It’s been a while since I have utilized the ole WTF category but this story demands it:
Dispute over dead mother leads to Kenner killing
Kelvin Raymond lost his mother to heart failure Thursday. Three days later, he lost his life when a former neighbor stabbed him during a dispute over her, police said.
Witnesses told police that Raymond, 38, and Roosevelt “Junior” Peabody, 46, were arguing Sunday night outside the Raymond family home on Edge Court in Kenner. Peabody’s mother, Geraldine, who lives next door, said she went outside to investigate and that Raymond told her, “Junior is disrespecting me.”
She said her son was telling Raymond, ” ‘I loved your mama like she was my mama,'” and that Raymond responded, ” ‘She was my mama, not your mama.'”
Peabody retreated to his house, retrieved a steak knife and returned to stab Raymond once in the neck, said Shaun Watson, a spokesman for the Kenner Police Department. Raymond died at the scene.
Raymond’s relatives said they now plan a double funeral Saturday for Raymond and his mother, Mary Raymond, 72.
Riley said that after the police and crowd cleared early Monday, both families met under the Peabody carport and hugged. Henry said her family harbors no ill will toward Peabody’s relatives.
when I read this yesterday, I couldn’t stop shaking my head. What a waste of oxygen.
ah, it’s just a sweet saga about the power of love.