Monday 21 May 2012

My perspective on the killings- Herb Clutter

While I was lying there, on my own, I was simply at peace, almost as if my spirit had left to rest. I had a very calm night, the children were upstairs, with my wife. As I was just closing my eyes, just before I fell into my sleep. But then I heard the floorboards creak, I was going to go and check but I thought that it was one of the children getting a glass of water.

Suddenly the office door swung open, this was definitely not the kids, they would never go in there. I was quite worried by now, I didn't know wether to go and investigate or just leave it.

 Then almost out of nowhere my bedroom door swung open and I was blinded by a light, I heard the deep breathing, I thought it was my wife. I called out to her "honey?, is that you honey?". There was no reply, then a mans voice, one that I had never heard before replied and explained to me how he was a door-to-door salesman and wanted to have a talk in my office. I hopped out of bed and they led the way, I was just I my pyjamas, with no shoes on, the floor was bitterly cold.

The two gentlemen seemed very kind and gentle, they stepped into the office and signalled me to come in, I didn't see any reason not to so in I went. I hadn't properly seen these two men however I wasn't slightly suspicious about them, they seemed to be good guys.

Then almost out of nowhere two thuggish looking men were shown in the moonlight. As if the man was bi-polar they started questioning me about a safe, I didn't know what they were talking about, we didn't have a safe. I persistently tried to tell them this but they wouldn't listen to me. I tried to stay as calm and peaceful as possible, even if they were not, however only one of them really talked, the leader out of the two.
The other guy seemed reasonable, he looked more worried than me, it was almost as if he didn't want to be there. However I couldn't concentrate on him for long because they started to threaten me with there knife, he pressed it up against my chest, I didn't know what to do. He threatened me again, he said, "show us where the safe is or you're goons be a good bit sorrier". Again I told them that there was no safe and I was telling the truth, I didn't want to raise my voice as they clearly outmanned and 'outgunned'.

Then the other one spoke, he asked me if there were anymore telephone line in the house, after he cut the ones in my office. I told him about the one in the kitchen, he took the flashlightand headed over to the kitchen. After he had left I heard some creaking upstairs, I just hope that they hadn't heard it. But there was no hope in that, the who went to go and cut the phone wires was even more twitchy than myself, he had definitely heard. Who was awake, the kids, my wife!

But then he returned I they were both in the room again. They were having a whispering conversation, I couldn't understand what they were saying, I only picked out a few words like upstairs, gun, then I blanked out for a second I had the sudden rush that they were going to kill my family. Then they led me back to the bedroom, I gave them all the money I had and all the valuables in my possession. Then they started asking me about my family upstairs. They wanted to know if my wife had any money. I old them that she was Ill and I begged them not to disturb her. But the more irrational one insisted that we should go and check. By then I knew that they would never give until they got all the money in the whole house, including 'the safe'. As I led them upstairs I turned on the lights, I walked over to Bonnie's room, as I entered, with the two 'salesmen' behind me. I tried to keep her calm, but she knew what was going on.

I couldn't do anything, she burst into to tears, my own wife crying, and I was helpless, I felt torn apart, why couldn't I do anything. I knew where she kept her purse so I went into her draw and took out her purse, she had around five dollars in there. Was this really just for money? I handed over the second couple of dollars, then the quite one stepped outside with the more malicious one, they started to whisper again. But this I couldn't make out a word, I was too busy worrying about my wife and trying to get her to calm down.

When they came back from the talk they shoved us into the bathroom and tied us up, they gave my wife a chair sloshed could sit and rest, then they led us and headed to the kids rooms and put them with us. I felt terrible that we were all there, in that moment it felt like that it was the last time I was going to see them. Then I was taken downstairs into the basement, the place where once the kids played and were simply happy. However I was taken away from this half and shoved into the other room. He tied me up again, however he did in a gentle way, ensuring that it wasn't too tight. He also lay down a flattened cardboard box so I wasn't lying on the floor. Before he left I begged him not to harm my family, especially my wife, she was so fragile. He told me that he would try and help them but there was no way I could know what was happening. I was left down there trying not to imagine what was going on upstairs.

When they did come back down for me it wasn't to free me or ask for money. They both came down and taped me up. Before they tied me up I asked how my wife was, they told me that she was fine and ready to go to sleep. As were everyone. They never left after that, they were talking. I could hear perfectly, but I couldn't listen. My tears were blinding but I could still see one of them walking up to me holding the knife, the one I was threatened with earlier with, he knelt down beside me, as if to comfort me. He got really close and then......

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