A kansas city chief and his girlfriend will not be down for breakfast

[Hemi Rebel]

No name released as of this posting

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/report-chiefs-player-kills-girlfriend-takes-own-life-154951891--nfl.html

 

[Cranky]

It's hard to believe that there are so many who are so unstable that they are willing to put a permanent end to their lives. I know a long term board member (another site) who's son just took his life after going through a nasty divorce but man....and I wonder just how often in cases like this involved drug use. Years ago, my oldest talked about suicide often but that was when she was regularly doing drugs. Makes it even more sad when they have to take someone with them.

 

[99ss]

May they both rest in peace. Condolences to family and friends. Rumors are all over the espn board as well as the hatred. I wont post what was said, person was named as well

 

[Pops1967GTX]

He is a Murder & a Coward...... Two family's are now in pain for his action.....

 

[Lowhound]

Worst thing about the whole situation is that they just had a child together 3 months ago. I dont guess he thought of the kid growing up without parents. Thats one of the most selfish acts he could have commited. He could have taken his self out of the picture,but left a mother to raise the kid!!!!!

 

[Moparsmitty]

What's so awful about this guy's life that he has to commit suicide? Was it that he was getting paid millions to play a game? Was it that he was a young and gifted athlete? Was it that he had his whole future ahead of him? I don't get any of it. Especially that he thought that he had to take someone with him. The true definition of insanity.

 

[Budnicks]

it's a waste of 2 lives & careers, I feel bad for the child & the families involved, my condolences... RIP

 

[HT413]

Shame he didnt get the help he needed. As far as the coward comments, well I understand where you're coming from, but depression makes your thinking all warped so I'm guessing he didn't do it out of cowardice.

 

[99ss]

prolonged head trauma maybe ? Dont know if his brain can be donated to that study, but there seems to be more and more information now a days about the adverse effects of reapeted hits to the head

 

[Dennis H]

He is a Murder & a Coward...... Two family's are now in pain for his action.....

Correct. Help schmelp. Head trauma, right. Hope he burns for ruining many innocent lives. Overpaid thug. HE was responsible for his actions. Not the therapists, not the team managers.

 

[99ss]

If you can understand why someone did something then you can maybe prevent it from happening again. There is repeated evidence that repeated concussions cause damage and some of it results in dementia.

No one is saying give the guy a break it wasnt his fault.
Its a tragedy.

 

[WileE]

May they both rest in peace. Condolences to family and friends. Rumors are all over the espn board as well as the hatred. I wont post what was said, person was named as well

I was going to say, may he burn in hell, but I'm not the Final Judge, so the Lord will pass judgement on his soul & actions. May the young lady rest in peace. I'm not quite so sure what's wrong in despising a murderer ?

 

[99ss]

I see two young lives lost. A rash decision leads to a horrible consequence. Is he a murderer ? Yes he is and if you believe in that stuff then he will be judged accordingly. I moved beyond the hatred. Does that mean I condone his actions? No, not at all. I just dont hate the way some of you do. A domestic argument leads to death. Its nothing new at all. Maybe there is a correlation to head trauma is what my thoughts were. But then again domestic disputes leading to murder/suicide are far together to common and the fact he was a football player had nothing to do with it.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

This was a Tragic incident.This has nothing to do with Hatred.I stated a Fact. He Murdered his girlfriend (mother of his child) & then committed suicide. Committing suicide to me is a cowardly act.I have investigated numerous Murder/ suicide cases. What causes Murder, suicide ?There are any motives or causes of a person death. "Every case is its own story." A crime like that is always shocking,but similar tragedies seem to be happening more & more often these days.

Taken together, it becomes an act that requires the killer to get to a point where they see it's not only a reasonable response to my circumstances to take my own life, (but) things are so bad that I'm going to take the wife, or my spouse, or my partner, or my children with me.

Marital troubles ,Toxicology report, Mental illness,Helpless & hopeless,Domestic violence, financial decision,correlation to head trauma for sporting injuries. Where they're warning sign or symptoms...An investigation might be able to reveal the causes...

It leaves you with so many unanswered questions. It's usually a constellation of factors that contribute to something like this situation. It's usually not just one thing. No sugar coating it. His Act was Murder & he killed himself.....His action will cause a lingering pain for these two family for years to come......

 

[HT413]

One thing I like about this board is how we generally have well thought out opinions and though we may not agree, there's generally none of that drive-by bashing that you get on most other forums.

i used to agree with the coward stuff but after a few years of teaching high school in an inner city school, i guess i've softened. I see how these kids grow up and what they have to deal with and my anger has been replaced with, I don't know what. Sympathy isnt the right word and i dont know what is.

any adult must pay for their actions, but since there's no one left to punish, i'm left with sorrow for the families and for that baby. Though, who knows, maybe that baby will be blessed enough to have a better life now.

 

[Dennis H]

Investigation yes. Excuses no. Her life was not lost, it was taken. At least the taxpayers don't have to feed and clothe him for the rest of his life. We got a break there.

 

[Bruzilla]

So an NFL player kills someone and then decides to take his own life out of guilt or remorse... too bad Ray Lewis couldn't show that kind of initiative!

 

[Hemi Rebel]

I was thinking more along the lines of OJ. Why ya gotta go bringin' Ray Lewis into it?

 

[WP29440SE]

he had the option to take his own life which is fine, knock yourself out, but to take someone elses life in the process is an action that makes him the POS that he was. she did not choose to die , he took the role of god and made that choice for her , may he rot in hell

 

[moparstuart]

was a very sad weekend in kansas city