KC Chiefs' Player Commits Murder-Suicide

[DynamiteRave]

Shades of the Ray Carruth murders. Belcher must've had some serious demons. I doubt this is brain injury related. Too early in his career to have that kind of brain damage.

Totally assuming (meaning I'm probably completely wrong), when someone kills their partner and then themselves, it sounds like some sort of ensuing breakup. Going to render a guess that the girlfriend may have threatened to leave and take the baby with her.

[Hog1]

In reports, they had stated that he and his girlfriend had been arguing all night since she had come home "Late" from a concert the night before the shooting....

[SFREDSKIN]

I don't know how true this is coming from the NY Post:

Chiefs linebacker Belcher struggled with head injuries, alcohol and painkillers before he snapped and killed girlfriend: report - NYPOST.com

[redskins5044]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

True but the underlying topic is the same. How do teams deal with a tragedies that result in death. They were different types no doubt. Murder suicide is worlds different from a guy defending his family from a home invasion. However disbelief, grief, sadness, confusion, etc. All those emotions still come into play.

The main challenge for the Chiefs is how do they reconcile the teammate they thought they knew with the guy who committed an absolutely heinous act.

Only thing similar is someone died, but everyone in this world at one time or another has to deal with death. That's just the way life is, but for people to witness someone kill themselves in a public place at their work center is totally different.

Some people might be affected by that for the rest of their life.

[NC_Skins]

Clark Hunt, owner of Kansas City Chiefs says 'so many people are hurting' in wake of Jovan Belcher murder-suicide - ESPN


Romeo's post game press conference.

Romeo Crennel: 'It was a total team victory' - NFL Videos

[SmootSmack]

Brady Quinn had maybe his best day ever as an NFL QB on the field yesterday...and yet he easily topped it with his post game presser

[Brikks]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Brady Quinn had maybe his best day ever as an NFL QB on the field yesterday...and yet he easily topped it with his post game presser

I was thinking the same thing when I heard it. Very well spoken by him.

[CultBrennan59]

PK said it best in his MMQB column about being in Piolis shoes when belcher has a gun and says I want to speak to coach crennel and coach gibbs...you have no idea what he's going to do with that gun and your coaches whom this man in distress is trying to talk to..

[SmootSmack]

Exclusive: As troubles at home simmered, Chiefs tried to help Javon Belcher - KansasCity.com

[NC_Skins]

NFL to provide benefits for Jovan Belcher's daughter - NFL Videos


Good to hear that little girl will be taken care of financially. Let's hope her caretaker isn't some leech and steal all her money.





Jovan Belcher's mom begs dying woman to live while on 911 call - ESPN

Heartbreaking. Would be tough for any mother to have to suffer this.

[warriorzpath]

The weird indirect link back to the redskins that no one seems to remember is Bryan Kehl. He was the backup ilb to Belcher in kc just days before the incident.

[calia]

It's harsh to say, and not that this would ever happen, but the best thing for that little girl (who is only three months old and would never know) would be for her to be adopted by loving and devoted stragers and her name changed. She would be better off growing up never knowing what happened to her parents. No matter what suport she gets now from family, knowing that your father murdererd your mother strikes me as impossible to recover from.

The whole thing is so awful.

[punch it in]

I think its horrible they had a tribute in his locker. The dude is a murderer. He has ****ed up his daughters life who has lost both her parents forever. His own mother cannot be rite after seeing this. The coach and the gm. Not to mention all of his girlfriends friends and family. No sympathy whatsoever for this guy only the people he has hurt and traumatized. This is nothing, i repeat, nothing - like Junior Seau. This guy is a coward in every sense of the word.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

interesting take by Tom Jackson this morning...He's more concerned about Cassandra the murdered than girlfriend and her now parentless infant than if Belcher was a "good teamate and all that"...Said to remember Belcher was a murderer.

I tell ya, gotta agree. The man shouldnt be celebrated today at all. Its certainly is tragic

Good for Tom Jackson. So glad you posted this. So true. Ive been bothered all week by the talk about Belcher. The only thing tragic is that he killed someone, traumatized others, and orphaned his little girl. How dare they celebrate or speak of him as anything other than a selfish and cold blooded killer.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by punch it in

The only thing tragic is that he killed someone, traumatized others, and orphaned his little girl. How dare they celebrate or speak of him as anything other than a selfish and cold blooded killer.

Because to them he was a friend, a teammate, a family member...someone who mattered to them. Ultimately what he did in the end defines him but to the people who knew him there's no switch to forget all the stuff they loved.

To you, someone who didn't know him, its easy to just define him as a killer because that's all you know of him.