A man has come forward after 22 years of knowing the truth about his sister. Ernest Samuel Christie III was sixteen years old when his older sister, Lysandra Marie, disappeared. No one was charged in the woman’s disappeared and the case grew cold. Now, 22 years later, Christie, has come forward to authorities to solve the mystery. Apparently, the 16 year old witnessed his father murder his 27 year sister in 1988. His father forced him to help burn the woman’s remains and he has lived with the guilt for the last 22 years.
After his father died in 2006, Christie couldn’t take it anymore and confessed to the police about his involvement. He led the police to the area where Lysandra’s remains were buried and they were positively identified. Christie is not facing any criminal charges at this time.
I cannot possibly understand how a parent can kill their own child. You hear in the new about young mothers murdering their babies and dumping their bodies, as if they were trash. In this case the woman was 27 years old. Her brother told authorities that his father tortured many women over the years that he lived with him. Many women have come forward to confirm his comments.
I can understand that the boy was terrified of his father and what may happen to him if he told anyone. At the same time, I think that he had the opportunity to inform police and could have saved many others if he had done so.
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Oh my, what a case! This sounds like its straight out of TV show, of course, without a happy ending. There are several things in here that I cannot even fathom, some of which you already mentioned. The murder of your own family member, let alone your own daughter is incomprehensible. But there is more. How does the brother hide it inside? Can you imagine the kind of fear and hatred that would sprout up in your mind after witnessing this and saying nothing? Every time the boy was reminded of his sister he must have been overcome with depression. Every time he saw his dad he must have been so angry. I can’t imagine how anyone could live like this.
ReplyDeleteI am curious how the father died and how he killed his daughter. However, I realize that death is a sensitive subject, as the son, I’m sure, is all too familiar with. But there is one more thing I’m curious about. Why didn’t any of the women the father abused report the assault and torture? It is very common for women to hide abuse like the boy hid the truth. I feel it is important for women to get guys like these off the streets. An interesting phenomena in crime is that if a lot of reports and arrests get made in an a certain crime, the punishment often intensifies. We need to be on top of reports of abuse, in fact it would be a good social witness project.