Urbanite Crime Edition

Did anyone else read that article on the horrific beating and murder of Zach Sowers? I have followed the crime since it happened and checked on the website for Zach's progress. It was such a sad story- it hit home because we live about 5+ blocks away on the south side of Eastern Avenue.

I remember when we first heard about it, I scolded my BF for walking home from the bars at night. "You never know what can happen" I told him. And I was right, unfortunately. It took a spill the beans conversation with his Dad to get him to stop walking home by himself on a weekend night. We were out at dinner and I complained to his Dad that "it scares me to death when he walks home at night by himself from the bars". His Dad got so upset and made him promise to call a cab. I know that was not a nice thing to do, but I will do what it takes to keep my loved ones safe.

What really surprised me though, about the article, was not the Zach Sowers story. But the Eric Price story. The story of one of the kids that was involved in that horrific crime. One of the biggest surprises was that he lived right up the street from us. He could have been one of the many children that I see throwing a football around or chasing each other up and down the street. He could have crossed paths with me and I would have thought nothing of it. His mother was a server at the Hippodrome, she could have waited on us when we went to see "A Christmas Carol". These kids aren't monsters, just violent children acting like monsters.

Anna Sowers doesn't want to get involved in any of the crime prevention causes, just the prosecution end of the Judicial system, and who could blame her. She has been through enough. Her life as she knew it was ripped to shreds and she did absolutely nothing to receive such a strong stroke of bad luck.