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allenanddana
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What is the name of your state? North Carolina
My father was murdered almost 10 years ago. The case was closed almost as quick as it had been opened due to the sheriff's department saying the shooter did it out of "self defense." This man is a known crazy drug dealer we'll call Bob. He had shot at my dad the night before and I have been told that my father took out papers on him for that. When my father comes home on the next day, he's there with my father's estranged wife, her other child from a previous marriage and one of Bob's friends. They say my dad shot first. Then in the newspaper, there are two different stories as to what happened next...Bob had his .357 magnum on him and the other is that he went to the truck to get it. There are pictures in the paper where Bob shows how my dad then hid in front of the truck while he admits that he stood on the hood of the truck over top of him with his gun pointing down at my father. He says that my father then shot at him and then he shot back. The bullet hole went in my father's head below his right ear and went up through his brain. I'm not a professional, but I don't see self defense here on Bob's part. Bob then took my father's gun, a .25-calier semiautomatic, and left him there to die while he went with the other people to the hospital, because he was shot in the arm and leg and the little boy was shot in the face. I was 17 at the time of his murder and it has haunted me ever since. I found out watching the local 6 o'clock news. I have watched so many forensic files on court tv and thought of my father and his case. I have seen shows with similar circumstances in the crimes and feel that more could have been done. I remember being told that Bob was a cousin of the sherrif and the county it happened in is one of the "good ole' boy" counties. Can you please give me some advice on whether or not this can be reopened? The bullet hole's entry point and the angle at which it traveled do not show self defense for Bob to me. Please help. I am ready to have closure. I need to know if Bob can possibly be punished in a court of law for what he did. Thank you so much.
My father was murdered almost 10 years ago. The case was closed almost as quick as it had been opened due to the sheriff's department saying the shooter did it out of "self defense." This man is a known crazy drug dealer we'll call Bob. He had shot at my dad the night before and I have been told that my father took out papers on him for that. When my father comes home on the next day, he's there with my father's estranged wife, her other child from a previous marriage and one of Bob's friends. They say my dad shot first. Then in the newspaper, there are two different stories as to what happened next...Bob had his .357 magnum on him and the other is that he went to the truck to get it. There are pictures in the paper where Bob shows how my dad then hid in front of the truck while he admits that he stood on the hood of the truck over top of him with his gun pointing down at my father. He says that my father then shot at him and then he shot back. The bullet hole went in my father's head below his right ear and went up through his brain. I'm not a professional, but I don't see self defense here on Bob's part. Bob then took my father's gun, a .25-calier semiautomatic, and left him there to die while he went with the other people to the hospital, because he was shot in the arm and leg and the little boy was shot in the face. I was 17 at the time of his murder and it has haunted me ever since. I found out watching the local 6 o'clock news. I have watched so many forensic files on court tv and thought of my father and his case. I have seen shows with similar circumstances in the crimes and feel that more could have been done. I remember being told that Bob was a cousin of the sherrif and the county it happened in is one of the "good ole' boy" counties. Can you please give me some advice on whether or not this can be reopened? The bullet hole's entry point and the angle at which it traveled do not show self defense for Bob to me. Please help. I am ready to have closure. I need to know if Bob can possibly be punished in a court of law for what he did. Thank you so much.
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