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Updated: 11:41 AM Nov 4, 2009
UPDATE: Pipe bombs found by suspect of apparent murder-suicide
Investigators say he shot himself and set himself on fire on a pile of burning tires. Posted: 1:26 PM Nov 1, 2009Reporter: WEAU 13 News Team Email Address: news@weau.com chris.baylor@weau.com, kelly.schlicht@weau.com |
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You would have to be truly mental if you can equate this with the "ultimate father". The victim's family are decent people and the suspect's daughter is being brought up in a loving, caring home. I have known the victim's family for years. Although I do not know the details of the suspect/victim's sister's break up, to say he was "protesting"(sic) his daughter is just crazy talk. The suspect obviously had some issues. I have no doubt he loved his daughter and wanted to be a part of her life. If he loved her enough he would have gotten the mental health help he needed and straightened his life out. I'm fairly positive the family courts would have taken that as a sign of a mature rational adult doing what he needs to do for not only the LOVE of his daughter but for her WELLBEING which would have made him the ultimate father. What a horrible thing for a little girl to live with-that her uncle was killed by her dad and now she has to live with that stigma for the rest of her life-tragic!
First, my heart goes out to the Palm family. Not only did this tradegy affect the Palm family, but also the whole community, the firefighters, and EMS that was involved. There is NEVER an excuse to murder someone. He should of just done what he did at the end and killed himself fist instead of taking someone else down with him.
You know I have been reading the posts here all week and some of you are real Idiots,NO ONE has condoned Triples actions in anyway nor am I,were here to try to figure out what pushed him to do what he did,we are all aware of what he did,and we all know it was wrong.I don't care what any of you think, I knew him and he was a decent guy,I wont sit here and make excuses for him,cause plain and simple he was wrong in what he did,we could argue back and forth all day long on why he did what he did, but at the end of the day we will never know the real truth.... What we do know is that we have lost people in our lives that meant something to us..That's what really matters at this point.Put your thoughts and prayers to the family's who have really lost someone important in there lives,and quit your BS of pointing fingers its not getting anyone anywhere.... Hate the Sin not the Sinner
So happy all of you know how you feel about all of this. Now lets talk about the other people that where on Todd's list of "people to do." Gosh how do you think they feel. um lets see, relieved, now what does that do to your head when you think you are glad someone has committed suicide? How should his family feel? Like they failed him in some way? Did they miss something, or just refuse to see it? Lots of unusual emotions going on here. Emotions I'm sure are really hard to understand. So no need to make excuses. There is one guilty party here, and I'm sorry all of Todd's friends but it's true. The only guilty party is the one who pulled the trigger.
I agree with Wausau and Broken promise and a broken promise is what I think caused everything.
Anthony I'm very sorry to hear about your brother... Please let your family and Janice know you are all in my thoughts and prayers. Do you know if anyone will be holding any memorial service for Todd? I would like to know so I could make the trip there. I know this is a very hard time for so many people.. Continue to have faith in the lord and his reason for everything that happens.
I am disgusted by people saying Todd was "protecting" his daughter. How is maliciously killing her uncle, burning her grandparent's house down, and killing himself (her very own father) protection?? Todd may have been a good friend, brother, son, etc to you but it does not justify that his actions were anything but 100% not acceptable! Life is 10% of what happens to you (things you cannot control) and 90% of how you react to it. So some things in Todd's life weren't going the way he wanted them to..SO WHATthat doesn't issue a free pass to murder an innocent person. His daughter now has to live without two precious people in her life...he has done more harm to her than he has done good in protecting her. The legal system failed us once again...after threatening many lives a year prior he never should have been free to roam the world and act on the thoughts that troubled him PERIOD. Any life lost is sad and I do pray all families who mourn their losses will find some sort of peace.
I just wanted to say that until everyone has all the facts, maybe you shouldn't pass judgement. I didn't know the man Tripple killed, but I have known Tripple many years. I don't agree with what he did by no means, but he felt he was justified. It's a tradedy all together.I feel for all those involved, especially his daughter who no longer has her dad and will never know what a great guy he was, despite whet happened.
Triple choose Hell, and took his own life to protest his daughter. You can call him crazy, but I choose to call him the ultimate father
This is a sad thing that happened to EVERYONE. My prayers are for Triple's family, the Palm family, and the Coss family. It's a horrible thing for everyone to go through.
Apparently all of you supporters of "Triple" don't know his mental health issues, and obviously don't know that history. I do, and I must say that I too believe that him serving a life sentence/death penalty would be absolute closure for the victim's family. Did you read about the issue two years ago. Maybe if the police would have acted correctly with the search warrant there would be a different outcome, but who knows. The attempt to disgrace the Palm family is truly aweful!!! The "more to the story" is that "Triple" should have had a psychiatric examination and medicated a long time ago as he has had these types of thoughts previously. This whole thing is a true shame, and the loss of a wonderful man (Palm) is the end result. So sad, so sad, so sad. To end, father's SHOULD be given a chance but only if they can properly and mentally take care of a child. I do not think that in this case that would have been in the best interest of this little girl.
I am the brother of Arthur A. Garcia, I knew him better than all of you. I will not defend his actions in this matter, but I know who he was. I know why this incident happened, and it is not a simple scenario to explain. So I will just say everyone involved caused this tragedy. Please don't be so ignorant about what has happened, only have compassion for those lost. And be more considerate of the feelings of those they left behind to remember them for who they were to us. I hope for Palms that they will eventually heal from their loss. I will always love my brother for who I know he was. There were problems even between us when he first got into trouble in 2007 and we did not speak between then and now. But he was my brother and doesn't need his name smeared any more. For those of you who are religious forgive us our trespasses and forgive those who trespass against us. Just make sure you know someone truly before you judge them. FOR MY BROTHER WHO I ACTUALLY KNEW I MISS YOU.
I think the courts need to take a long look at what is happening in family court.. I too have been a victim of courts.. Many times I could barley find the strength to go on.. The love for my children is all I have... My ex has a long court record history and serious mental issues (that have been documented by physicians), yet the courts gave her custody. The courts favor mothers and that is a fact of life....Unfortunatly there are MANY good, decent, loving fathers out there trying to protect their children and can not do so because the courts stand in their way...Many times these fathers give up and have to watch their kids live a terrible life.. Other fathers take matters into their own hands (kidnapping, murder, their own lives even!) Hopefully now the courts will smarten up and give father's a chance! R.I.P
Why do they call him triple is it for all the personalities he has? I don't care if he was the Nobel peace prize winner, the guy was a coward plain and simple. If the killing he committed were truly justified he would have stuck around to face the music. Gosh, the people commenting here are horrible! The majority seem to feel the need to defend drunk drivers, child molesters and murderers and blame the victims of the crimes. The rest seem to believe that the state is full of drunken degenerates and that all hope is lost.
" Long Time Friend " if you think he was such a stand up guy why don't you serve the prison time he would have gotten. You know as a friend it would be the right thing to do and it would have give the Palm family.