Chiefs player kills girlfriend at home, then himself at facility (updated first post)

[Guest Hokebuck]

here's a photograph of the victim, and the 2-month-old that'll be left motherless thanks to the actions of this coward

Kasandra Michelle Perkins

[Mr. Scot]

Yes, they belong in a story on the local news like any story on our local news does with the same things. Is it deserving of national attention? Not really. Like I said, happens every single day. Its sad for them.

Whether you think it's deserving or not, it's going to get national attention because a professional football player was involved.

Rae Carruth was a national story too.

[SuperJTheGreat]

Picture of the victims.

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

Rumor is that he found out the baby wasn't his.

source? interesting

[Mr. Scot]

Rumor is that he found out the baby wasn't his.

Good chance that's probably just somebody's speculation.

[Guest Hornets 2.0]

Rumor is that he found out the baby wasn't his.

Even if true she's still the victim. I'm sure he NEVER cheated on her or anyone else.

[VIP]

Sorry man, easy to play the holier than thou card here but these guys are professionals. This isn't 9/11, but rather some maniac who lost it.... I don't think I'm insensitive because they shouldn't make a spectacle out of the tragedy. I don't see how taking a day or two off is really going to make a huge difference here... in four or five months Romeo Crennel and company are still going to be shaken by this. It's a bad situation obviously but it needs played.

I think you're holding these people to a higher standard than you would yourself. If your co-worker and friend blew his brains out in front of you while talking to you and thanking you and your boss said "wow that was crazy..alright back to work and see you guys at 6am sharp tomorrow" you wouldn't think the same way. People need therapy for stuff like that. They need to be with their families.

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

Good chance that's probably just somebody's speculation.

decent chance it could be true as well... i'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'

[Miaoww]

i think the cheifs slowly circle the toilet bowl after this. coaches are going to be frazzeled, guys aren't really going to be as focused as they might if this was just a sudden death of a teammate ala sean taylor or chris henry. they're going to be constantly assaulted from the backs of their minds (as anyone in the situation would be) by the fact that the guy who they emotionally feel pulled to rally around actually murdered the mother of a baby and a toddler in front of her mother.

i don't think that's something you just tune out.

You're joking, right? The Sean Taylor murder was much worse than this.

His teammates still tear up now talking about him.

[PhillyB]

amazing how many people are willing to qualify his actions by attributing some sort of victimhood to the murderer

[The_Cannon]

So wait? Is the light skinned girl in the pictures the one he shot or is it the dark skinned girl?

[PanthersATL]

But what do you do if you postpone it a day other than Sunday? Refund the 30,000 plus fans that planned on being at the game?

No different from when the NFL does Flex Scheduling and cherry-picks the game of the week from the normal 1p or 4p timeslot into primetime (or a 1p game into 4p for a more national audience, beginning in 2014). Moving gametimes is nothing new, and totally inconveniences anybody's flight/hotel plans.

This would be no different.

[Mr. Scot]

I think you're holding these people to a higher standard than you would yourself. If your co-worker and friend blew his brains out in front of you while talking to you and thanking you and your boss said "wow that was crazy..alright back to work and see you guys at 6am sharp tomorrow" you wouldn't think the same way. People need therapy for stuff like that. They need to be with their families.

We had a guy die in the office where I work (not a suicide). Happened on a Tuesday. The office closed that night and pretty much for the rest of the week, It was also closed one day the following week so that everyone could attend his funeral. All of this was approved by higher-ups (national company).

amazing how many people are willing to qualify his actions by attributing some sort of victimhood to the murderer

I don't get it either.

[PhillyB]

You're joking, right? The Sean Taylor murder was much worse than this.

His teammates still tear up now talking about him.

um well that was my point. this isn't a sean taylor type of murder that rallies the troops in an emotional way. this scenario is much more conflicted, and not as likely to inspire heightened play because of the nature of the situation.