Girls found - Mayes Dead. (Current event 4)

This story has been a hot topic for the past two weeks or so. As explained in my previous current event, Adam Mayes kidnapped a mother and her three daughters in Tennessee. The oldest daughter and mother were found dead, both strangled. Mayes was found recently with the two younger girls in Mississippi. He killed himself before authorities could arrest him. His wife and mother are being charged as being involved as well. I think it's horrible what these girls have witnessed. Not only did they see their mother and sister killed, but they watched Mayes kill himself also. I also think it's pathetic that someone gave false information in order to try and get the $175,000 reward. I can't believe someone would be selfish enough to do that. What if the police would have followed that tip & Mayes would have gotten away? Its repulsing to think that someone could have the will to do something so horrible. The story is already tragic enough for someone to try and make it worse. I hope they feel horrible about themselves. I have up most sympathy for the little girls who made it alive. They didn't deserve any of those events to happen to them. They won't ever be the same. They won't ever have the mindset of normal young girls. Its sad to think that Mayes and his accomplices could so easily ruin these little girls lives. I also feel bad for their father. He lost two of the most important women in his life & he still has two more to look after. He must be struggling endlessly to stay strong for his girls.  What makes me mad is that the few people involved could cause so much pain. I can't understand what would ever justify taking someone elses family. Mayes had a family of his own, why didn't he care for the pain he was inflicting? Why did he do it? Some people can be so cruel, it'll never cease to amaze me. Ever. The stories seem to get worse and worse as time goes on. I don't know if it's because I'm older now and I'm more aware, or if society is crumbling before our eyes.


Source:
Rich, Phillips, Sutton Joe, and et al. "Girls 'within inches' of kidnapper who turned gun on himself." CNN. N.p., 11 May 2012. Web. 14 May 2012. <Girls 'within inches' of kidnapper who turned gun on himself>.