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Comments

[Maria]

I know I went off on some of those ppl sorry but they are posting blogs saying that my uncle Alfonso was a drug dealer he never sold any kind of ilegal drugs he got caught once and had drugs on him but it was for personal use so they made him go to rehab he was completley clean of drugs for a long time then they killed him he was even clean when they killed him this guy John was his so called friend he got out of jail nov 8 or 9 my uncle trusted him he let him in to his house while my uncle was asleep John started to take stuff out of the house my uncle woke up saw him and they got into an argument they started to fight each other my uncle was petite compared to this John so John socked my uncle just once and knocks him out he ties his hands and feet throws him in a closet so my uncle was facing down John didn't think he was gonna die so he kept taking stuff out of the house when he went back to check if my uncle was awake he found out he was dead at that point he had decided he was gonna burn the house down that's what John told the cops now he's trying to say it was an accident but when the cops caught him he was at the storage room where he had most of the stolen things he even stole shampoo and toothpaste would you call that an accident? This guy confessed everything he and it wasn't for drugs or anything like that my uncle trusted the wrong ppl but everything happens for a reason that John guy is going to be in jail for a long time I hope he gets death penalty. Sorry for all the other blogs that u couldt put up.

[syscom3]

maria, thanks for the information and update. A lot of people, including me, owe you an apology for jumping to the wrong conclusions.

Its too bad the editors of this blog cant keep us updated on the investigations and arrests (if any).