Retired couple found murdered at their Mexico home (gay, Canada, spouse)
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Some details of the story are quite odd. The man was shot 18 times! That seems more like a deliberate murder with passion than getting interrupted during a theft. Meanwhile the woman was shot two times in the leg? She died but that doesn't sound like someone intended to kill her as leg shots are often not fatal. Whoever put 18 in him could have easily put a couple in her forehead.
One wonders. I also wonder why a couple from a hot, dry location in the US would choose another hot, dry place in Mexico to have a second home?
My guess: The Sea of Cortez and fishing.
Random fact: Arizona, which you describe as a hot, dry place, has more boats per capita than any other state in the Union. However, it is kind of short on saltwater fishing.
One wonders. I also wonder why a couple from a hot, dry location in the US would choose another hot, dry place in Mexico to have a second home?
The woman had recently sold her home in Escondido which is north of San Diego. I suspect they were southern Californians, who liked a warmer drier location, retiring to Prescott but wanted to also be by the coast. And Prescott is not Phoenix in terms of hot and dry.
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Overall, I'm personally nervous about traveling to non-European countries.
That makes your "world" very small!
At your age (young) you will be severely limiting your future, and you best get more settled about accepting living in Appalachia.
Tho 'American' ...In the past 5 yrs I have spent the majority of my time elsewhere in the world than Europe and USA, and I have seen VERY little of the world doing so (missed SA, India, and Africa).
Warnings for travelers TO the USA are interesting! (And the millions who CANNOT visit the USA due to health insurance fears (Their insurers / countries will NOT allow them to come to USA due to fear of needing USA medical care)
It's sad but it happens. Personally, I would never want to live somewhere where I am looked at as an American with money, probably as a foreign elitist by the locals no matter what country it is.
You may not think of yourself as a wealthy American, but by their standards, you are.
In response to this thread, I posted a link to a news article about a similar botched robbery and murder of a retired couple in Georgia as a facetious warning to people considering retiring to Georgia.
For some completely illogical reason that made no sense whatsoever, that thread was moved to Current Events.
I'm not sure why the murder of a retired couple in a small town in Georgia is a "current event" but the murder of a retired couple in Mexico that has made national news apparently is not.
Exactly!
As people mature, they will (at least should) not be tricked into generalizing from particular incidents.
In response to this thread, I posted a link to a news article about a similar botched robbery and murder of a retired couple in Georgia as a facetious warning to people considering retiring to Georgia.
For some completely illogical reason that made no sense whatsoever, that thread was moved to Current Events.
I'm not sure why the murder of a retired couple in a small town in Georgia is a "current event" but the murder of a retired couple in Mexico that has made national news apparently is not.
An elderly couple was murdered in their Phoenix area home a few days ago. Today they reported that someone burglarized their home, several days after they were found murdered. Better cross Arizona off the list of retirement places too.
An elderly couple was murdered in their Phoenix area home a few days ago. Today they reported that someone burglarized their home, several days after they were found murdered. Better cross Arizona off the list of retirement places too.
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