December 19, 2005

Milblogger Murdered

Via Mudville Gazette comes news of the murder of Paul Berkley, owner of the milblog legibletrout. A Navy Reservist, he was shot in the head while home on leave from Bahrain. His wife, her teenaged boyfriend, and his daughter's boyfriend have all been arrested.

RIP, sailor. You deserved better.

UPDATE:
Tacky, trashy, disgusting.
The wife's killer boyfriend was living in the house the whole time Paul Berkley was deployed. His daughter was there, with her killer boyfriend hanging out. She's now chirpingly blogging the aftermath of her father's murder. His teenaged son was there. Sounds like the guy ruined the party by coming home.
As the daughter of a career sailor, I can't even imagine a home like that. You white-hatted dudes be careful who you marry.

Gah, I don't want to know any more about this case.

Posted by floridacracker at December 19, 2005 06:13 PM

   



Comments

Such a sad situation. The man has already been through hell and high water, and now come home to this. *SIGH* What a piece of work the ex and her teen lover are. I hope like hell that justice is served...and it will be very cold.

Thanks for posting this.

And BTW, Merry Christmas and a very prosperous New Year to you and yours. And keep on keeping on. I enjoy your site very much.

Posted by: Trambo at December 20, 2005 12:34 AM

This is disgusting. I hope they keep us posted as time goes by, a trial starts and punishment is imposed.

Posted by: Republican Vet at December 20, 2005 08:27 AM

I agree, this is disgusting...I was enjoying reading this man's weblog and then the news in the comments section, impacted badly all over again.

No one deserves this, and I am speechless here. It's awful, the act of a crazed enemy, unfortunately, right here in the U.S. when he got home.

Posted by: -S- at December 21, 2005 12:18 AM

His mistake was coming home.
I won't be updating this any further.

Posted by: Donnah at December 21, 2005 10:20 AM

i just happened to be looking up information on this murder and i came across this. it is a really sad thing. i work with paul's father, john. it's devestating especially because john is such a happy man.

Posted by: Whitney at December 21, 2005 03:20 PM

Trambo- Thanks very much. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Whitney- I don't know what to tell you. This whole thing makes me ill.

Posted by: Donnah at December 21, 2005 03:45 PM