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[quote=Anonymous]There was a family in my small town that this happened to in the mid 1980s.  There were 4 kids - 2 were twin girls one year older than me.  One was sort of a "bad girl" and the other was more of a "good girl."  I don't know how it happened, but the good girl was taken in by the family of good friends of mine, and raised like a daughter or foster daughter.  No idea how much or little she interacted with her siblings, or where her siblings lived (maybe on their own?  There was an older brother who could've been 18?  maybe, not sure).

It definitely caused some tensions with my friends, but they all made it through high school.  II lost track of the good girl after high school - I beliieve she went   to the west coast where she had some maternal extended family.  Facebook has put me back in contact with all 4 of the siblings to varying degrees.  The youngest daughter, who was only a young middle schooler when it happened, recently died suddenly and unexpectedly.  Not clear why/how.  The "good girl" I was friendlier with seems to have lived a decent enough life, she has kids and grandkids now (she's 53)and its on the west coast.  she doesn't go back to our hometown.  She does not seem close with her twin.

I'd say, on the whole, considering my home town, they've done as well as average for a lower middle class family from a small southern town that grew up in the 80s.  Hard to say how their lives smgiht have been different had their father not killed their mother.  Probably better lives, but maybe not.  They probably were not 4 year college bound, but certainly may have had more stability in their life.

I was iin 8th grade when it happened.  We were all on a field trip and when the 8th grade came back to school, all the teachers were whispering and clustered together, I saw several teachers crying.  It's one of those experiences you never forget.  It was hugely impactful in our town for the generation of people who knew the family or were classmates of the kids. [/quote]

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