so im in uni in london,and came back home to dublin for a long weekend.as my parents collect me from the airport my mum tells me that a woman was murdered about a mile from our house on tuesday, and that it came out on the news today.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0302/body.html
as i saw this i realised that the victim was in fact an old friend's step-mother, and that was her house where she was found.now besides being very freaked out about the fact that this is very close to home and supposedly the man released was my friend's father who i knew, i am wondering what i could do for this girl.we were quite close in primary school, but slowly drifted apart during secondary school.the fact that we live in different countries now hasn't helped either.
haven't got a mobile number or anything, but i could get contact details easily enough.what does one do in a situation like this?give her space, offer comfort, or what?i've never known anyone who was murdered before,so i have not got a clue how to deal with this.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0302/body.html
as i saw this i realised that the victim was in fact an old friend's step-mother, and that was her house where she was found.now besides being very freaked out about the fact that this is very close to home and supposedly the man released was my friend's father who i knew, i am wondering what i could do for this girl.we were quite close in primary school, but slowly drifted apart during secondary school.the fact that we live in different countries now hasn't helped either.
haven't got a mobile number or anything, but i could get contact details easily enough.what does one do in a situation like this?give her space, offer comfort, or what?i've never known anyone who was murdered before,so i have not got a clue how to deal with this.
