If you've been following me at all here, you know I've written about the murder of Kelly Brumbelow by Terrence Sampson in 1989. You know also that I am a staunch advocate of victims' rights and have been known to crow mightily when some wife- or girlfriend-murdering scumbag gets his just deserts.
You also know, Dearly Beloved, that both the victim and the murderer in this case were 7th graders. They were neighbours. They were both home alone. The story is that Terrence asked Kelly out and she turned him down. He came unglued and stabbed her 97 times and hid her body in a woodpile.
Since then, he has been locked up, first in a juvenile detention facility, and, since he reached adulthood, in prison. He has been married and divorced, and has worked hard to get a Master's in English. He writes.
A friend recently sent me this link: http://72.10.54.216/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6591/prmID/1652, which goes to some of Terrence's writing. I hope you will read it and leave me a comment, telling me what you think about this.
In the time I have been writing about murder, my pro-death-penalty stance has softened considerably, and I no longer scream for it every time somebody is murdered. Mistakes are made, and sometimes the wrong person is executed, leaving a killer running free.
The fact that Terrence was only 12 or 13 when he did this heinous thing, and the fact that he appears to be genuinely repentant, leads me to hope that he can recover. When he is released, I think he can be a productive member of society.
I am hoping to have an opportunity to talk to Terrence and meet with him in person.
I think it does little good to go on and on about the fact that Kelly is gone and her potential was destroyed. I do realize that. I also realize that her family suffered a loss that will never go away. Every child in that school who knew either one of them suffered damage that will never go away. I fail to see what can be gained by continuing to punish Terrence, once he has done his time and paid his debt, and comes forth to deal with his future. If he can have one, at least something will have been salvaged from the horror that occurred that long ago December day.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
What I Actually "Do"
The one on the left it what we ended up with, after I shortened the sleeves right above the stripes, took tucks up and over the shoulder, terminating in pleats below the waist, front and back. I took in the side seams from wrist to hem, as well. You can see the large hem. Once pressed (which had not yet been done when I took the picture), they look pretty spiffy! Better than they did right out of the box, anyway.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Comments from Kelly Brumbelow's Sister
I have collected the comments of one of Kelly Brumbelow's sisters from the original entry I wrote about Kelly's murder. These comments have come in over the course of about a year and a half. There are comments on the entry from some of Kelly's friends, and a couple from Kelly's older sister. These are all from her younger sister. She gets a bit abusive occasionally, but my heart hurts for her. You can read the entire exchange, including comments from Terrance's wife, some of which are transcribed letters from Terrance.
This is Kellys sister here is my thought on what Mrs.Sampson had to say regardless of weather Terrances is 12 or 33 years old HE IS A MURDERER AND ALWAYS WILL BE IN MY EYES AND IN THE EYES OF THE LORD AND PROTECT YOUR SELF. I HATE HIM FOR WHAT HES DONE TO KELLY AND our FRIENDS AND FAMILY he should rot in hell
I have forgiven him as a person but he can still burn in hell. To me he should be stabbed 97 times just like he did Kelly. Im speaking on my opinion only and feelings. I am by the way Kellys sister but not Dawn.
Ronni, I just want to tell you thank you for writing this. If he is infact married then his wife should be warned about the type of cold blooded killer he is. God will for give people of their sins if they are compleatly and truly sorry for what they have done. He still has the chance to ENJOY life and kelly doesnt. He has the chance to Have children. He gets the chance for happieness and KELLY DOESNT. We dont get to have birthdays with her any more that ended when he stole her life away. I dont care who you are or what you have accomplished in life. you deserve to suffer just like kelly did. She doesnt even get a chance to sleep in a bed or breath air. BUT THE MURDERER does. I dont understand how some one could condone a MURDERER to get married what judge in their right mind would marry a murderer. Well ive said my peice thanks
only thing i have to say about that is horsesh** no one that stabbs someone 97 times is sorry or wants to be forgiven and i know personally GOD is a forgiving and Loving God and for Terrances sake he better hope GOD forgives him. I have to forgive him to live my life or i will be living in fear the rest of my life and i refuse to live in fear. Well all i can say is every one deserves to be happy but MY SISTER CANT BE SO WHY THE HELL SHOULD TERRANCE GET TO no matter if hes been in Jail for 21 years hes still a MURDERER, KILLER, PSYCHOPATHIC HOMISIDAL MANIAC. I WANT TO KNOW WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!! WHAT DID SHE DO TO HIM THAT MADE HIM TAKE IT OUT ON HER WHY MY SISTER SHE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL LIFE AND HE TOOK IT AWAY WHY?IM Sorry for going off like that but thats why tramma does to you!
I cant even fantham the thought of him getting out of prison. He seems to think that sence hes spent the last 20 years in prison he will be able to face reality in the "REAL WORLD" give me one reason why I should forgive him. Yes, god says to forgive those who do you wrong but IMO i feel that 21 years in prison is not enough time for the loss of my sister. I can never have her back there for I think and feel that if i was on the jury i would have sentenced him to death or life in prison with out parole regardless or REHABILITATION or Gods forgivness, if you do a crime you should do the f****** time that you deserve and to me 30 years is not Justice. He deserves to stay in prision for LIFE cause he took hers. I DONT CARE IF HES MARRIED he doesnt deserve to be happy.
Im sorry if any thing that i have said on her offended any one but im not sorry because it is my opinion,
I wanted to know if infact this so called "wife" of his is an actual person why did she stop talking to you on here or commenting on here. I think it is very funny. As soon as my sister and i started to comment she disappeared. Well thanks again for placing this blog on here i have less stress now knowing that there were more people than just me taht want to keep this bastard in prison i actually want something else to happen but im not a judge and im not the jury and he should be thankful for that cus if i was on the jury i would have had him put him to death.
Look Im sorry about my post on your other blog but i found it very scary that you would want to go and talk with him, You sit there and sympathise with every one on Kellys behalf but then you are willing to give him the oportunity to explaine why he took my sister away from me and my family. I have spent the last 21 years of my life in a deep and dark depression, scared for my life and my families life thinking this sick bastard is going to come after me when he gets out so take it as you will i will keep on doing what i have to do to keep his ass locked up in prision so that I dont have to live in fear. I hate that no matter what i cant sleep at night because of nightmares of wishing it was me. Kelly had so much going for her, i just want to know why, and if you think going to see him is something you need to do to find closure in your life about this whole situation then who am i to stop you. I hope you find the answers you are looking for but i will keep doing what i have to do to keep him in prison untill his full sentance is carried out which i still do not think is enough time. I personally think they should have put him in there for 1 year for every stab wound found on her body. That would have been justice for me then i could rest easier at night. God Bless you Kellys baby sister
He is a piece of shit that should burn in hell, thats where he is going when he dies, I think he should already be there. Im tired of my tax money keeping him alive, a place to live and food 3 times a day
way to gooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well said WOOOOWHOOOO i couldnt have said it better my self THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WHOM EVER SAID THAT I LOVE YOU FOR THAT GOD BLESS YOU dianna michelle brumbelow Kelly Brumbelows little sister im not scared any more bring it ON
Mrs. Sampson I am the victims sister and He is the same killer now as he was then He doesnt deserve to get out for what he has done. He should stay in there. I feel for him and you especially if you are that lonely that you cant find love in the real world and have to find a killer to fall in love with then Thats on you you have no remorse Put your self in my shoes what if it would have been your sister it happened too. YOU HAVE NO HEART!
mrs sampson also just to let you know i have had nightmares of him comming after me and my family and i dont want to live that nighmare so im hoping you keep him far from us.
stand corrected, you act like you know every thing and i was not judging you i was just mearly stating what i see. I honestly dont see how some one that has been in prison for murder can be different, but imo i dont think he should get out i feel he is a murderer and i will do what it takes to see that he stays IN FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!
only have one thing to say to that WHO CARES!!!! I just want to tell you that I ran across this blog by accident but I'm sure glad I did because as far as I'm conserned if it has to do with my SISTER I have every freaking right to comment any way I feel I need to, GOD gave me freedom of speach and Im a female he gave me the right to speak my mind. I dont care about your religion that is between you and who ever it is you believe in Ronni. I feel for you I hope you will go to Heaven when you die cause I know I will and I know Kelly will be waiting to meet me there. Thank you for posting this blog but as far as my grammer or puncuation who gives a S***. Thank you. nobody is perfect
well i appoligize I didnt graduate from High School due to my sisters death its had a pretty tramatic time on my life. Believe it or not weather it was 1 year or 21 years i still hurt and grieve for her and my family does too. I have never once seen terance say to the Brumbelow family that he is sorry for what hes done NOT once. Thats all i want to hear then i may or may not change my opinion on his behavior as a killer. In my eyes and in the eyes of my LORD and Savior he is a killer unless he asks for forgiveness and if he does then he will be forgiven cause my God is a forgiving god regardless of how i feel about him IM not the one that can judge him but hes already broken Gods Commandment Thou shalt not commit murder, Sorry if im preaching but like i said my grammer and puncuation shouldnt have anything to do with what i post. My grandmother was an english teacher and I know all about grammer and puncuation and spelling. I just choose not to use it when its on a blog. Thank you
Well thank you ronni for commenting on my defence but as far as my mother is conserned who gives a S*** if she wants to know or not what he said i will give you a email and you can email me the letter of what he said so that I will know for my self. I will not disclose my address because of personal resons. I am an adult and I have the right to know what is being said my monster has kept this part of my life blocked on purpose cause she didnt want to deal with it.I do feel that he is remorseful but because she was my sister I need justice and I dont think 30 years was enough Im sorry. Regardless of how remorsful he is. As far as my education I chose not to go through highschool because the kids made fun of me when i had to be absent from school for two weeks for kellys funeral. I got all the way to 10th grade when i dropped out but my life is nothing compared to yours, mrs sampson your the one that married a murderer. Ive known terrance for 25 years how ever long my mom and family lived next to him on wroxton in round rock so dont pretend to think that just because you are married to him and have known him for the past 9 years that you know him better than me I wasnt there when he took her life but if i would have been then my sister would still be here cause she wouldnt have been stupid enough to go to his house ALONE!! i just want to know WHY HE DID IT WHY why kelly she had so much going for her WHY HER can you at least ask him that but do not disclose my name please. Thank you and im sorry if i upset any one as far as ronni, Im sorry about your husband.It will get better in time My life has gotten better the more i talk about it the easier it is.
Ronni,
Please let mrs sampson know that i would like to read that letter that her husband had written to my mother. I would like to know for my self if he is truly sorry more than likely it wont change my mind but its worth a shot. I will not allow the devil to get ahold of me but i am a forgiving person and i have forgave him for his actions so that i could move on with my life. please email me at the email address that i gave you thank you so much
Well with all Do respect ronni i would like to say something to mrs. sampson. Please do not take it the wrong way. IMO i feel that you can do alot better than being with a murderer such as terrance, yes he may be changed but do i believe he is NO. I have been through nearly 23 years with out my big sister. Who cares if he makes you happy GIRL HES A MURDERER what if it was your sister put your self in my shoes. I hope and Pray that you will open your eyes and realize you can do a hell of alot better cus some people never change and if it wasnt for MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER being in that bastards house at the wrong time id still be with her today. I have for gave him for him as a person so i could move on with my life but his actions are whats gonna cause him to go to hell and I hope im in heaven already b4 he dies so that when he is rejected I can laugh my ass off and say i hope your not to hot.....you may think im cold hearted for saying this but again look at what ive spent the last 23 years of my life dealing with. I have to live in fear because of him how would you like some one to do that to your family. Im just sayin. any way i hope and pray in your life GOD WILL PROTECT YOU FROM THE MONSTER HE IS, and another word of advice get a gun. JUST SAYIN......:-)
have a nice day.
The letter is addressed to my family why cant I this whole BLOG IS A CROCK OF SHIT IF YOU ASK ME. WHY even post it if Kellys fmly cant even speak their minds in it. Im not affraid to anouce that he has a letter that he has written to MY MOTHER and the jury has not been able to read cus hes to much a p**** to give it to them to read. This could help him or hurt him but why tell me not to MENTION A LETTER no one knows what im talking about. Where in my statement did i mention a letter any way
and another thing IM allowed to defend my sister and any member of my family as long as Im alive so help me GOD i will live my rights to the fullest he shouldnt be alowed to get a degree he shouldnt even bealowed to breath. IMO i think he should be groaped by BUBBA and stabbed just like he did my sister but thats mearly an opinion
This is Kellys sister here is my thought on what Mrs.Sampson had to say regardless of weather Terrances is 12 or 33 years old HE IS A MURDERER AND ALWAYS WILL BE IN MY EYES AND IN THE EYES OF THE LORD AND PROTECT YOUR SELF. I HATE HIM FOR WHAT HES DONE TO KELLY AND our FRIENDS AND FAMILY he should rot in hell
I have forgiven him as a person but he can still burn in hell. To me he should be stabbed 97 times just like he did Kelly. Im speaking on my opinion only and feelings. I am by the way Kellys sister but not Dawn.
Ronni, I just want to tell you thank you for writing this. If he is infact married then his wife should be warned about the type of cold blooded killer he is. God will for give people of their sins if they are compleatly and truly sorry for what they have done. He still has the chance to ENJOY life and kelly doesnt. He has the chance to Have children. He gets the chance for happieness and KELLY DOESNT. We dont get to have birthdays with her any more that ended when he stole her life away. I dont care who you are or what you have accomplished in life. you deserve to suffer just like kelly did. She doesnt even get a chance to sleep in a bed or breath air. BUT THE MURDERER does. I dont understand how some one could condone a MURDERER to get married what judge in their right mind would marry a murderer. Well ive said my peice thanks
only thing i have to say about that is horsesh** no one that stabbs someone 97 times is sorry or wants to be forgiven and i know personally GOD is a forgiving and Loving God and for Terrances sake he better hope GOD forgives him. I have to forgive him to live my life or i will be living in fear the rest of my life and i refuse to live in fear. Well all i can say is every one deserves to be happy but MY SISTER CANT BE SO WHY THE HELL SHOULD TERRANCE GET TO no matter if hes been in Jail for 21 years hes still a MURDERER, KILLER, PSYCHOPATHIC HOMISIDAL MANIAC. I WANT TO KNOW WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!! WHAT DID SHE DO TO HIM THAT MADE HIM TAKE IT OUT ON HER WHY MY SISTER SHE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL LIFE AND HE TOOK IT AWAY WHY?IM Sorry for going off like that but thats why tramma does to you!
I cant even fantham the thought of him getting out of prison. He seems to think that sence hes spent the last 20 years in prison he will be able to face reality in the "REAL WORLD" give me one reason why I should forgive him. Yes, god says to forgive those who do you wrong but IMO i feel that 21 years in prison is not enough time for the loss of my sister. I can never have her back there for I think and feel that if i was on the jury i would have sentenced him to death or life in prison with out parole regardless or REHABILITATION or Gods forgivness, if you do a crime you should do the f****** time that you deserve and to me 30 years is not Justice. He deserves to stay in prision for LIFE cause he took hers. I DONT CARE IF HES MARRIED he doesnt deserve to be happy.
Im sorry if any thing that i have said on her offended any one but im not sorry because it is my opinion,
I wanted to know if infact this so called "wife" of his is an actual person why did she stop talking to you on here or commenting on here. I think it is very funny. As soon as my sister and i started to comment she disappeared. Well thanks again for placing this blog on here i have less stress now knowing that there were more people than just me taht want to keep this bastard in prison i actually want something else to happen but im not a judge and im not the jury and he should be thankful for that cus if i was on the jury i would have had him put him to death.
Look Im sorry about my post on your other blog but i found it very scary that you would want to go and talk with him, You sit there and sympathise with every one on Kellys behalf but then you are willing to give him the oportunity to explaine why he took my sister away from me and my family. I have spent the last 21 years of my life in a deep and dark depression, scared for my life and my families life thinking this sick bastard is going to come after me when he gets out so take it as you will i will keep on doing what i have to do to keep his ass locked up in prision so that I dont have to live in fear. I hate that no matter what i cant sleep at night because of nightmares of wishing it was me. Kelly had so much going for her, i just want to know why, and if you think going to see him is something you need to do to find closure in your life about this whole situation then who am i to stop you. I hope you find the answers you are looking for but i will keep doing what i have to do to keep him in prison untill his full sentance is carried out which i still do not think is enough time. I personally think they should have put him in there for 1 year for every stab wound found on her body. That would have been justice for me then i could rest easier at night. God Bless you Kellys baby sister
He is a piece of shit that should burn in hell, thats where he is going when he dies, I think he should already be there. Im tired of my tax money keeping him alive, a place to live and food 3 times a day
way to gooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well said WOOOOWHOOOO i couldnt have said it better my self THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WHOM EVER SAID THAT I LOVE YOU FOR THAT GOD BLESS YOU dianna michelle brumbelow Kelly Brumbelows little sister im not scared any more bring it ON
Mrs. Sampson I am the victims sister and He is the same killer now as he was then He doesnt deserve to get out for what he has done. He should stay in there. I feel for him and you especially if you are that lonely that you cant find love in the real world and have to find a killer to fall in love with then Thats on you you have no remorse Put your self in my shoes what if it would have been your sister it happened too. YOU HAVE NO HEART!
mrs sampson also just to let you know i have had nightmares of him comming after me and my family and i dont want to live that nighmare so im hoping you keep him far from us.
stand corrected, you act like you know every thing and i was not judging you i was just mearly stating what i see. I honestly dont see how some one that has been in prison for murder can be different, but imo i dont think he should get out i feel he is a murderer and i will do what it takes to see that he stays IN FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!
only have one thing to say to that WHO CARES!!!! I just want to tell you that I ran across this blog by accident but I'm sure glad I did because as far as I'm conserned if it has to do with my SISTER I have every freaking right to comment any way I feel I need to, GOD gave me freedom of speach and Im a female he gave me the right to speak my mind. I dont care about your religion that is between you and who ever it is you believe in Ronni. I feel for you I hope you will go to Heaven when you die cause I know I will and I know Kelly will be waiting to meet me there. Thank you for posting this blog but as far as my grammer or puncuation who gives a S***. Thank you. nobody is perfect
well i appoligize I didnt graduate from High School due to my sisters death its had a pretty tramatic time on my life. Believe it or not weather it was 1 year or 21 years i still hurt and grieve for her and my family does too. I have never once seen terance say to the Brumbelow family that he is sorry for what hes done NOT once. Thats all i want to hear then i may or may not change my opinion on his behavior as a killer. In my eyes and in the eyes of my LORD and Savior he is a killer unless he asks for forgiveness and if he does then he will be forgiven cause my God is a forgiving god regardless of how i feel about him IM not the one that can judge him but hes already broken Gods Commandment Thou shalt not commit murder, Sorry if im preaching but like i said my grammer and puncuation shouldnt have anything to do with what i post. My grandmother was an english teacher and I know all about grammer and puncuation and spelling. I just choose not to use it when its on a blog. Thank you
Well thank you ronni for commenting on my defence but as far as my mother is conserned who gives a S*** if she wants to know or not what he said i will give you a email and you can email me the letter of what he said so that I will know for my self. I will not disclose my address because of personal resons. I am an adult and I have the right to know what is being said my monster has kept this part of my life blocked on purpose cause she didnt want to deal with it.I do feel that he is remorseful but because she was my sister I need justice and I dont think 30 years was enough Im sorry. Regardless of how remorsful he is. As far as my education I chose not to go through highschool because the kids made fun of me when i had to be absent from school for two weeks for kellys funeral. I got all the way to 10th grade when i dropped out but my life is nothing compared to yours, mrs sampson your the one that married a murderer. Ive known terrance for 25 years how ever long my mom and family lived next to him on wroxton in round rock so dont pretend to think that just because you are married to him and have known him for the past 9 years that you know him better than me I wasnt there when he took her life but if i would have been then my sister would still be here cause she wouldnt have been stupid enough to go to his house ALONE!! i just want to know WHY HE DID IT WHY why kelly she had so much going for her WHY HER can you at least ask him that but do not disclose my name please. Thank you and im sorry if i upset any one as far as ronni, Im sorry about your husband.It will get better in time My life has gotten better the more i talk about it the easier it is.
Ronni,
Please let mrs sampson know that i would like to read that letter that her husband had written to my mother. I would like to know for my self if he is truly sorry more than likely it wont change my mind but its worth a shot. I will not allow the devil to get ahold of me but i am a forgiving person and i have forgave him for his actions so that i could move on with my life. please email me at the email address that i gave you thank you so much
Well with all Do respect ronni i would like to say something to mrs. sampson. Please do not take it the wrong way. IMO i feel that you can do alot better than being with a murderer such as terrance, yes he may be changed but do i believe he is NO. I have been through nearly 23 years with out my big sister. Who cares if he makes you happy GIRL HES A MURDERER what if it was your sister put your self in my shoes. I hope and Pray that you will open your eyes and realize you can do a hell of alot better cus some people never change and if it wasnt for MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER being in that bastards house at the wrong time id still be with her today. I have for gave him for him as a person so i could move on with my life but his actions are whats gonna cause him to go to hell and I hope im in heaven already b4 he dies so that when he is rejected I can laugh my ass off and say i hope your not to hot.....you may think im cold hearted for saying this but again look at what ive spent the last 23 years of my life dealing with. I have to live in fear because of him how would you like some one to do that to your family. Im just sayin. any way i hope and pray in your life GOD WILL PROTECT YOU FROM THE MONSTER HE IS, and another word of advice get a gun. JUST SAYIN......:-)
have a nice day.
The letter is addressed to my family why cant I this whole BLOG IS A CROCK OF SHIT IF YOU ASK ME. WHY even post it if Kellys fmly cant even speak their minds in it. Im not affraid to anouce that he has a letter that he has written to MY MOTHER and the jury has not been able to read cus hes to much a p**** to give it to them to read. This could help him or hurt him but why tell me not to MENTION A LETTER no one knows what im talking about. Where in my statement did i mention a letter any way
and another thing IM allowed to defend my sister and any member of my family as long as Im alive so help me GOD i will live my rights to the fullest he shouldnt be alowed to get a degree he shouldnt even bealowed to breath. IMO i think he should be groaped by BUBBA and stabbed just like he did my sister but thats mearly an opinion
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Terrence's Letter with my Comments
Ms. Ronni,
I pray that my words find you to be blessed and doing well in life.
Thank you. Not doing particularly well in life, but getting by.
I received some blog entries from my Wife today that have truly piqued
Congratulations on the correct usage of a rather obscure word.
my interest, and I wanted to write you a response in hopes that you will respond back to me.
I must admit that I laughed when I read Drivers response that said that:"His letter to you sounds like something worked over with an Attorney. Just the language."
Driver has a point. That letter was full of "buzz words" and "parole-board speak."
Well I guess one of the First things I would like for you to know about Terrence the Adult is that I am a budding writer. I will receive my Masters degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake(at the end of this Fall semester) with a degree in Literature. The Masters program on this Unit offers a strong writing program, and I have been blessed with the money
None of my business where you got the money, but I am curious. I am all for rehabilitation, especially of minors, but I can only get my son an education by allowing him to go into debt, and he is an upstanding young man who has never given me a moment's trouble. I have to wonder who shells out to educate a murderer.
to be able to further my education while being in prison. I had received my Bachelors degree in Psychlogy from Sam Houston State University in 2003. The Professors from the campus come to teach us, in case you are wondering how it works in prison.
I truly hope these degrees will enable you to have a productive life when you are released. I feel under-employed and under-educated because I dropped out of college all those years ago, and never achieved any sort of financial security in this life.
I have also written A Prisoners Family Handbook for a non-profit organization called Community Solutions of Elpaso.
I would like to read a copy of your handbook. Every time I'm on a crime message board, there are questions about how to visit an inmate, and posts about the interminable rules involved in such a thing.
an organization founded by Ms Carolyn Esparza, a remarkable woman who is like a second Mother to me. She was my very first caseworker when I had arrived at Giddings State Home and School, and we have maintained contact for 20 years now. No one knows me like Ms. Esparza, and God blessed me to eet her, for it was her that helped fix all the hings that was broken with a young Terrence. She even volunterred her time after her work hours to do family counseling with me and my Parents for about two years. If you really want o know about my growth and development over the years, Ms. Esparza is someone to talk to, for she has watched me grow from a boy to a Man in prison.
I would very much like to contact Ms Esparza. Is this possible?
Ms. Ronni what really appealed to me was your comment about coming to visit me. I would very much like to have the opportunity to visit with you si that you can see for yourself the type of man I have become. More importantly I would be grateful for the opportunity to apologize to someone who was directly impacted as a result of my actions. I can't change my visiting list until February, but that would give us a few months to correspond before you actually come to visit,IF thats something you would like to do.
Most definitely, it is.
Just for the record, I had wrote that letter to you after I received another denial for parole. When I wrote you I already knew I wouldnt be up fpr parole again until April of 2013. I received a three year set off in April of this year.
Would you like a proof reader? Should be "I wrote," or "I had written." If you are going to write, for heaven's sake, do it competently. English is a beautiful language. I assume your education has been somewhat spotty, but a Master's in Literature should include a bit of basic grammar. Not your fault, really, as people with college degrees not interrupted by murder don't do any better. Still, do the world a favour and do it right. (You have to forgive some of my eccentric spelling...I was educated in England and Canada, where some spelling rules are different.)
Before I let you go, I just wanted to comment on one more thing. I am in no position to try and say what is fact or what is fiction as it relates to the things said about me After December of 1989, but I do want to say that over the years people took opportunities to dump on me to try to make me look the worst that they could, especially while I was at Giddings State Home and School. I've NEVER made a death threat to anybody, but before I went back to court when I was 18to determine wheather to send me to prison or parole me, something negative had to be said about a young man who had no violent outbursts or physical altercations while at TYC, a young man with an exemplary disciplinary record who graduated valedictorian of his highschool class and was President of the student council. Something negative had to be said.When I saw TYC in the news a few years back, exposed for the corruptions that has lasted for years, I couldnt help but to think about the saying of, "Everything that happens in the dark will eventually come to the light."
So, if you had it to do over, you wouldn't hide her in the woodpile? OK, that was facetious and uncalled-for. I'm pretty sure that if you had it to do over, you wouldn't do it at all. At least, I hope so.
Ms. Ronni I am guilty of doing some bad things in my life, but I am not guilty of making a death threat towards Ms. Judy Brumbelow.
Kelly's mother has enough for which to blame you, without making things up.
I dont like to sound like I am assuming a victim stance,but the truth is the truth. Ive never blamed Ms. Brumbelow for anything. I am indebted to Ms. Brumbelow and I wish I had the opportunity to express my remorse and regret for what Ive done to her.
"For what I've done to her," is so generic. So is "assuming a victim stance."
I almost had that opportunity once, but I blew it because I made the choice to lose myself in this prison life, but that is another story for another time.
A story I look forward to hearing.
I've traveled more than a few paths while being in prison, but now, today, I am finally fulfilling the potential of the man that God wants me to be, and doors of opportunity are coming open for me to make a positive difference in the lives of others, through my writing. My first self-help book will be published next year, only it will never bear my name, and I'll never receive a cent for it, all proceeds will go to Community Solutions. My focus now is just on having a positive difference, and once you hear my story you will understand why. I have almost died in prison on a few occasions because of foolish choices that I made during my early years of incarceration, and one choice I made just three years ago that left me with 29 stitches. I believe I am still alive because I have a purpose, and I intend on fulfilling my potential in a way that will benefit others. I really do put forth an effort every day of my life to try to use my experiences to bring some good out of a terrible situation.
Once you find out what I really want to know, you may not want to talk to me at all. While I am interested in how you intend to go forward, I am especially interested in the reasons for the crime in the first place. I feel that the juxtaposition of the two will make the most of your story. Why were you so angry? What started your attack on Kelly? Why didn't you stop? What gave you the right to think that your anger superseded her right to live? My focus is in the prevention of such crimes. Too many girls are being killed by boyfriends, wives by husbands, children by parents. I want to know what leads the killer to commit his crime. In order to tell me that, you will have to go back to that time and focus on it for a little while, rather than all the good things you are doing now to try to make up for it.
You have not spoken of the murder itself at all. You couch it in neutral terms..."I did a bad thing." "What I did was wrong." I want to know what set you off, what there is in your upbringing or your nature that made you think threatening Kelly was a good idea, and what made you follow through and stab that tiny girl over and over, while she tried to fight you off. Did she scream? If so, why didn't that stop you?
Maybe my questions sound gruesome to you, but I have been following murders for nearly twenty years now, and yours was the one that got me interested. As my daughter said, "I hadn't realized that your neighbour could kill you." You probably don't remember my daughter. She was a seventh grader at C. D. Fulkes, and her name was Chandra Biggs. She was in TAG with Kelly, but only knew you peripherally.
Damn it, Terrence, I want to know WHY! If you are prepared to tell me that, I would love to hear it, face to face.
I will let you go Ms. Ronni. May God bless you with peace and prosperity.
Terrence Sampson
Feel free to email my Wife I believe you have the email address.
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I pray that my words find you to be blessed and doing well in life.
Thank you. Not doing particularly well in life, but getting by.
I received some blog entries from my Wife today that have truly piqued
Congratulations on the correct usage of a rather obscure word.
my interest, and I wanted to write you a response in hopes that you will respond back to me.
I must admit that I laughed when I read Drivers response that said that:"His letter to you sounds like something worked over with an Attorney. Just the language."
Driver has a point. That letter was full of "buzz words" and "parole-board speak."
Well I guess one of the First things I would like for you to know about Terrence the Adult is that I am a budding writer. I will receive my Masters degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake(at the end of this Fall semester) with a degree in Literature. The Masters program on this Unit offers a strong writing program, and I have been blessed with the money
None of my business where you got the money, but I am curious. I am all for rehabilitation, especially of minors, but I can only get my son an education by allowing him to go into debt, and he is an upstanding young man who has never given me a moment's trouble. I have to wonder who shells out to educate a murderer.
to be able to further my education while being in prison. I had received my Bachelors degree in Psychlogy from Sam Houston State University in 2003. The Professors from the campus come to teach us, in case you are wondering how it works in prison.
I truly hope these degrees will enable you to have a productive life when you are released. I feel under-employed and under-educated because I dropped out of college all those years ago, and never achieved any sort of financial security in this life.
I have also written A Prisoners Family Handbook for a non-profit organization called Community Solutions of Elpaso.
I would like to read a copy of your handbook. Every time I'm on a crime message board, there are questions about how to visit an inmate, and posts about the interminable rules involved in such a thing.
an organization founded by Ms Carolyn Esparza, a remarkable woman who is like a second Mother to me. She was my very first caseworker when I had arrived at Giddings State Home and School, and we have maintained contact for 20 years now. No one knows me like Ms. Esparza, and God blessed me to eet her, for it was her that helped fix all the hings that was broken with a young Terrence. She even volunterred her time after her work hours to do family counseling with me and my Parents for about two years. If you really want o know about my growth and development over the years, Ms. Esparza is someone to talk to, for she has watched me grow from a boy to a Man in prison.
I would very much like to contact Ms Esparza. Is this possible?
Ms. Ronni what really appealed to me was your comment about coming to visit me. I would very much like to have the opportunity to visit with you si that you can see for yourself the type of man I have become. More importantly I would be grateful for the opportunity to apologize to someone who was directly impacted as a result of my actions. I can't change my visiting list until February, but that would give us a few months to correspond before you actually come to visit,IF thats something you would like to do.
Most definitely, it is.
Just for the record, I had wrote that letter to you after I received another denial for parole. When I wrote you I already knew I wouldnt be up fpr parole again until April of 2013. I received a three year set off in April of this year.
Would you like a proof reader? Should be "I wrote," or "I had written." If you are going to write, for heaven's sake, do it competently. English is a beautiful language. I assume your education has been somewhat spotty, but a Master's in Literature should include a bit of basic grammar. Not your fault, really, as people with college degrees not interrupted by murder don't do any better. Still, do the world a favour and do it right. (You have to forgive some of my eccentric spelling...I was educated in England and Canada, where some spelling rules are different.)
Before I let you go, I just wanted to comment on one more thing. I am in no position to try and say what is fact or what is fiction as it relates to the things said about me After December of 1989, but I do want to say that over the years people took opportunities to dump on me to try to make me look the worst that they could, especially while I was at Giddings State Home and School. I've NEVER made a death threat to anybody, but before I went back to court when I was 18to determine wheather to send me to prison or parole me, something negative had to be said about a young man who had no violent outbursts or physical altercations while at TYC, a young man with an exemplary disciplinary record who graduated valedictorian of his highschool class and was President of the student council. Something negative had to be said.When I saw TYC in the news a few years back, exposed for the corruptions that has lasted for years, I couldnt help but to think about the saying of, "Everything that happens in the dark will eventually come to the light."
So, if you had it to do over, you wouldn't hide her in the woodpile? OK, that was facetious and uncalled-for. I'm pretty sure that if you had it to do over, you wouldn't do it at all. At least, I hope so.
Ms. Ronni I am guilty of doing some bad things in my life, but I am not guilty of making a death threat towards Ms. Judy Brumbelow.
Kelly's mother has enough for which to blame you, without making things up.
I dont like to sound like I am assuming a victim stance,but the truth is the truth. Ive never blamed Ms. Brumbelow for anything. I am indebted to Ms. Brumbelow and I wish I had the opportunity to express my remorse and regret for what Ive done to her.
"For what I've done to her," is so generic. So is "assuming a victim stance."
I almost had that opportunity once, but I blew it because I made the choice to lose myself in this prison life, but that is another story for another time.
A story I look forward to hearing.
I've traveled more than a few paths while being in prison, but now, today, I am finally fulfilling the potential of the man that God wants me to be, and doors of opportunity are coming open for me to make a positive difference in the lives of others, through my writing. My first self-help book will be published next year, only it will never bear my name, and I'll never receive a cent for it, all proceeds will go to Community Solutions. My focus now is just on having a positive difference, and once you hear my story you will understand why. I have almost died in prison on a few occasions because of foolish choices that I made during my early years of incarceration, and one choice I made just three years ago that left me with 29 stitches. I believe I am still alive because I have a purpose, and I intend on fulfilling my potential in a way that will benefit others. I really do put forth an effort every day of my life to try to use my experiences to bring some good out of a terrible situation.
Once you find out what I really want to know, you may not want to talk to me at all. While I am interested in how you intend to go forward, I am especially interested in the reasons for the crime in the first place. I feel that the juxtaposition of the two will make the most of your story. Why were you so angry? What started your attack on Kelly? Why didn't you stop? What gave you the right to think that your anger superseded her right to live? My focus is in the prevention of such crimes. Too many girls are being killed by boyfriends, wives by husbands, children by parents. I want to know what leads the killer to commit his crime. In order to tell me that, you will have to go back to that time and focus on it for a little while, rather than all the good things you are doing now to try to make up for it.
You have not spoken of the murder itself at all. You couch it in neutral terms..."I did a bad thing." "What I did was wrong." I want to know what set you off, what there is in your upbringing or your nature that made you think threatening Kelly was a good idea, and what made you follow through and stab that tiny girl over and over, while she tried to fight you off. Did she scream? If so, why didn't that stop you?
Maybe my questions sound gruesome to you, but I have been following murders for nearly twenty years now, and yours was the one that got me interested. As my daughter said, "I hadn't realized that your neighbour could kill you." You probably don't remember my daughter. She was a seventh grader at C. D. Fulkes, and her name was Chandra Biggs. She was in TAG with Kelly, but only knew you peripherally.
Damn it, Terrence, I want to know WHY! If you are prepared to tell me that, I would love to hear it, face to face.
I will let you go Ms. Ronni. May God bless you with peace and prosperity.
Terrence Sampson
Feel free to email my Wife I believe you have the email address.
I have no contact info for your wife. When comments are made here, that information is not provided by the server. She can contact me privately through Facebook or through the "email" link in my Blogger profile. That can be found by clicking on "view my complete profile" in the left sidebar of this blog.
Friday, November 05, 2010
Another Letter from Terrence Sampson
Ms. Ronni,
I pray that my words find you to be blessed and doing well in life. I received some blog entries from my Wife today that have truly piqued my interest, and I wanted to write you a response in hopes that you will respond back to me.
I must admit that I laughed when I read Drivers response that said that:"His letter to you sounds like something worked over with an Attorney. Just the language."
Well I guess one of the First things I would like for you to know about Terrence the Adult is that I am a budding writer. I will receive my Masters degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake(at the end of this Fall semester) with a degree in Literature. The Masters program on this Unit offers a strong writing program, and I have been blessed with the money to be able to further my education while being in prison. I had received my Bachelors degree in Psychlogy from Sam Houston State University in 2003. The Professors from the campus come to teach us, in case you are wondering how it works in prison.
I have also written A Prisoners Family Handbook for a non-profit organization called Community Solutions of Elpaso. an organization founded by Ms Carolyn Esparza, a remarkable woman who is like a second Mother to me. She was my very first caseworker when I had arrived at Giddings State Home and School, and we have maintained contact for 20 years now. No one knows me like Ms. Esparza, and God blessed me to eet her, for it was her that helped fix all the hings that was broken with a young Terrence. She even volunterred her time after her work hours to do family counseling with me and my Parents for about two years. If you really want o know about my growth and development over the years, Ms. Esparza is someone to talk to, for she has watched me grow from a boy to a Man in prison.
Ms. Ronni what really appealed to me was your comment about coming to visit me. I would very much like to have the opportunity to visit with you si that you can see for yourself the type of man I have become. More importantly I would be grateful for the opportunity to apologize to someone who was directly impacted as a result of my actions. I can't change my visiting list until February, but that would give us a few months to correspond before you actually come to visit,IF thats something you would like to do.
Just for the record, I had wrote that letter to you after I received another denial for parole. When I wrote you I already knew I wouldnt be up fpr parole again until April of 2013. I received a three year set off in April of this year.
Before I let you go, I just wanted to comment on one more thing. I am in no position to try and say what is fact or what is fiction as it relates to the things said about me After December of 1989, but I do want to say that over the years people took opportunities to dump on me to try to make me look the worst that they could, especially while I was at Giddings State Home and School. I've NEVER made a death threat to anybody, but before I went back to court when I was 18to determine wheather to send me to prison or parole me, something negative had to be said about a young man who had no violent outbursts or physical altercations while at TYC, a young man with an exemplary disciplinary record who graduated valedictorian of his highschool class and was President of the student council. Something negative had to be said.When I saw TYC in the news a few years back, exposed for the corruptions that has lasted for years, I couldnt help but to think about the saying of, "Everything that happens in the dark will eventually come to the light."
Ms. Ronni I am guilty of doing some bad things in my life, but I am not guilty of making a death threat towards Ms. Judy Brumbelow. I dont like to sound like I am assuming a victim stance,but the truth is the truth. Ive never blamed Ms. Brumbelow for anything. I am indebted to Ms. Brumbelow and I wish I had the opportunity to express my remorse and regret for what Ive done to her. I almost had that opportunity once, but I blew it because I made the choice to lose myself in this prison life, but that is another story for another time.
I've traveled more than a few paths while being in prison, but now, today, I am finally fulfilling the potential of the man that God wants me to be, and doors of opportunity are coming open for me to make a positive difference in the lives of others, through my writing. My first self-help book will be published next year, only it will never bear my name, and I'll never receive a cent for it, all proceeds will go to Community Solutions. My focus now is just on having a positive difference, and once you hear my story you will understand why. I have almost died in prison on a few occasions because of foolish choices that I made during my early years of incarceration, and one choice I made just three years ago that left me with 29 stitches. I believe I am still alive because I have a purpose, and I intend on fulfilling my potential in a way that will benefit others. I really do put forth an effort every day of my life to try to use my experiences to bring some good out of a terrible situation.
I will let you go Ms. Ronni. May God bless you with peace and prosperity.
Terrence Sampson
Feel free to email my Wife I believe you have the email address.
I pray that my words find you to be blessed and doing well in life. I received some blog entries from my Wife today that have truly piqued my interest, and I wanted to write you a response in hopes that you will respond back to me.
I must admit that I laughed when I read Drivers response that said that:"His letter to you sounds like something worked over with an Attorney. Just the language."
Well I guess one of the First things I would like for you to know about Terrence the Adult is that I am a budding writer. I will receive my Masters degree from the University of Houston-Clear Lake(at the end of this Fall semester) with a degree in Literature. The Masters program on this Unit offers a strong writing program, and I have been blessed with the money to be able to further my education while being in prison. I had received my Bachelors degree in Psychlogy from Sam Houston State University in 2003. The Professors from the campus come to teach us, in case you are wondering how it works in prison.
I have also written A Prisoners Family Handbook for a non-profit organization called Community Solutions of Elpaso. an organization founded by Ms Carolyn Esparza, a remarkable woman who is like a second Mother to me. She was my very first caseworker when I had arrived at Giddings State Home and School, and we have maintained contact for 20 years now. No one knows me like Ms. Esparza, and God blessed me to eet her, for it was her that helped fix all the hings that was broken with a young Terrence. She even volunterred her time after her work hours to do family counseling with me and my Parents for about two years. If you really want o know about my growth and development over the years, Ms. Esparza is someone to talk to, for she has watched me grow from a boy to a Man in prison.
Ms. Ronni what really appealed to me was your comment about coming to visit me. I would very much like to have the opportunity to visit with you si that you can see for yourself the type of man I have become. More importantly I would be grateful for the opportunity to apologize to someone who was directly impacted as a result of my actions. I can't change my visiting list until February, but that would give us a few months to correspond before you actually come to visit,IF thats something you would like to do.
Just for the record, I had wrote that letter to you after I received another denial for parole. When I wrote you I already knew I wouldnt be up fpr parole again until April of 2013. I received a three year set off in April of this year.
Before I let you go, I just wanted to comment on one more thing. I am in no position to try and say what is fact or what is fiction as it relates to the things said about me After December of 1989, but I do want to say that over the years people took opportunities to dump on me to try to make me look the worst that they could, especially while I was at Giddings State Home and School. I've NEVER made a death threat to anybody, but before I went back to court when I was 18to determine wheather to send me to prison or parole me, something negative had to be said about a young man who had no violent outbursts or physical altercations while at TYC, a young man with an exemplary disciplinary record who graduated valedictorian of his highschool class and was President of the student council. Something negative had to be said.When I saw TYC in the news a few years back, exposed for the corruptions that has lasted for years, I couldnt help but to think about the saying of, "Everything that happens in the dark will eventually come to the light."
Ms. Ronni I am guilty of doing some bad things in my life, but I am not guilty of making a death threat towards Ms. Judy Brumbelow. I dont like to sound like I am assuming a victim stance,but the truth is the truth. Ive never blamed Ms. Brumbelow for anything. I am indebted to Ms. Brumbelow and I wish I had the opportunity to express my remorse and regret for what Ive done to her. I almost had that opportunity once, but I blew it because I made the choice to lose myself in this prison life, but that is another story for another time.
I've traveled more than a few paths while being in prison, but now, today, I am finally fulfilling the potential of the man that God wants me to be, and doors of opportunity are coming open for me to make a positive difference in the lives of others, through my writing. My first self-help book will be published next year, only it will never bear my name, and I'll never receive a cent for it, all proceeds will go to Community Solutions. My focus now is just on having a positive difference, and once you hear my story you will understand why. I have almost died in prison on a few occasions because of foolish choices that I made during my early years of incarceration, and one choice I made just three years ago that left me with 29 stitches. I believe I am still alive because I have a purpose, and I intend on fulfilling my potential in a way that will benefit others. I really do put forth an effort every day of my life to try to use my experiences to bring some good out of a terrible situation.
I will let you go Ms. Ronni. May God bless you with peace and prosperity.
Terrence Sampson
Feel free to email my Wife I believe you have the email address.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Some Notes on Terrence's Letter
I have to wonder if this letter was written by Terrence. Actually, I am wondering about a lot of things. Mrs Sampson posted the letter as a comment, with no additional comment of her own.
I have been unable to ascertain if Terrence is, indeed, married. I don't know where to begin finding that out. Can any of you sleuths out there help me? Much as I would like to take the word of Mrs Sampson, I know the internet is vast, and a person can have an agenda that goes beyond simple communication.
Having said that, let's move on.
The letter is full of the sort of "buzz words" that appear in a lot of Parole Board communications.
Did Mrs Sampson print out my blog entry for you, or do you have internet access? I guess you don't, or you would have posted the letter yourself, or emailed it to me. My email address is linked in my profile.
I mentioned earlier that I had an opportunity to kill a child when I was just about the age you were when you killed Kelly. I saw the fear in her eyes and chose to stop. I am no sort of especially good person, or anything like that, and still I chose to stop. Why didn't you?
Pleas explain "enlightened." How do you mean that? I mean, are we talking Buddha, here, or science fiction?
Did you graduate from high school or get a GED in prison? Learn a trade? Get a degree? How will you support yourself when you are released? What are your "intentions?"
So, while your letter MAY be sincere, it reads as if you wrote it to be presented to the Parole Board.
I am a hard sell. I have seen many of you guys come and go. Recidivism is a terrible thing, and all too common.
Convince me that what you say is true.
I have been unable to ascertain if Terrence is, indeed, married. I don't know where to begin finding that out. Can any of you sleuths out there help me? Much as I would like to take the word of Mrs Sampson, I know the internet is vast, and a person can have an agenda that goes beyond simple communication.
Having said that, let's move on.
The letter is full of the sort of "buzz words" that appear in a lot of Parole Board communications.
I know I had a direct impact in a negative way on your life.The words "I killed her" never come up. There are no specifics of the crime at all--just the generic "violent and heinous act." Sorry folks, but that is lawyer-speak, social-worker-speak, parole-board-speak. One might even go so far as to say, Twelve-Step-Program-speak.
I deeply regret the actions of my childhood, and I’ll never fully forgive myself for my actions. I committed a violent and heinous act against Kelly, and I take full responsibility for my actions and offer no excuses or justifications for what I’ve done.
As I read your comments in your blog, I was forced to accept the reality that most people will always look at me and judge me for the 12 year old boy I had been and not the man I have become.Terrence, we have no way to judge the man you have become. The last anyone here heard of you, you were making threats against the mother of the girl you brutally murdered. MURDERED, Terrence. Stabbed repeatedly with a kitchen knife, as she tried to fight you off with her bare hands. Was it true that you asked her for a date and she turned you down? Did you not think she had the right to do so? Never mind that twelve-year-olds have no business "dating" in the first place. Was there a 7th Grade dance, or something? I do remember it was just before school broke for Christmas. Did she laugh at you for asking her out, or was she kind about refusing you? Perhaps if you can explain what happened, rather than just uttering these generic statements, I can take you seriously.
People see me in the media as only the child I had beenActually, Terrence, the media has been conspicuously absent from this case. The mere fact that my blog comes up when googling you should tell you that. If there were dozens of news articles about the case, my little blog would be at the bottom of the list. It's not much of a list, is it? You mention the media twice in your letter. I hope you haven't been sitting there for twenty (and a half) years hoping for a true crime book, or a Hallmark Channel movie, because it hasn't happened. Who would you want to play you, Terrence?
People have the right (t)o their opinion about me, but you made a strong comment about my wife ending up dead at my hands, and I couldn’t help but to wonder if that opinion came as a result of your thoughts of the mentality that I have now as a 33 year old educated and mature man, or if that opinion came as a result of your thoughts of the mentality I had as a 12 year old boy?Actually, I have no idea what kind of man you have become. All I know is that you were a murderous child. Having killed once, in a fit of conscience-less temper, I have no idea if you can now control yourself. If you are honest with yourself, I think you might not know, either. And Mrs Sampson has no way of knowing. We have your word, but you have been living in an environment in which your every move has been controlled by others...so how would you know?
People usually try to see the worst in me, but those who know me see the best in me.Nobody has to try to see the worst in you...you displayed that for everyone to see when you murdered Kelly. Since then, as far as I know, this is the first any of us has heard from you publicly.
Did Mrs Sampson print out my blog entry for you, or do you have internet access? I guess you don't, or you would have posted the letter yourself, or emailed it to me. My email address is linked in my profile.
Isaac Asimov once said that, “Violence is the last Refuge of the incompetent”, and during my years of childhood I didn’t know how to express my anger and frustration at my life and what was going on in my household. I made choices based on the irrationality of a 12 year old mentality, and I deeply regret those choices. However, I no longer make choices based on a 12 year old mentality. I think, act, and live like the enlightened man I have grown into being.Lots of kids have less-than-ideal childhoods. The vast majority of them manage to get all the way to adulthood, and, indeed, through their whole lives, without killing anyone. Most parents do the best they can with what they have to work with, but very few kids grow up in a situation that does not contain a lot of anger and frustration. You could have spoken with a counselor at school, or a trusted coach or teacher, or a minister.
I mentioned earlier that I had an opportunity to kill a child when I was just about the age you were when you killed Kelly. I saw the fear in her eyes and chose to stop. I am no sort of especially good person, or anything like that, and still I chose to stop. Why didn't you?
Pleas explain "enlightened." How do you mean that? I mean, are we talking Buddha, here, or science fiction?
It is my prayer that this letter is received with the sincerity of my intentions.I cannot determine the sincerity of your intentions. You are consistently minimizing the murder of Kelly, as Mrs Sampson was minimizing your size at the time. Just to recap, you were on the football team, and Kelly was a gymnast. I have no idea what position you played, because my daughter did not follow football, but you certainly were big enough to be a linebacker.
Did you graduate from high school or get a GED in prison? Learn a trade? Get a degree? How will you support yourself when you are released? What are your "intentions?"
I can only live my life with a sense of purpose, and my purpose is to try to have a positive impact on as many people as I can in life. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do that in more than a couple of ways, and certain positive aspects of my life will never be seen in the media, but I wanted you to know that I put forth a effort every day of my life to try to use my experiences to bring some good out of a terrible situation.Again, this is a very generic statement. I could say exactly the same about my life. Am I to understand from your use of the word "blessed" that you have found religion? Do you think it will last after you are released? I suppose "The Purpose Driven Life" has been on your list of reading materials, from your repetition of the word "purpose." Please know that it was also on Scott Peterson's list, and he is on Death Row in California for the murder of his wife and unborn son.
So, while your letter MAY be sincere, it reads as if you wrote it to be presented to the Parole Board.
I am a hard sell. I have seen many of you guys come and go. Recidivism is a terrible thing, and all too common.
Convince me that what you say is true.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Letter from Terrence Sampson
I just don't know what to say about this. I would SO like to believe you, Terrence. So many years...
Ms. Ronni,
I would like to begin this letter by telling you that I am sorry for the pain and grief I have caused you, your family, and the community that I once lived in.
I have never had the opportunity to speak directly to someone who knew me from my life in. Round Rock. I feel awkward because my guilt and shame are at the forefront of my mind as I write this, because I know I had a direct impact in a negative way on your life.
I deeply regret the actions of my childhood, and I’ll never fully forgive myself for my actions. I committed a violent and heinous act against Kelly, and I take full responsibility for my actions and offer no excuses or justifications for what I’ve done. My biggest regret in life is that I can’t take it back.
As I read your comments in your blog, I was forced to accept the reality that most people will always look at me and judge me for the 12 year old boy I had been and not the man I have become. I believe this will be the case because no one knows anything about the man that I have become. People see me in the media as only the child I had been, there has been a lot of growth and development over the last 20 ½ years , while I’ve grown from a boy to man in the system, and with that growth has come maturity and an understanding of the power of choice, as it relates to living a responsible and productive life. Absolutely nothing is the same about the man that I am as compared to the child that I had been.
People have the right o their opinion about me, but you made a strong comment about my wife ending up dead at my hands, and I couldn’t help but to wonder if that opinion came as a result of your thoughts of the mentality that I have now as a 33 year old educated and mature man, or if that opinion came as a result of your thoughts of the mentality I had as a 12 year old boy? Either way, you have a right to your opinion. People usually try to see the worst in me, but those who know me see the best in me.
Isaac Asimov once said that, “Violence is the last Refuge of the incompetent”, and during my years of childhood I didn’t know how to express my anger and frustration at my life and what was going on in my household. I made choices based on the irrationality of a 12 year old mentality, and I deeply regret those choices. However, I no longer make choices based on a 12 year old mentality. I think, act, and live like the enlightened man I have grown into being.
It is my prayer that this letter is received with the sincerity of my intentions. I deeply regret the harm that I’ve done to your life from an emotional standpoint. I can never take back what I’ve done, and I’m sorry for that. I can only live my life with a sense of purpose, and my purpose is to try to have a positive impact on as many people as I can in life. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do that in more than a couple of ways, and certain positive aspects of my life will never be seen in the media, but I wanted you to know that I put forth a effort every day of my life to try to use my experiences to bring some good out of a terrible situation.
May God bless you with peace and prosperity, Terrence Sampson
Ms. Ronni,
I would like to begin this letter by telling you that I am sorry for the pain and grief I have caused you, your family, and the community that I once lived in.
I have never had the opportunity to speak directly to someone who knew me from my life in. Round Rock. I feel awkward because my guilt and shame are at the forefront of my mind as I write this, because I know I had a direct impact in a negative way on your life.
I deeply regret the actions of my childhood, and I’ll never fully forgive myself for my actions. I committed a violent and heinous act against Kelly, and I take full responsibility for my actions and offer no excuses or justifications for what I’ve done. My biggest regret in life is that I can’t take it back.
As I read your comments in your blog, I was forced to accept the reality that most people will always look at me and judge me for the 12 year old boy I had been and not the man I have become. I believe this will be the case because no one knows anything about the man that I have become. People see me in the media as only the child I had been, there has been a lot of growth and development over the last 20 ½ years , while I’ve grown from a boy to man in the system, and with that growth has come maturity and an understanding of the power of choice, as it relates to living a responsible and productive life. Absolutely nothing is the same about the man that I am as compared to the child that I had been.
People have the right o their opinion about me, but you made a strong comment about my wife ending up dead at my hands, and I couldn’t help but to wonder if that opinion came as a result of your thoughts of the mentality that I have now as a 33 year old educated and mature man, or if that opinion came as a result of your thoughts of the mentality I had as a 12 year old boy? Either way, you have a right to your opinion. People usually try to see the worst in me, but those who know me see the best in me.
Isaac Asimov once said that, “Violence is the last Refuge of the incompetent”, and during my years of childhood I didn’t know how to express my anger and frustration at my life and what was going on in my household. I made choices based on the irrationality of a 12 year old mentality, and I deeply regret those choices. However, I no longer make choices based on a 12 year old mentality. I think, act, and live like the enlightened man I have grown into being.
It is my prayer that this letter is received with the sincerity of my intentions. I deeply regret the harm that I’ve done to your life from an emotional standpoint. I can never take back what I’ve done, and I’m sorry for that. I can only live my life with a sense of purpose, and my purpose is to try to have a positive impact on as many people as I can in life. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do that in more than a couple of ways, and certain positive aspects of my life will never be seen in the media, but I wanted you to know that I put forth a effort every day of my life to try to use my experiences to bring some good out of a terrible situation.
May God bless you with peace and prosperity, Terrence Sampson
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Kelly Elaine Brumbelow
I didn't believe it, at first. I don't even remember how I first heard; if Chandra heard at school and told me, or what, but I know I didn't believe it. There had to be some sort of mistake.
Kelly Elaine Brumbelow was not a close friend of Chandra's, but Chandra knew her at school. They were both 7th Graders, so probably had some classes together. Kelly was one of those kids who always did everything right...cheerleader, gymnast, honour student...all that. Cute as anything, too.
Terrance Daron Sampson was also a 7th grader at the same school. He was younger than Kelly, but not by much. He was also her next door neighbour.
I knew exactly where they lived...just a few blocks from where we moved several months later.
Her mother got home from work, and Kelly wasn't there. She alerted the neighbours, and everyone began to look for her, including Terrance. Terrance called several times during the evening. His mom got home, too, and noticed that there was a mess in the house. A mess that looked as if someone not used to cleaning had tried to clean it up. Blood and bleach were smeared everywhere. I don't remember who found her, stashed under the woodpile, with 97 stab wounds. It seems that Terrance had asked her to go out with him, and she turned him down.
Her death was a horrible shock to this town, which had under 20,000 people in 1989. There had been very few murders here, and none that I knew of committed by a 12-year-old boy.
I was so torn. Her funeral was at First Baptist, about a block from C D Fulkes Middle School, and a lot of Kelly's (and Terrance's) classmates were going. The friend who eventually became Chandra's step-sister was an 8th grader there, and both were attending the funeral. I knew I should have been there, but that afternoon was the final dress rehearsal for the Christmas show at Berkman Elementary (right next door to the middle school). Vanessa was a 3rd grader there, and I was the narrator for the show, scheduled to take place that evening. I so wanted to be with Chandra at such a horrible event as the funeral for her murdered classmate. However, Final Dress is Final Dress, and Vanessa, at eight and in the choir, needed me to be there. Charyl, who later became step-mom to Chandra and Vanessa, went with the girls. I had told Chandra what to expect, except for one thing.
It never occurred to me that they would have an open casket.
ETA: I have just been informed that the casket was not open, so my CRS must have kicked in. I am sorry to have published something that was untrue. I could have sworn that Chandra told me at the time it was open, but now she doesn't remember so I shall defer to someone who does.
I remember when Terrance's trial was held, neither of his parents was there. They had moved away. People said horrible things about them.
They started a little "memorial garden" at the school, which has been added to, over the years, with trees planted in memory of kids killed in accidents. I think...I hope...that, to this day, no other students have been murdered. The garden is tended by honour students at C D Fulkes, and Brendan had his turn. None of the kids were told what had happened to any of the students memorialized there.
This was the murder that got me to thinking...WHY?? What is it that prevents the conscience from kicking in? Why do some people grow up with no consideration for others? Or even some sort of self-interest?
These cases still boggle my mind, and I am no closer to knowing what happens than I was back then in 1989. Coming up on twenty years now.
I will never forget Kelly Brumbelow.
Here is a link to some information about the case, and a letter that can be sent to the Parole Board, to let them know that Terrance Daron Sampson is where he belongs
Texans for Equal Justice
Kelly Elaine Brumbelow was not a close friend of Chandra's, but Chandra knew her at school. They were both 7th Graders, so probably had some classes together. Kelly was one of those kids who always did everything right...cheerleader, gymnast, honour student...all that. Cute as anything, too.
Terrance Daron Sampson was also a 7th grader at the same school. He was younger than Kelly, but not by much. He was also her next door neighbour.
I knew exactly where they lived...just a few blocks from where we moved several months later.
Her mother got home from work, and Kelly wasn't there. She alerted the neighbours, and everyone began to look for her, including Terrance. Terrance called several times during the evening. His mom got home, too, and noticed that there was a mess in the house. A mess that looked as if someone not used to cleaning had tried to clean it up. Blood and bleach were smeared everywhere. I don't remember who found her, stashed under the woodpile, with 97 stab wounds. It seems that Terrance had asked her to go out with him, and she turned him down.
Her death was a horrible shock to this town, which had under 20,000 people in 1989. There had been very few murders here, and none that I knew of committed by a 12-year-old boy.
I was so torn. Her funeral was at First Baptist, about a block from C D Fulkes Middle School, and a lot of Kelly's (and Terrance's) classmates were going. The friend who eventually became Chandra's step-sister was an 8th grader there, and both were attending the funeral. I knew I should have been there, but that afternoon was the final dress rehearsal for the Christmas show at Berkman Elementary (right next door to the middle school). Vanessa was a 3rd grader there, and I was the narrator for the show, scheduled to take place that evening. I so wanted to be with Chandra at such a horrible event as the funeral for her murdered classmate. However, Final Dress is Final Dress, and Vanessa, at eight and in the choir, needed me to be there. Charyl, who later became step-mom to Chandra and Vanessa, went with the girls. I had told Chandra what to expect, except for one thing.
It never occurred to me that they would have an open casket.
ETA: I have just been informed that the casket was not open, so my CRS must have kicked in. I am sorry to have published something that was untrue. I could have sworn that Chandra told me at the time it was open, but now she doesn't remember so I shall defer to someone who does.
I remember when Terrance's trial was held, neither of his parents was there. They had moved away. People said horrible things about them.
They started a little "memorial garden" at the school, which has been added to, over the years, with trees planted in memory of kids killed in accidents. I think...I hope...that, to this day, no other students have been murdered. The garden is tended by honour students at C D Fulkes, and Brendan had his turn. None of the kids were told what had happened to any of the students memorialized there.
This was the murder that got me to thinking...WHY?? What is it that prevents the conscience from kicking in? Why do some people grow up with no consideration for others? Or even some sort of self-interest?
These cases still boggle my mind, and I am no closer to knowing what happens than I was back then in 1989. Coming up on twenty years now.
I will never forget Kelly Brumbelow.
Here is a link to some information about the case, and a letter that can be sent to the Parole Board, to let them know that Terrance Daron Sampson is where he belongs
Texans for Equal Justice
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Petticoat Day
I spent today working on petticoats. Two with hoops and one without. One of the hooped ones had to be rearranged into a pannier--flattened front and back, so that just the sides extend out. One needed to be shortened, so I took out the bottom hoop and hemmed it up two inches. The other needed about 10" of extra material added in at the top to make it longer.
Are we having fun yet?
Are we having fun yet?
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Miss Drag Idol 2006!
Congratulations to Saffire Trinity. I'm just sorry you didn't get to do "River Deep, Mountain High!"
I'm here to tell the world that Miss Saffire Trinity can work a fringe better than anyone of any gender that I have ever seen!
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