Family found hanged in Texas home

[homesick_american 1]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6702267.stm

Four children and their mother have been found hanged in their mobile home in the US state of Texas, police said.

A relative found the bodies of a 23-year-old woman and her four daughters aged five, three, two and eight months, in a wardrobe.

The youngest - the only survivor - was taken to hospital when she was discovered still to be breathing.

Police at the scene, about 25 miles (40km) west of Fort Worth, said the deaths appeared to be a murder-suicide.

Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said the children had been hanged with strips of clothing and sashes at the Oak Hills mobile home park.

"It's terrible, terrible," he said.

The deceased woman was believed to have been separated from her husband, who had been notified of the deaths, Sheriff Fowler said.

Residents in the rural community with a population of about 1,600 are reported to be stunned.

[GeordieWife 1]

I just read that on the news too...sooo sad...and it's another mother from Texas too. It's so hard to comprehend!

[peejay 327]

Welcome to Texas.

[Ban Hammer 14,460]

darn cattle rustlers

[eau_xplain 2]

I really think it's in the water.

[homesick_american 1]

Welcome to Texas.

Yeah, I guess people never kill their entire family before killing themselves in other states. Nope, just in Texas.

[Ban Hammer 14,460]

Welcome to Texas.

Yeah, I guess people never kill their entire family before killing themselves in other states. Nope, just in Texas.

psssst peejay is in texas so no, he's not slamming texas.

[homesick_american 1]

Welcome to Texas.

Yeah, I guess people never kill their entire family before killing themselves in other states. Nope, just in Texas.

psssst peejay is in texas so no, he's not slamming texas.

I know where he is, thanks.

[Otto 83]

Welcome to Texas.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Not that anyone here has – but what is wrong with berrating the city/state where you live? I mean… if you live there I’m sure you have a perspective on it….

Back home – my town’s local newspaper got all indignant whenever some famous celebrity who originally came from that part of the country made a derogatory comment about the town or its people. They’d go out and do vox-pop surveys to stir up sentiment. Thing is… for all that the town was #######.

[homesick_american 1]

Not that anyone here has – but what is wrong with berrating the city/state where you live? I mean… if you live there I’m sure you have a perspective on it….

Back home – my town’s local newspaper got all indignant whenever some famous celebrity who originally came from that part of the country made a derogatory comment about the town or its people. They’d go out and do vox-pop surveys to stir up sentiment. Thing is… for all that the town was #######.

I've been listening to 'Oooh, Texas sucks' comments for six years now; I have a pretty low threshold for it at this point.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Not that anyone here has – but what is wrong with berrating the city/state where you live? I mean… if you live there I’m sure you have a perspective on it….

Back home – my town’s local newspaper got all indignant whenever some famous celebrity who originally came from that part of the country made a derogatory comment about the town or its people. They’d go out and do vox-pop surveys to stir up sentiment. Thing is… for all that the town was #######.

I've been listening to 'Oooh, Texas sucks' comments for six years now; I have a pretty low threshold for it at this point.

I'm sure there are people out there who feel the same way about Essex towns. Not me

[Otto 83]

Not that anyone here has – but what is wrong with berrating the city/state where you live? I mean… if you live there I’m sure you have a perspective on it….

Back home – my town’s local newspaper got all indignant whenever some famous celebrity who originally came from that part of the country made a derogatory comment about the town or its people. They’d go out and do vox-pop surveys to stir up sentiment. Thing is… for all that the town was #######.

Oh! well..let's just rephrase the berating then...(since we're an 'international' site)...

Welcome to America!

Edited May 30, 2007 by Karin und Otto

[homesick_american 1]

Not that anyone here has – but what is wrong with berrating the city/state where you live? I mean… if you live there I’m sure you have a perspective on it….

Back home – my town’s local newspaper got all indignant whenever some famous celebrity who originally came from that part of the country made a derogatory comment about the town or its people. They’d go out and do vox-pop surveys to stir up sentiment. Thing is… for all that the town was #######.

I've been listening to 'Oooh, Texas sucks' comments for six years now; I have a pretty low threshold for it at this point.

I'm sure there are people out there who feel the same way about Essex towns. Not me

Mebbe. Not me, though; I've never been to Essex.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I will never live in Texas. Hollywood is full of anti-Texans!