family members...none of Tiffany. Ask your friend why Vince told his dad he would never have children with Tiffany. I think Tiffany started a pattern of abuse towards CR that Vince did nothing to stop and to keep her happy he 1) allowed it to go on and 2) started beating CR himself. According to who? A boy that was determined to kill his father and an innocent man? The kid didn't shoot Tiffany. If what you said was true, why didn't the kid wait until they were both sleeping? Why kill Tim? I think he's a very bright and manipulative child, smart enough to report any alleged abuse. I think the boy was smart enough to lie and claim he was abused, that's why he lied about the "log" he kept.

Tiffany can sit in her wheelchair the rest of her natural life and wonder just how her life went so bad...you do not beat a child the way she did... Amazing, not a mark on the boy, not a single trip to the ER, not one call ever placed to CPS. I think the boy is playing the victim. Just as he played the hero in one of his versions of what happened. The victim role is one his mother and a few others lap up. sure hope Karma is a bigger bi**h than I am. I cannot wait for the day they bring charges against her...that's what will make me happy. So far there has been nothing in the case that makes me happy, except the fact the I opened my heart to this young family in need and have been changed since. And Yes I do sleep better at night knowing that someday Tiffany will answer to the one above...and yes I have lost many nights of sleep worrying about this little boy and thinking about how torn apart that family is now. Because of the boy's actions.

Vince and Tiffany are just going along their merry way raising this boy, providing this idyllic life for this boy and he just wakes up and decides I'm going to kill my dad...come on... Murder never makes sense to me. I do understand the need for some to makes some sense of it all. Truth is, it doesn't make sense. Other, older children have murdered their parents and ya know what? Those murders didn't make sense to me either. They do it because they are angry and want to do what they want too do. They detest rules. Don't you think maybe they could have taught their son coping skills, some anger management skills. If my 8 year old son told me some of the things people claim "after the fact" that he said, I certainly would have my child in therapy...at a minimum. Are you forgetting his mother basically abandoned him for a long time and just recently breezed back into his life, AFTER THE FACT? Perhaps, he just wanted to be "rescued" from all the normal rules and expectations ...thought the grass would be greener?

This was a perfect storm brewing...child abuse, home alone, loaded weapons available, taught to use them...dysfunctional family...

The problem is this is not a black or white issue...this is not a third world country...we don't give up on our children Who is the "we"? I never said he should be given up on. Quite the contrary. While I personally believe he can't be fixed, even I believe every resource available should be used to try.

Again, stop putting words in my mouth...I never called you bias...

I know what he did, I know why he did it, does it make it right...no way, does the child need help...yes he does...can this child have a normal life...probably not...but I will do my best to make sure he has a good shot at it and so will his mother. Like I said, I respect your opinion, you may even be right. But there's a very strong possibility the boy is lying, manipulating and just maybe you are wrong. When considering the cold heinous way he went about carrying out these murders, it shouldn't be too hard to imagine.


My reply in red
 
  • #1,033
Can a child be full responsible? when stops the responsibility of the adults in a child's live? when acts an adult careless? In this case all the adults in his live who are responsible for him before the shootings are running away and say "not me" -after the shootings! the only person who want to take the responsibility for her kid is his natural mom.
In my eyes his dad and his step mom still act careless. If he make death threads before they even act more careless, they leave the weapons and munitions accessible for an 8 year old boy who make death threads. I know it's not forbidden in AZ but it's stupid and careless.

the comment at the end of the article you posted say's it all

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Kid threatens to kill dad, and dad doesn't take away his gun ??? bad move, dad

here is the link again
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/109706.php


I agree. Vince's biggest mistake was trusting his son.
 
  • #1,034
I agree. Vince's biggest mistake was trusting his son.

It should be the reverse. The eight year old child should have trusted his father. I am not, nor have I ever, blamed the victim for their murder. That said, what they "may" havehave not done, how they behaved, how they treated another should be a factor.

There is so much I truly believe we do not know about this family dynamic. That's the major issue for me. I cannot toss aside possible factors that we have not been made aware of. There is much more to this. I have no doubt.

imho
 
  • #1,035
Tiffany can sit in her wheelchair the rest of her natural life and wonder just how her life went so bad...you do not beat a child the way she did...I sure hope Karma is a bigger bi**h than I am. I cannot wait for the day they bring charges against her...that's what will make me happy. So far there has been nothing in the case that makes me happy, except the fact the I opened my heart to this young family in need and have been changed since. And Yes I do sleep better at night knowing that someday Tiffany will answer to the one above...and yes I have lost many nights of sleep worrying about this little boy and thinking about how torn apart that family is now.

... snipped. That seems harsh. The woman is left a widow and an invalid too. So you know "the boy" or his "mom" or whomever you know, but you can't know the true facts of the family life before the murders. You weren't there, there is no proof or evidence that Tiffany beat the boy.
 
  • #1,036
Yep...other than the damage caused by his father and his step mother and the fact that he has to deal with what he did...
The person responsible for this is Vince Romero

Hey sdn8tv,

I am trying to follow you. Are you saying Vince is responsible for his and Tim's murder? If so, what responsibility do you think the child bears?
 
  • #1,037
I haven't posted in ages, although I've followed this case from the beginning. While I don't wish to get into a confrontation with you, I draw the line at your statement that VR is responsible for his death and that of his room-mate. There are many, many cases of child abuse (if, indeed this is the case) in this country, yet abuse (again, if this is true) does not call for murder.

I too was confused by that post.
 
  • #1,038
My reply in red

But Linda, you are basing your opinion that he wasn't beaten on a simple intake done when he was placed in detention.
 
  • #1,039
Hey sdn8tv,

I am trying to follow you. Are you saying Vince is responsible for his and Tim's murder? If so, what responsibility do you think the child bears?

What I am saying is Vince was responsible for what went on in his home. He is responsible for how he treated his son, how he let Tiffany treat his son. Not getting his son help if he felt he needed it. Ultimately, Vince's lack of responsibility led to his death. Maybe this family was taught to deal with violence with violence...
I am not saying he is responsible for his death...
 
  • #1,040
... snipped. That seems harsh. The woman is left a widow and an invalid too. So you know "the boy" or his "mom" or whomever you know, but you can't know the true facts of the family life before the murders. You weren't there, there is no proof or evidence that Tiffany beat the boy.

Not sure why you are putting "the boy" or "mom" in quotes or what you're trying to imply...
How do you know I CAN'T know the true facts of the family life before this. Honestly, you don't know who I am, who I know, what I know and I don't appreciate being called a liar. Do you really think all the sealed records have been released for general consumption? Well there are five psychiatric evaluations and none of which will be disclosed.



Yes it is harsh my feelings for Tiffany and I don't care. I believe in Karma...100%.
 
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