21 June 2005

Okay, again with the creepy:

I’m watching the local news last night, and the top story was of an elderly woman who had been missing for over a year, and her granddaughter had just confessed to killing her. Well, apparently, she (the granddaughter) decided to cooperate with the police and lead them to where she buried the body. Which just happens to be under the garage of a house that Bill and I looked into buying a few months ago. Needless to say, I squealed and ran in to tell Bill. Could this really be the same house? Best to drive over and investigate.

Sure enough—there was the overpriced Tudor-style with a good floor-plan and excellent school district being torn up with jackhammers and excavation equipment surrounded by the local ABC and NBC affiliate’s news vans. It used to be just a big cowfield, and apparently the construction companies managed to plant the house directly over the dead body. Bill and I actually stopped at the end of the cul-de-sac that the house is located on (seriously, if it had had trees and no dead bodies under it, it would have been perfect) and prayed and thanked God for saving us from all that. It also doesn’t help that developers just put up “high-end” storage units directly behind the house. I don’t care if you put a brick façade over the sheet metal and have fancy scrollwork on the security gate, mini-storage is mini-storage.

Those poor people will never be able to sell their house. Much like the three other houses on the block that are for sale as well. As I said, mini-storage is mini-storage.

At least the elderly woman will get a proper burial.

2 comments:

Ellen said...

WHAT?!!! I saw that on the news the other night. Which of the many houses that you almost bought was that one?

Why did the granddaughter kill her anyway? She was really odd looking, didn't you think? Sort of like a butch Kerri Brown.

Karen said...

yes, the whole thing is bizarre! and here's the weirder thing. bill got a newspaper this morning, and apparently, the g-daughter killed her, buried her, then when she realized all the construction that was going on, she went back a few months later, DUG HER UP, and re-buried her right before they were about to pour the foundation for the house.