This week, two more young people lost their lives and two more small children are without parents because of a senseless act of domestic violence. One block away from the bank where my husband worked until his recent retirement and only a few blocks from where we live, a man pulled up in front of a 3-story office building, went in, pulled his 21- year old ex-girlfriend out from behind the reception desk she shared with another girl and dragged her into an elevator. The girl happened to have their 5 year old son with her that day at work. She pushed him aside. The child stood there hearing his mother's screams. Her ex ignited a can of gasoline and blew up the elevator, killing both of them.

This woman had recently been kidnapped by the guy at knifepoint and threatened. He was charged with kidnapping and whatever, but was not put away. She had a restraining order out on him but recently stopped it "for the sake of their children."

Red flags were hitting the judge over the head on this one and because the man had no previous record, he let him go. He showed suicidal tendencies and still, they did nothing. When are they going to stop these maniacs? The girl had been mixed up with him since she was 16.

Another woman in the building was seriously injured and hospitalized from the explosion. The building housed dentists and lawyers, etc. My insurance agent was in the adjoining building. Restraining orders are worthless.