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Missing Oklahoma Woman
This story is SO sad...
One of the reasons I was probably so bummed this week is because I didn't get to go visit my own family in Oklahoma.
Hubby could not get off work, we could not afford to fly us all, and I DO NOT feel comfortable making that 9+ hour drive alone with the kids. Not nowadays.
Anyway, this poor girl. She picked this guy up-a hitchhiker...her parents said she always picked up hitchhikers, regardless of the dangers, to try and witness her faith to them.
This guy was off his nutso meds-and killed her. Not only did he meet her on the same road we always travel to go home, but he dumped her body about 45 minutes from my house, right off the interstate we travel to go to both Nashville and Oklahoma. (hubby's fam is in Nashville) Anyway, it somewhat freaked hubby out, because they said the guy usually frequented lit truckstops, like Pilots-the only ones we usually stop at.
Although I tried to ease his mind by telling him that I would NEVER pick up a hitchhiker-(call it a flaw in my own faith)-he said if this guy was desperate enough...who knows if he wouldn't have done it anyway, to anyone else?! Anyway, hubby's point was, that sometimes things work out that way for a reason...and if we had been traveling that road when all this had occured-it would have freaked him out...knowing it was all on our path. I hope they catch the guy.
I feel for the family. They can rest easy in the fact that she died doing what she believed in. Her faith is much stronger than mine.
This story is SO sad...
One of the reasons I was probably so bummed this week is because I didn't get to go visit my own family in Oklahoma.

Anyway, this poor girl. She picked this guy up-a hitchhiker...her parents said she always picked up hitchhikers, regardless of the dangers, to try and witness her faith to them.


I feel for the family. They can rest easy in the fact that she died doing what she believed in. Her faith is much stronger than mine.