New Details In 'Santa' Shooting

Every time I watch the news there is something more horrific than the last story. I feel as if America and it's citizens are cracking under the pressure of this economic disaster. I pray for peace of mind for all of us and that the government and the new admin hears our cries.

Can't trust people!!!

Too much anger and hatred!!!

Dear Readers,
This year has taken a toll on all of us. So much saddness and disbelief. But I want to tell you something that has made me a believer. It may not be that signicant...but to me...it has given me "faith".
I received a package on my door step a week ago. I had ordered a few presents for my son and husband. I didn't think anything about this package. I took it inside, and opened it up...I just wanted to know "what gift if was" and should I wrap it up for my son or for my husband. Once I opened it up....I realized it was odd. There were many presents inside..like shirts and toys that were wrapped up like "Grandma" would do. I closed the box and looked at the name and realized this this was not for me. I looked in the phone book for the name on the box. There was no listing. I called the company that sent the box..but had gone home. My husband came home and I told him that we received this box in error. He said he Knew the address and told me where to go. When he told me this is was late in the evening and I said i will go the next day and give this Christmas box to the family. The next morning I woke-up and still in my pajamas and shoes I drove over to that house. I knocked on the door. The father answered. I explained that this gift was delivered to me in error. I told him I opened it up..I was sorry...But here is your gift. He thanked me and said it was from his mother. I told him my name and where I lived to explain the mishap.
About 30 minutes later I received a knock on my door. I opened it up to the man I just gave the package too. He told me he spoke to his mother and everthing that she sent him was in the box except a $150.00 gift certificate from Walmart. I told him I did not take the card with the money in it. But he was serious - and thought I had taken the money. So I said "I will write you a check" I don't want you to believe that I would do that to you." My husband had just cashed his pay check and we had cash in the house. My husband gave him the $150.00. I was sad. My husband believed me when I said I never took that envelope and money.
I told my husband that the money will be found and he will come knocking on my door. That he will feel sad and know that I didn't take the money from him. For days and days...I just kept saying this man will knock on my door an apoligize. Well, guess what. On Christmas Day they opened their gifts and inside a box was a Wal-mart gift card for $150.00. He and his wife felt very bad. But the banks were not open on Christmas day. So today he came and knocked on my door and told me how sorry he was. I gave him a huge smile and hug and told him that I had faith that he would do the right thing.
One last note: I recently lost my job. Prior to that my husband was in an accident and almost died. We have huge medical bills and have lost our vechicle....but I now am so happy and blessed that there are good people in the world.
Thank you for listening to me. Happy New Year and Happiness Always.

Chris

God bless you, Crystal

Yes, Chris, a few rotten eggs do not make the world the hell. There are plenty of good souls out there, only that they dont make the news as in the old time.

I hope the news media focus more on sweet stories like yours instead of the horrible ones, small but important for all of us to know that we are still in one of the best place one earth.

"...ex-wives parents..."

Does this mean he had more than one wife with the same parents - i.e. they were sisters?

Or, should it be, "...ex-wife's parents..."?

Just kidding!

Thank you Chris for your wonderful experience that you have shared with us. It is true there are still a lot of good people out there. Look how many stepped up when 911 took place and some even lost their lives.
I am not trying to get preachy here but when is the World or even the U.S. going to realize that you cannot have peace or the blessings of God forever when we have turned our backs on him in so many ways. We cannot continue to live the way we have as a nation and expect no consequences. No God No Peace Know God Know peace!

This story is like a horror movie plot. The Murdering Santa. But Pardo was obviously twisted. Not giving money for the son he let fall in the swimming pool, and then claiming him as a deduction, that's psychopathic. And the obvious feelings of male entitlement and paranoia are the one thing you can say that are the larger issue. There were posters yesterday who saw the wife as part of "California's harsh anti-male custody and divorce laws," but there's nothing in the facts to support that. The met he was required to pay was less than a third of his salary for 3 kids, and when he lost his job, he didn't have to pay anything. No, it was the evil in his own heart that caused this horror.

The evil doesn't lie solely within the broken man who lost all moral sensibility after his divorce and loss of job. Rather, it falls within our adversarial, win-lose system of divorce which turns ex-partners who formerly worked together into bitter, angry, lost souls alone in the world after their greatest failure. Our legal system preys upon broken marriages and renders terrible solutions "in the best interests of the child(ren)" and throws one parent away in the process. Some fortunate losers have family, jobs and social support systems to help them rebuild, remain socially integrated and release their grief and anger in accepatble ways. The unfortunate losers in divorce become the Pardos and Simpsons of the world, ticking time bombs who cannot move on and seek revenge through abuse on others.

We need to seriously rethink the current legal-adversarial system and create an alternative, no-fault model which realizes both adults within a divorce need help in moving forward and should have mental health support to screen for those who might have the potential for violence.