Killers families

[OctavBotnar]

What i;ve wondered is what happens to the families /next of kin of murderers/killers , esp in a small community?
Are they advised by the Police to relocate for their own safety?
Given tabloid excess you rarely see any photos in papers (only sonia sutcliffe and Primrose Shipman are exceptions) and you never hear complaints of Press harassment either
What would you do , if god forbid, a family member committed murders ?- would you leave the area?

[louisa]

Yes, probably.

It all depends how bad the situation became. Also the type of murder. If it was a crime against a child by a paedophile then I wouldn't want to be assocated with it or the murderer - even if it was a family member.

[Rubyretro]

Some of the situations are too terrible to bear thinking about. Did anyone read about that British case where some totally evil nutter called Jonathon Vass stabbed to death his ex girlfriend, Jane Clough, because she dared to
leave him and turn him in to the Police for beating and raping her ?

He was picked up after the murder, with his car full of petrol, because he intended to kill Jane's parents, and his own child, as well....

Imagine being the grandparents now bringing up that child (and I hope to God
that it doesn't look like it's father), or far worse, being that child.

The families of killers can move and change their names, but escaping their genes and the baggage that comes with them is a different matter. They are collateral victims with no escape.