I am now 30 years old. My husband took his own life almost 2 years ago. I came home after work to find my husband out of his mind. He asked me if i wanted to pull the trigger and then threatened to kill me and then himself after i told him he needed a psychiatric help. To make a long story short I barely got out of the house alive and called 911 from the end of my street...which 911 dispatched two sheriffs to me and i filled them in on the events that had occurred. They both searched my home and "cleared" it according to their report and told me that he was not in there. They asked me to come back into my home to question me about an empty rifle case on the floor. I went back in the house with them and that is when i found him. A 30-06 was used, I dont think i need to describe what i found. I do not know how the missed him. A friend of mine called to the sheriff's office the day after he died and raised cain about what had happened to me. The detective said... no way that it went down as i had told her. So then I went in and spoke with the detective handling the case after the official report had been filed. It read exactly as i had told it. Deputy F***** said in the report "when LT. B**** arrived we checked home and cleared it. Negative findings. Had the wife come in to ask her about the rifle case. When walking to the case the remains of the victim was noticed in a chair. The head was gone from the neck up" Detective G****** said right to my face "We fu**ed up." He admitted that when my friend called that he said no way but now "there was no denying it".
I was traumatized. I am a registered nurse. I quit my job 6 weeks after he died because i couldnt do it. I went from making $ 60,000 a year to $ 10,000 a year because of what i saw and i cannot deal with what saw. I was left with our 2,3,and 4 year old children to raise and they deserve better than this. The sheriffs office took and oath to protect and serve and what kind of protection and service was that? I am not saying the sheriff office should have to take care of us but i deserve to be compensated. I have talked to law offices multiple times over the last almost 2 years and I get the same answer... I have a case but they would rather not file suit because they have to live in the same town. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WRONGED ME!!! I should have NEVER found him. If they indeed had cleared the home I would be doing much better right now. I could have handled it if they would have come out and said he took his own life. I would still be troubled but not traumatized. I lost over 30 pounds in one month after i found him and i wasn't fat. I couldn't eat, sleep, work, or even take care of my own kids. I cannot get that picture out of my mind. The sheriffs office should compensate me for their negligence, past lost wages, future lost wages, pain and suffering, and finace college so that I can get a degree in something besides the nursing degree that I have. I am not looking for them to raise my family, just to make it right. I can not do nursing anymore. I can not deal with blood and death. I should not have to live like this because they half-assed their job! I thought that maybe with time that just maybe my feelings towards the sheriffs office would subside... and it hasn"t. I thought that the scene that i saw that night would fade...but it wont. Where do I file a lawsuit against the sheriffs office? What paperwork do I need? Which court system will it go through. Represent myself or is there anyone willing to help me?
Astrolion
What happened to you is in deed horrible.
I would not recommend you representing yourself in court- most often this is just a frustrating and loosing battle. (trust me I have tried it)
I would make some phone call and see if you can find a lawyer who will accept the case and have his fees paid out of whatever winning there might be (a lawyer will do this if he feels it is a good case and he can win)
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