Iraqi Woman Critically Beaten in Calif. (Has Died); Threat Note Left at Scene

[MADem]

89. I am trying to reconcile her demeanor with the horrific nature of the case.

I don't know, I'm a pretty strong individual, myself, but if someone that close to me was beaten to death in my home, I think the very LAST thing I'd be doing is discussing my view of the case with the media while the warmth was still leaving the body of my beloved relative. I think I'd be in shock, in seclusion, and trying to get a friken grip. I might be bugging the cops to get a move on, but not talking to Channel This Number or Channel That Number.

It almost looks like she is covering a smile with that handkerchief, and she sounds like she's trying too hard to advance a theory.

I know what you mean, I feel like a heel, too, but I'm thinking about Susan Smith, the woman who cried about her babies that were stolen by a "carjacking black man" --and who got, for a brief moment, the sympathy of a nation because the country got to see video of the little ones playing in their house and they were rosy cheeked little darlings--when she herself actually put them in the lake.

I'm supposing the police may even have taken these interviews and done the little "voice stress test" thing, solely for the purpose of following leads, mind you, that is becoming popular now.

Time will tell. I'd rather be wrong, to be honest. It's an awful thing, I should think, for kids to grow up (and there are four little ones besides the 17 year old) knowing that a relative killed their mother.