Tuesday, November 05, 2002

 
Music : Downfall - Trust Company
It is November 5, 2002...... For those who haven't heard at approximately 1 a.m. Monday November 4, 2002 Two University of Cincinnati Students were murdered in cold jealous blood and then the shooter took his own life. The shooter was Nicklaus Joyce, my roomate since September. Nick was jealous that his ex-girlfriend was with a new guy, so he went to her condo late sunday/early monday, and gunned her and her new boyfriend down, then killed himself........ I am still numb to most of this. It hasn't really set in that the person who I had seen everyday for the last 5-6 weeks went out in cold blood and killed his ex that i had met numerous times and her new bf. This is a huge trial for me right now.... I don't know what to say, I don't know what to do. What makes it very tough for me is that i was with him when he purchased the muder weapon, and the fact that i was quite possibly the last person who he knew, besides the deceased, who saw him alive. I am lost in an ocean of emotions today. It is still so unreal to me. I don't understand, I can't comprehend, I can't believe....... Until yesterday, things like this only happened in movies, and on the other side of town...... Not so close..... I have shed many tears over this and I am sure it won't stop any time soon........ I just don't understand all of this..... This is something i thought i would never have to deal with...... I cry not just because of how it has affected me, and how scared i am by it, but mostly i shed tears for the families. I cry for Jen's family and friends and especially her little brother who heard it all happen and was the one who called 911. I cry for Nick Tipple's family and friends, and i even cry for Nick Joyce's family and friends. I highly doubt his parents ever thought he was capable of this and I am sure it was just as hard for them to hear that their son had murdered two people and then killed himself, as it was for the other victims families. I weep for three young children who will never see their next birthdays, never see their next christmas..... And I weep hard for three families who will never see their loved young ones again...... A 19 year old a 20 year old and a 23 year old whose lives came to an end much too soon...... I cry for parents..... cry for friends...... I cry for family..... I cry for roomates...... This never should have happened...... I turn to God for strength during this time.... I know he is there for me....... I know he is watching over me...... But it still hurts...... It creates a pain I have never felt before and hopefully I will never feel again..... Rest in peace Jennifer Duke 19, Nicklas Tipple 20, and Nicklaus Joyce 23......... Three of God's children taken from this earth much too early

Two articles
http://www.cincynow.com/news/2002/local/11/04/tripleshoot.html
http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/11/05/loc_westwood05.html
The Old Man posted this at 11:39 AM.