"At Va. Tech, a Sense of Bewilderment, Sadness as Shooting Motive Remains Unclear"
Virginia Tech university has been left with a "sense of bewilderment" after a second shooting, which resulted in two deaths, occurred at their campus this week. Ross Truett Ashley, 22 shot and killed police officer, Deriek Crouse, as he sat in his patrol car. Ashley then turned the gun on himself, when he was spotted by another officer. Crouse was a father of five and a veteran.
Ross Truett Ashley
Police have stated there was no connection between the two men. No motive has surfaced at this time. Ashley was enrolled at Radford University at the time of his death. He was a good looking young man with his life before him. What made him resort to the horrors of murder suicide.
20-year-old Ryan McCabe Brunn, has been arrested in connection with the murder of missing 7-year-old Georgia girl, Jorelys Rivera. The young girl was in the care of a babysitter, while her mother worked the nightshift at her place of employment. Rivera went missing, as she was allegedly abducted by maintenance man, Brunn. Her body was discovered days later in the garbage. The medical examiner stated she died of blunt force trauma to the head, stab wounds and was also raped.
Precious little Jorelys Rivera
The state of Georgia maintains the death penalty, as a means of punishing crime and many will be calling for Brunn to face such a fate, due to the heinous nature of the Rivera's murder. If such a claim is not successful in court, Brunn will likely face life in prison if convicted, where inmates will not react well to his presence. When one goes into prison as a pedophile and or child murderer, it will make one a target.
Ryan McCabe Brunn
In the State of Georgia, there exists an exemption in avoiding the death penalty and that is mental disability. However, according to the New York Times, the burden of proof to meet said requirement is very high, making the death penalty a strong probability for very violent offenders, who commit crimes such as the ones Brunn is accused of in court. Jorelys died a violent death - justice must be served.
