Myrtle Marie Walter
This is 75-year-old Myrtle Marie Walter.
Myrtle Walter was married to 74-year-old Paul Walter, the self-described patriarch of their Arkansas neighborhood – who was often called “Mr. Clean” by his neighbors due to his hobby of frequently washing his five cars.
Very much a traditionalist, Paul Walter was always interested in what was going on down the street that he’d lived on for 11 years, and was concerned with how it looked. Paul’s days were usually spent outside, either sitting in a chair by the garage or on a bench swing on the front yard, watching the world roll by his red brick home.
To the outsider’s eye, everything was great in the Walter’s little world.
Myrtle and Paul were retired and seemed to be getting along fine. They had children and grandchildren living in close proximity. They were active in the community. They bought LSU tickets and gave them away.
Oh, they bickered a bit about a variety of things – like Myrtle Walter’s lack of interest in sex with her husband, or Paul’s insistence on Myrtle making dinner. Neighbors recall Myrtle Walter often complaining bitterly at the local Adult Wellness Center about always having to make meals for her husband, who refused to do it himself. But you and I both know that most couples argue about silly things like that every now and then and nothing ever comes of it.
On the 3rd of October, 2008, that changed.
After Myrtle Marie Walter tilted back four or five beers that night, she decided to stop the bickering in her marriage.
Permanently.
After an argument about Paul’s interest in sex and Myrtle’s lack thereof, Paul went to bed and fell asleep. While Paul Walter was sleeping, Myrtle Walter went to his bedside nightstand and took a gun box out of the drawer. Myrtle then walked to the bathroom and flipped the light on to see if the silver, .357-caliber revolver was loaded.
It was.
Flipping the light back off, Myrtle Walter walked back into the bedroom, carrying the revolver. While her husband was sleeping, Myrtle aimed the gun in the direction of Paul Walter’s head and pulled the trigger three times.
That done, Myrtle Walter put the revolver on the bed next to her husband and went to use the phone. At a quarter past two in the morning, Myrtle called her daughters, Laura Tucker and Debbie Walter, and told them that she had just shot Paul.
Laura and Debbie said they’d be right over.
Once they arrived, they saw what their mother had done and called the police, telling the dispatcher than their mother had been involved in an accident. When the dispatcher asked what kind of accident, the caller hung up.
Police arrived shortly after 2:35 in the morning, finding an extremely unrepentant Myrtle Marie Walter being comforted by her daughter Laura and an extremely dead Paul Walter lying on his bed. Paul’s face had been only grazed by one of the shots Myrtle had sent his way, but the other two had hit him solidly in the shoulder and neck. The bed linens were ruined, of course.
When questioned, Myrtle Walter freely admitted to what she had done, explaining that she was sorry, but she had to do it, that she had intended on killing her husband and now that it was done she was actually quite relieved that she’d gone ahead with it. She told the police that Paul Walter had asked her for sex that night, she had refused and that she was tired of being mentally abused. She simply decided not to take it anymore, is all.
If there were any signs of abuse, neighbors say that they never saw any. Myrtle Walter never gave any indication that she had been abused nor showed any signs of domestic violence. There’s just her statement that she made to the police after waiving her right to have an attorney present.
Myrtle Walter has been charged with capital first-degree murder, which means she’s eligible for the death penalty. Whether a jury can convict and sentence the 5’2″ and 115 pound grandmother to death is another story entirely.
Does Myrtle Marie Walter deserve Hell?
- Yes (54%, 341 Votes)
- No (46%, 296 Votes)
Total Voters: 637
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Whoa. Granny handled a .357? Wow, I bet that hada hell of a recoil. Surprised the bang didn’t make her ears bleed. lol Hmm. Maybe he had .38s in the chamber?
I’m surprised the old man didn’t take a vacation to an Asian third world country to find some young-ass. That’s what most old farts do.
I voted no and for a reason. This poor old granny was not interested in getting it on and was berated for that. Instead of this dude hitting Craigslist or some site and finding himself a little sidepiece. Now mind you granny should have at least offered a gummer or Jergen’s Job but instead she offered him the business end of the 357. Oh well. She should have cooked dinner.
That is a Bullshit statement to make. Guy asks his wife for sex. Wife says no. Guy goes to bed. Guy deserves to be blown away with a .357? Where in the world does this logic come from. What? You disappointed he didn’t hit your mom up for a $20 bang?
I’d say let’s take the old hag and dump her in a male prison. Then she can see how bad life really can be and she’ll get to give out lots of sex.
Excuse me ass clown. Who the fuck are you? First off, the lady killed her husband for asking for sex. You have to think that she was already tired of living the life she had. She wasn’t interested in fulfilling her marital duties and dude was too stubborn to either get it on with another woman or paying someone. She wasn’t in her right mind It doesn’t make it right but I find it more funny than anything. Does she deserve hell? Eh? Let what ever deity sort that out. Second, I know you feel big and bad about making a ignorant comment about my mother on the internet and I commend you on your ability to make a full sentence and some of your post are actually witty, however I politely say go fuck yourself and eat a whole shovel full of shit you fucking two bit cocksucking dog-fucking bitch. I also would like to allude to the fact that you should consider a career for yourself as a gay porn actor because you love the cock and I know it because you suck my dick.
That is all.
Have a nice day.
Heheh! I hereby award you the trophy for the least intelligent reply ever Bob.
If she was tired of living the life she had, she had indeed three choices. One is to leave, she had kids and I’m sure they’d put her up until she got sorted. Two, point the gun at her own head, not the best of the two choices, but still infinitely better than the choice she made.
Dude, you just admitted to wanting guys to suck your dick. That makes you the one who should be in gay porn.
this made me laugh..
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I agree with Danger. That is fucking retarded. First off I really can’t get the mental picture of old people having sex, give me a second…
Ok like I was saying. So a husband can’t ask his wife for sex, and if he does he can die.
Bullshit!!!!! She killed him in cold blood that is the end of that.
Wow Lindsey. You had me at….Wait nothing you said was worth the pixels you type. First, let’s address a simple point. When you are making points in a conversation you have to at least have two points; i.e. A, B or 1, 2 or First, Second. So the question is what is your second point? Exactly.. That (See above) is “fucking retarded”. Second, (See I am keeping the train of thought going here keep up it’s above Elementary English here) under no circumstances is it ok for a woman to kill a man or vice versa for sex. However, it is funny that a little old lady would whip out a .357 Magnum and blow her husband away for asking for a little nookie. Does it make it right? No. Is it funny? Oh hell yes. I don’t think she deserves hell. I think she deserves to be judge accordingly to by her actions in life.
Additionally, there was obviously mental abuse. He might have said something that just that day struck the cord and she went into robot mode. She might have planned it out but she took a modicum of compassion because she waited until he was asleep. She could have gotten a kitchen knife and did him in. Run him down with the car. Poisoned him. Eletrocuted him. Those would have been a hell of a lot more cold blooded.
So to sum it up, don’t run behind an idiot like Dangerzone agreeing blindly and shooting from the hip with “fucking retarded” in your post. Think calmly and clearly. Be professional and courteous. Write above an elementary level and for God’s sake don’t be an fucking idiot.
Your Friend in Christ,
Bob Saget
Oh shut up Bob Saget. The old cunt murders her husband because she doesn’t want to fuck him or cook his meals…. if she wasn’t happy, she could’ve left him. Simple as that. Now he’s fucking dead, brutally killed in cold blood by the person he probably trusted most… while he was asleep, no less – giving him no chance whatsoever to defend himself or perhaps reason with her.
Mental abuse or not, I don’t give a shit. That’s what divorce is there for. We’re not fucking muslims.
I say fuck her and fuck you. And you can bitch at me to your heart’s content but I won’t be back to read it. You fail it.
Let me make myself clear, Bob. I can write what ever I want. Just because you think its funny that an old woman killed her husband over, what was it you said, “mental abuse”. Doesn’t mean she shouldn’t go to Hell. Ten Commandments puts it in writing for you. (But do you need me to quote it for you.)
As far as the “fucking retarded” comment that was directed towards your previous post. I’m sorry that I assumed that everyone (including) you would understand that. Next time I will make a point to better explain myself. I just didn’t know there were people on this site that dumb.
Anyway, it all boils down to the woman killed her husband because she wasn’t happy. She could have left him but she didn’t. That makes it all her fault. The post doesn’t mention any type of abuse so I am basing what I’m about to say on that. A husband asking his wife for sex of for dinner is not mental abuse.
Last but not least, Bob, when you can’t win an agrument just bow out like an adult. The only reason you made that response is simply because you couldn’t back up your agrument; so you attacked me. (suck a sad little man)
The bitch deserves hell whether she gets the rest of her life in jail or not.
OK that is a bit better Lindsey. You’ve brought something to the table now here is my retort:
Yes that is the beauty of the internet, being able to write what you want. The beauty also is that people can respond and call you out.
At no point did Danger use the term “fucking retarded” You did and I called you on it. Go back and read his post. If the words are there I will gladly post and apology to you.
You said “The post doesn’t mention any type of abuse”
I beg to differ because in paragraph 11 it clearly states:
“She told the police that Paul Walter had asked her for sex that night, she had refused and that she was tired of being mentally abused.”
Because we weren’t in the house we don’t know what type of atmosphere it was but as someone familiar with the law, I know that there are cases where a person snaps and takes out the abuser because they have had enough and they walk away because of the circumstances.
Now if you want to talk about the commandments that is well and fine however, other methods of protecting society (incarceration, rehabilitation) are increasingly available and more in keeping with other Christian moral teaching. Catholics (along with many Protestants).
Did Myrtle do the wrong thing? Oh yes she did. But people do stupid things out of anger, frustration and various other human emotions and in the eyes of the little book that you seem to want to pull bits and pieces that suit you in what ever situation should go to hell. So let’s recap your little Commandment idea.
1. You can’t believe in Buddha, Hinduism, or any other religions.
2. No other gods before me. That would include any figurines or figures that you may have that would denote idolization which is a sin.
3. Don’t curse with God’s name or his son’s name.
4. Don’t work on a Sunday.
5. Honor Mom and Dad.
6. Don’t murder
7. Don’t cheat or think about cheating.
8. Don’t Steal
9. Don’t lie about your neighbor
10. Don’t covet
So out of all those commandments have you been a saint? Should we not judge you to go to hell?
Finally, there was no argument. Rather than be able to approach me with a proper argument against my point of view you fire off some worthless diatribe. I have proven my point to your second, better thought out point, but have to say that when you decided to rattle your sabre I rattled mine harder and that makes you a pitiful little girl to my “sad little man”.
So if you haven’t broken any of those commandments I listed, you’ll be in heaven smiling down on all us sinners roasting in hell, right?
I still dont understand how you keep bring up the “fucking retarded”. It was an expression. I never said Danger said it so I dont know why you keep bring it up.
Second, what I meant by “never meantioned any abuse” was there is no documented abuse. And since you know the law so well, then you should know that if there is no documention its like it never happened.
Third if you want to bring up all the Commandments at least get them right, you mixed up 9 and 10.
Its Thou shalt not lie
and Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife……
And if you want to bring up whether i broke a commandment everyone breaks a commandment this site is about which one you broke. Its about fucked up people doing fucked up things. And it would be as easy for me to ask for forgiveness as it would be for any one of the fuck ups you read about.
Lindsey it is as simple as this. I address each of your points in order as you wrote so I will do so one last time.
The “fucking retarded” comment came from you not Danger. I was admonishing your poor choice in euphamisims (sp) when you addressed me. Pushing it off to him/her isn’t going to work because he never said it.
Moving on to the abuse segment, there will never be documentation of mental abuse because of a he said she said scenario. Unless an officer, another person or recording device was present when the alleged abuse went down there will never be a record. As a woman (I am taking a guess based on your name) you should be versed in verbal abuse. Most women are taught that it is an indicator of possible physical abuse. So, if a guy call a woman names or gets verbally aggresive after being rebuffed for his actions or lack of, there is a chance he will become physically violent. Ask a counselor if this is true if you don’t believe it.
Lastly, I used the older biblical writing when I wrote #9 and changed #10. Just as you did. The way it was written was:
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
10. Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else your neighbor owns.”
http://godstenlaws.com/ten-commandments/index.html
As it stands each of the commandments were updated by the church to keep up with the changing times (and whims of man.)
Finally, this site isn’t about breaking commandments it’s about the 7 deadly sins. You are correct, Catholicism is a great religion because you can do all the evil in the worlld but the minute you are close to death make a conversion accept JC as your lord and savior all your sins are forgiven and off you go to heaven.
I appreciate you coming back to the table with a more profound argument and less indignant comments.
Hey, did she have a Myspace page? :)
admin – I think that she did. It’s right here.
Why, are you looking to hook up with her? I wouldn’t recommend it brother. LoL
Ah, I should of been smarter than to click that
Dag Nabbit
I’d managed to avoid this for forever!
Curse you to hell admin.
LOL @ ” Dag Nabbit.”
And people say us Aussies talk weird with our, Giday’s and Crikey’s and Strueth’s and Stone the bloody crow’s….
ok so we do talk weird….
Jesus, he should have gotten himself a hooker. I’ll never get why people like this stupid old biddy don’t just get themselves a divorce. I guess she took that “what God had joined let no man (or woman) tear asunder” stuff pretty damn seriously, so she decided to pop a cap in his head instead.
and MISSED! LOL I could picture it now, the gun bouncing high because of the strong recoil ha point-blank range and still missed the target.
She should have snuggled up in front of him in a spoon position and put the gun in her mouth. That would have been better.
If he got himself a hooker, he’d be the one going to hell.
If he would have just made her dinner ….. sheesh.
So if this was a younger woman…lets say 35, and a 34 year old husband…do you think more people would have said YES instead of NO? I said yes! Age should have made her wiser and open to other options, not give her any leeway.
Here Here.
Grandma doesn’t deserve pity she deserves judgement. Just cause she is old doesn’t mean she is above the law.
What if it were Grandpa that shot Grandma?
What if he shot her because she would not let him dip into the savings so he could dip his wick every so often?
This old bat deserves to burn just like a man does.
Good grief, I would send anyone else to hell in a heartbeat for this…but I just can’t hit the button on granny…
Granny needs to burn!
Poor Gramps!
All he wanted was what every man wants; a home cooked meal and to tap that ol’ ass every once in awhile.
Well he should make his own dinner… then maybe she’d be actually attracted to him.
I said yes. The man asks his wife for sex, she says no, so he goes to bed. If the man was abusive, I would think he would rape her, but he didn’t. He went to bed (maybe rubbed one out) and got on with his life, until she fucking shot him in his sleep. I do admit it would be entertaining to watch old, drunk granny handle a .357. What’s ironic is that I’ll bet he tought her how to use it. Damn the luck.
I know that you guys are gonna crucify me, and that im usually against violent crimes…and im not saying im all for what granny did…i’d like to hear what the daughters have to say about home life with grandpa and more about the alleged “mental abuse.”
I mean its not exactly normal for granny to shoot people, especially not her sleeping husband.
And while the neighbours say that there was no outward signs of abuse, does not mean there wasnt any. Abuse is easily hidden. Thats why people get way with it.
If she did it in cold blood and for no reason other than she did not want nookie then yeah, shoot the old biddy…but if there was really ongoing abuse and she just went batwing crazy because of it, then id say no. Just not comfy voting until all the details about home life come out.
Yeah, but Amy the guy was sleeping, not violently coming after her. Seems like they have been married for years. If Grandpa was a nagging shit talker you’d think she’d be used to it by now. And if she didn’t like it, you’d think she’d be gone by now.
Hell, she wasn’t in restraints, so while he was asleep that would have been the perfect time to say “see ya!” and be out the door. Like someone said previously, what’s wrong with divorce?
There is no excuse for what she did. None whatsoever.
I know what you’ll probably say, that “no all abuse is the same.” That’s true. But there was still that option of “leaving Grandpa” on the table. The powerful force of a .357 wasn’t necessary.
Yeah, when you put it that way…i guess i just identify with the whole “abused spouse” sector.
But yeah, she definately had other options.
You mention your mum and dad a lot.
Suppose your mum was in this situation – analyze her options.
She has you, Amy, that she could call on for help, right?
So did granny. Granny had Laura and Debbie.
Some say “Oh I’ll endure it just for the kids.” But guess what? In this case, the kids are all grown and on their own now. No excuse.
Its funny that you chose that scenario because that is what it did come down to. My mum had three chioces to make. And she has told me they were to either, kill herself, kill him or leave.
She left. And we ( her children) did support her and protect her until she was able to stand on her own two feet again.
As for the endure it for the kids- abused spouses should leave for the kids, not stay.
I’m going to be overly honest — I do think it was less tragic because the guy was old and probably didn’t have that much time left on the life clock anyway. He might have died of natural causes in the next year or something, so why should she spend the rest of eternity paying for that one year he missed? She should get maybe 10 years of purgatory at most. Just sayin’.
?????? So age matters in this case? Just because the guy was going to die soon anyway???? WTF???
And why should the old guy have hit up a hooker? Every ear of morals and traditions? Good lord people! The old guy didn’t want to go outside the house for some ass. Problems? I see none. Then his old lady blows him away….
How do we know that he wouldn’t have lived be to over 100??? It happens pretty commonly now. And the same for her; how do we know how long she’ll live in prison?? Age shouldn’t matter here; he could have had another full decade or more to enjoy life. Now he’s gone, and the rest of HER life is wasted. Age should NOT matter here at all.
By this logic Dena I should be able to kill you now and get a greatly deminished sentence cos your obviously already fucking brain dead so it wouldn’t matter too much.
had a hard time deciding, but ended up voting “no”. that old fart needs to go to the loony bin, she’s a couple cherries short of a fruitcake.
would like to know the complete background story here, but most likely we’ll never hear about it.
Well the gran had other options other than killing her husband, like leaving him. She could have gotten a job in a shop and rented a flat… killing him is a little over the top. But he does deserve a slight anvil slap to the face for being such a cunt to her. He didn’t make his own dinner, treated her like a slave. How does he expect her to be attracted to him and want to have sex with him?
I am disapointed with some of the comments on here, some of you guys think he was right for demanding food and on top of that, sex! Then some of you said he should go see a hooker, what the hell? He’s married. He didn’t want to see a hooker probably, he wanted it with his wife. If he goes to a hooker, the one that ends up in Hell is HIM. What are you guys gorillas or something? In fact I’m sure male gorillas are nicer to their women than this guy was.
What a horrible story.
gorillas have more then one mate, obviously they’re going to be happier then us and thus nicer to their women.
LOL..maybe you guys should take your cue from the gorillas….
Cavemen then… all I’ve got to say is “HIV”.
Am I missing something here? I just don’t get some of the comments defending her. Darkest Maiden is on the right track at the end, but I think she forgot to put an engine on her train in the beginning to get it out of the station.
1. Marriage is a Til Death do us part committment. She took her vows seriously.
2. Marriage is a Forsaking all others commitment. He took his seriously and only sought attention from her.
3. He promised to take care of her until the day she died when they got married. Look at their ages again. When these two met and got married, women stayed home, took care of the house, kids and so on. The husband went out and worked, earned a good living to provide a home and things his family needed.
Now the wife obviously decided that since he was retired her part of the contract could be altered. After all, why should he get to wash his cars and watch the neighbors all day while she cooks a couple meals, keeps the house up and all that.
Grandpa kept his end of the bargain with her. Beyond that, her refusal of sex to most is grounds for divorce. But Grandpa didn’t abandon her just because she would spread her legs and chance getting pregnant (now that is a picture. 80 year old pregnant chick, talk about a milf.). He didn’t go grab some hot young 60 year old chick, he didn’t beat her up. He went to bed and dealt with it.
Grandma needs to start having lots of prison sex with 90 year old men on Viagra.
I know this is going to sound way out there to some of you, but here goes.
The constant car washing and obsessing over how the neighbourhood looked is one of the things that got me thinking. It could be that grandad just liked a clean car and neighbourhood. But it had alarm bells going off in my head. The old fella sounds obsessive and controlling.
As for the leaving option…its not always as easy as it sounds.
While most women who leave comments on this site are strong, independant women who could never understand being that relaint on a man and that scared to leave, that they would tolerate abuse…not all women are strong. Not all have that courage.
If her claim that he was mentally abusive is true, then i personally cannot vote for hell.
If she is just a cold blooded killer, and the only motive was to get out of cooking a few meals, then yeah, hell it is.
It seems to me that something made her snap. Was it abuse? Who knows. And your all right i guess it does not matter, she killed him.
I wish we had more info on why.
And yes…i have drunk a whole bottle of red and im slightly inebriated and thus my rambling…..
He was controlling. She had other children besides the two daughters that she had with him and he never let her see them or acknowledge their grandchildren. She had to do it behind his back.
And how do you know this? I warn you; if you are a friend of the family or closely involved, you need to continue to comment intelligently and objectively. Refer to the Gabriel Bitterman posts.
We love to hear from those who have personal first hand experience with the subjects involved. It goes such a long ways to helping us understand why they do what they do.
So please, take a moment JustMe and fill us in on all the things we don’t know from this article.
JustMe is right, think about this in the context that what if this were Your grandmother, and anytime you ever got to see her she had to sneak around and hide it from her husband just because you’re not one of “his” family. I don’t know how I could have endured it for more than 5 minutes. But after 30 years of abuse from someone like that. Well like I said I don’t know how she could have ever endured it as long as she did.
This news means nothing to me.
Why? Because the fact of the matter is that the man was idle in bed. Regardless if the man screamed 100 curse words per day.
She killed him while he slept. I bet they didn’t find a broken bone or bruise on her.
She should go to prision regardless of her age.
If it’s true she was abused? Fuck her family if they didn’t help her. To hell with you all if you just sat by while this happned. Shame on you! That man was old and a teen kid could probably beat his ass. No need to be scared of an old fart. Plus you know where he kept his pistol. No excuses. No BS.
Completly agree guy.
Poor old woman was obviously crazy, or perhaps it was Alzheimer’s, at any rate she belongs in a hospital not a maximum security prison, which would be cruel and unusual.
I’m always cooking the meal and my girlfriend give me lot of sex! I don’t even have to ask her. I can’t deal anymore with women who victimised themselves, like my ex: Too dangerous guys, get away from them. Granny had other posible choices in her cards, like living her own life away from Paul. She chosed to kill him. Isn’t that a form of control on her husband. Guess who is violent here?
Guess you’ve read this book, huh?
Will Cook For Sex: A Guy’s Guide to Cooking
http://www.midpointtrade.com/detail.aspx?isbn=978-1-932173-51-2
I did not read this book but I’m taking note of it. Guess what will be one of my purchases this next week end… Thanks for the tip!
;)
I would never tell you who I am, but yes I do know her. I am not closely involved, but am married to a family member.
Maybe the other women in your family should buy their men the book titled:
Will Cook For Sex: A Guy’s Guide to Cooking
for Christmas!
I also think it is very unfair that you took what the media reported and turned it into your own personal horror flick.
That’s what the media does best, honey. And you don’t think it was horrific that she killed gramps as he slept horney, hungry, and soundly?
Okay, I’m listening. I’m not sure on the hellishness, and yes, that is solely based on the fact that old ladies generally do not pull a gun and blow old men away, and I’m wondering if there is more to the story because it’s so unusual. Was he a controlling bastard? Was she a nutty old biddy? Inquiring minds are bored at work!
I am all about discussing matters tactfully. Everyone else should do the same.
On Oprah.
Thank You JustMe, I agree.
Did you bother to give the same advice to the old woman, to “discussing matters tactfully”, instead of blowing her husband away like she was Clint Eastwood? You come off to me as one who sees the old dame as the victim and not her husband. If she was in an abusive relationship and you KNEW about it, what did you do to help her? Did ya offer to help her move from him? Did ya take her to some support groups? Did ya inform the authorities of potential danger? Did ya get her any help at all to detonate that anger she had inside her, anger that apparently built up over years cuz he was so mean to her? You apparently did not cuz it was the anger that drove her to shoot him. There’s nothing to discuss, she murdered a sleeping man, period!
A woman like Myrtle was raised with old school values. Divorce is not always an option.
Controlling men convince their spouses that they are nothing. That if they leave they will take nothing. Tell someone everyday that they are stupid and worthless and nothing they do is good enough; that they should count themselves lucky that someone will marry them and provide for them, and they believe it to be true.
Why didnt she leave? She would have felt that she couldnt. Where would she go? What would she do? SHe is so stupid and worthless that no one would give her a job or want to love her.
WHy didnt she turn to the children? Because she probably didnt want to burden them the way she was convinced she burdened her husband.
Why didnt the children force her to leave? Because every abused woman has a breaking point. They will stay and endure because they can. YOu cannot help someone until hey are read to be helped. They are scared to confront the abuse. Conditioned to believe it is all they deserve anyway.
When they do reach that breaking point its often because they know that they cannot cope another day, another second…and they snap. Some go to a womens refuge, some kill themselves. Myrtle killed her husband.
Yes, it WAS the wrong thing to do…but i think she probably felt that was the only option. That was the only way to stop him from finding her and controlling her.
SOmeone said in an earlier post that i talk about my parents a lot. And they are right. When i post on this site, i dont just ramble..i draw on my personal experience and speak from the heart.
My mother was terribly controlled and when she reached her breaking point, she went to her sister. WHile they were organizing a ” safe place” for my mother to hide, my father turned up at the door, yelling and screaming and demanding she get home and cook dinner. When she wouldnt come out he told her to enjoy her night with her family, because it would be her last. They would all be dead by morning and she would be back at home with him.
It was an awful thing to see my beauttiful mother, curled up in a ball on the floor, sobbing, and speachless…its a memory i will never forget. We all knew ( hoped) that he was full of shit, but she believed his every word.
SHe was granted a VRO by the police and went to a womens refuge. SHe was there for three months before she felt safe enough to go outside.
Now, 15 years later, she has gone to College, works full time, is happy and engaged to a man who is actually worthy of her. But the abuse took its toll, and she still finds it hard.
I volunteer at a womens refuge now, and i see abuse and its damage all the time.
I know it is hard for most to understand why women tolerate abuse. And i hope you never will understand, because to understand means to have experienced it.
Myrtle drfinately did the wrong thing. But putting her in prison is going to be easy compared to the prison she endured for for years with her husband.
Yes Amy, it was prison. She had a nice home, a safe neighborhood, food on her plate, clothes on her back and a man that did love her. Maybe he was a little screwy in how he showed it, but we all are.
If she’d had a backbone she would of stood up to him. I can’t agree with you on this one because she stayed for 44 years and enjoyed the fruits of all of HIS hard work.
I am still wondering how much life insurance they had on this old guy and if it was double indemnity. Stick her in prison, general population, dorm room style.
And she can work in the kitchen too. Since we know how much she loves to cook!!!
And you strike me as the person on the easy side of any debate. Just look at your name….Ms. BadAss. Actually, we live hours away from one another. I was not personally involved in her life on a daily basis. While everyone has issues in their life, no one sees a 75 year old woman killing her husband coming. Do you really believe that if she murdered her husband in cold blood, that she would have the support of his two daughters if nothing ever happened for him to “deserve” it. (I know he didn’t deserve it, but in other words, they know what has been going on for the last 44 years)
“…Would she have the support of her two daughters?”
The answer is yes. The daughters are most likely in their 50′s and would still want to back their mother, she is all they have now with their father gone.
“…if nothing ever happened for him to ‘deserveit’”.
So, if a guy demands his wife cook dinner and asks for sex, and complains about spending time with her relatives then he should be shot? Where are you getting this justification?
I’m guessing since your married to one of the kids, and it’s not one of the 2 daughters (you’ve made that clear) but you are a female (your writing style gives that away) then you are married to one of the sons from her first marriage. Thus, it appears this woman was familiar with either divorce or being a widower. I’m hoping divorce here, because the latter raises the question of how did the first husband die?
Point being, if it’s divorce, then she knew how to get out and today it’s even easier than before. The more I read this and JustMe’s comments/insight into this situation the stronger I am advocating prison for her.
I can’t go with Alzheimer’s because she had the frame of mind to contact both daughters after she shot him. It was not 1 shot, it was not all the rounds in the gun. It was 3 shots. That removes crime of passion as she stopped when she finally killed him. Here’s what I think happened JustMe.
He has been outside all day watching the neighborhood and washing his cars, comes in and they have a little tiff because she doesn’t want to cook. She’d rather go out to dinner, but he likes her cooking and insists.
After dinner, she’s worked up, talking about how all he thinks is she’s his slave and so on. We can all see this conversation I’m sure. He tries to make up and be a little amorous. She is mad about cooking and turns him down.
He goes to bed, and she waits for him to fall asleep. Then she goes into the bedroom, turns on the light, gets the gun from the drawer and begins shooting. Only the 1st shot hits him in the head but it only grazes, she’s not used to the recoil She fires a second round into the shoulder. Still not dead, only a lousy flesh wound. By now he’s awake and screaming in pain.
She fires the third round into the neck. He’s still not dead, but he’s quiet and probably choking on his own blood or he is at a minimum bleeding out. She has a chance here to come to her senses, call 911 and get him help. Probably wouldn’t of done any good, but she could of.
Instead, she shows a complete and total disregard for the life of the man who loved her (he still wanted to be with her, and only her, after 44 years. Think about that folks, this man did love her. Even knowing he’d get turned down he still tried to get it on with her. Takes a lot of love for a man to get it up for a 75 year old woman.) she took this time to call not one, but both of her daughters. Then, she sat their in that house and waited for them.
Did the daughters call 911 on their way to the house? No. They were to concerned with getting to see Mom one last time without handcuffs and an orange jumper. So, they come over, see Dad dead and begin to console Mom.
Get over it. He was sleeping and a threat to no one. If she was scared and he was abusive then she could of left. She has a history of knowing how to get out of a marriage so I’m not buying it for a second.
Better question: How much life insurance does he have and is it double indemnity? How are all the kids doing financially?
WTF??? …”if nothing ever happened for him to “deserve” it.”… He deserved it? You’re stating he deserved it! Sweetie, it’s obvious you are extremely illogical and Ms.BadAss doesn’t do illogical. Get some help.
Read again MBA and this time read the entire post, including the one I responded to. “…if nothing ever happened for him to ‘deserve it’” is me quoting JustMe directly above my post.
Or wait… You were replying to her… See, now I’m getting lost in all the illogical statements made by the family.
Yes, Mr. The Danger Zone, I was responding to JustMe, who should change their name to “JustIllogicalMe”. There is really no debate here, no right or wrong side, no winner or loser. All we have is a murdered victim and a murderer. :(
Hi “Just Me”,
I´m a Germany based journalist trying to find out more about Ms. Walters life as I intend to write about the case. But as the circumstances seem to be quite difficult I need your help.
Would you be so kind and send me an e-mail to derbrenner@googlemail.com? I will respect your wish for anonymity. Maybe you could help me to get in contact with the family the right way.
Thanks for your help.
J. Brenner, Hamburg, Germany
I find it funny that the very same people that blog about news like this in such a derogatory manner, will be the same ones that will sympathize with her is she is found not guilty. As I said, the easy side of any debate…..
JustMe, i would really like to hear about the circumstances leading up to Myrtle shooting her husband. Apart from alienating her from family ( a common thing in cases of abuse) what else was there?
Hey there… I won’t be sympathizing with her if she gets the death penalty. I’ll be worried about the next person that pisses her off. And since you are so critical of our debating, why don’t you go ahead and DEBATE. Answer a question that you’ve been asked. Participate, or shut up. Please.
Correction; I won’t be sympathizing with her if she DOESN’T get the death penalty. Sorry.
I guarantee I won’t be sympathizing for Granny Clampett here if she get’s run down by a bus full of Alzheimer patients. She’s a cold blooded murderer who killed her husband in his sleep because she was tired of him asking for sex. She has no courage, no brains and no fucking excuse.
We’re a lot of thinks on this blog, but front-runner ain’t one of them. We leave that sort of thing to family members of the perp and their friends, fools like you who wouldn’t recognize an immoral act if it bit you on the breast al’a Tristan Price.
The Nintendo Wii could have saved their relationship. It’s too late now. Oh what a pity.
Actually JustMe, looking at this case and her actions if she doesn’t get the death penalty I’ll go so far as to put her up in a nice nursing home for the rest of her days… Say…
Bates Hotel.
I’ll even get her a world reknowned doctor to make sure she has the best care the hospital offers… Say…
Dr. Kevorkian.
And something to help her sleep well at night… Say…
Cocaine.
And just a little something to help with her sexual withdrawl symptoms… Say…
Ectasy…
That should keep the old battle ax awake, horney and scared!!
Give her five years and you’ve got the death penalty.
Abuse or not, bitch needs to get her pretty little ass into the goddam kitchen and rattle them pots and pans – an’ she best wear somthing sexy.
lmgdao!!
Maybe You know something, I’ve heard about enough of the poor poor granny stories to make me want to take a 357 to MY head.Oh goodness, the guy was controlling, and he wanted sex lots of times, and he “demanded” his dinner. He sure was an intimidating bastard too, cuz on the night of the 3rd of October, he went to bed with blue balls and an empty stomach. Look, his neighbors of many years reported they had a decent relationship, and that he never put his hands on her in a violent way as far as the ever saw. She had no evidence of either new or healed injuries. What Myrtle had was a fucking blow out, figured that no jury would throw the proverbial little old lady from Pasadena in jail for any serious length of time, and decided to get rid of an annoyance that had been grating on her nerves since God knows when. SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS DOING. and if the prosecution isn’t careful, this old biddy is going to walk, free as a little birdie. Fuck her old shriveled up ass, and screw anyone who feels sorry for her. I think the bitch deserves life without parole, but hell, what do I know?
opps, loos the “Maybe” at the beginning of this post.
he’s abusive and you hate having sex with him, yet you stay for 44 years?
that dumb logic alone deserves punishment.
KILL THE UGLY OLD BITCH!
interesting story….very interesting comments…. i still voted NO and i hope she gets some help before her wrinkly ass dies…
And I’m just the kinda guy to help that wrinkly ass.
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I think I just threw up in my mouth.
So he wanted sex with his wife of 44 years (what a monster), definate grounds to be shot when he’s at his most predatory and dangerous…..asleep.
You guys know what they say about not using or abusing your privates. Guys: If you aren’t gonna use, cut it off. Girls: If you don’t want to use it, sew it up…. >:)
Ok, I have something to say here, he probobly forced her to have sex when she said no for many years, over and over and over until she couldnt take it anymore, he was probobly an old nagging motherfucker never satsified with shit, if she cooked chicken he wanted pork, if she cooked pork he wanted beef, she was old and wanted to be left in peace and he wouldnt just sit back and be an old man, I know he made her life miserable, when a woman says no, she means fucking no, dont force her to do it, (and men do force you even after you very nicely say not tonight homey, every woman knows that shit, they can be on their period, men dont fucking care, still force them) they will nag and complain and ridicule, dont abuse her verbally or physically all for a little pussy, she said No. she meant no and cook your own dinner motherfucker, since your never satisfied anyway… women arent here to serve you… so NO, she dont deserve a place in hell, he deserves exactly what he had coming Im sure… No one knows what goes on behind closed doors, do not demonize this woman, she put up with it for so long unti she just snapped…
That’s damn near the dumbest thing i’ve read on here. You’re only speculating as to what happened. Maybe he asked and she yelled at him and said “i’m gonna kill you when you fall asleep.” Thinking it was a joke, he went to sleep, because he was tired.. And woke up in heaven.. How bout that one?
Um….
This gramma is a pyscho crazy bitch. I know it’s humorous and laughable to some of you, but I find this article sickening and dreadful. She’s been married to this guy for however amount of years and she decides since she doesn’t want to put out or cook for him (which I LOVE doing for my man) that she’s going to end his life. Instead of doing what real responsible adults would do and ask peacefully for a divorce, she runs amock and shoots this guy in his sleep. As if she’s too pussy to shoot him when he’s standing in front of him. This bitch needs to have her ribs broken, scapled, and then dipped into a tank of rattlesnakes and puff adders. This post disgusts me. If that bitch couldn’t give it up to her man nor cook for him, she didn’t need no fucking man. Spoiled, stupid, scaggy, ol bitch!
Oh, did I mention she could have blown herself away if she didn’t like the life she was living? I hope this haggy ol slut bitch burns in hell! Wrinkled ol’ dried up bitch!