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Is this forgiveness?
The moving story of the Whitaker family murders raises as many questions as it answers
My wife and I are fans of the Discovery ID channel. We call it the channel where we get to watch the murders, and we frequently joke that it is convenient there is so much crime in America to keep us entertained.
Today, we were watching an episode of People Magazine Investigates called Fatal Family Secrets. The episode told the story of Bart Whitaker, a young man convicted for the 2003 murders of his mother and brother, and the attempted murder of his father. Whitaker allegedly arranged for his family to be killed the night after they celebrated his upcoming graduation from college, giving him an expensive Rolex watch as a gift. Supposedly, Whitaker arranged the murders to collect upon what he believed to be a rich insurance policy. It is worth noting, however, that he had lied to his family, and rather than being on the verge of graduating from college, he had dropped out with poor grades.
