Dad murders wife, 8-year-old daughter over "custody dispute" (Fountain Valley, California)

Let's try to do this lesson again. A "dispute" is a difference of opinion, like who left toothpaste in the bathroom sink. A true "custody dispute" might be quibbling about who has custody on Easter morning and till what time.

The murder of two people is not caused by a "custody dispute." Fathers like this UNNAMED DAD typically murder their ex-partners and their children because they dislike their loss of control, and because they feel the need to "punish" those who would escape their abuse and violence. For these kinds of dads, a child "custody dispute" is in reality just another weapon to intimidate/threaten their ex-partner. Murder is just a more extreme expression of that intimidation and threat.

Hat tip to E.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16541635?nclick_check=1

Man, wife, daughter dead in SoCal murder-suicide
The Associated Press
Posted: 11/06/2010 02:28:03 AM PDT
Updated: 11/06/2010 02:28:04 AM PDT

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.—A man apparently distraught over a custody dispute shot and killed his soon to be ex-wife in the driveway of her mother's home, then forced his way inside where he shot and killed his 8-year-old daughter, then killed himself, police said.

Officers late Friday responded to reports of a family fight at the home in a quiet Fountain Valley neighborhood and arrived to find a woman who had been shot outside the home, Fountain Valley police Capt. Kevin Childe told the Orange County Register Friday. Officers then heard three gunshots inside the home.

Inside they found the bodies of a 40-year-old man and an 8-year-old girl. They also found several people hiding in a bathroom.

Authorities have not released the names of the man, woman or child.

Police say they believe the man was waiting for his soon to be ex-wife to return home. When she pulled into the driveway and got out of the vehicle with their daughter, the former couple began to argue, Childe said.

Hearing the fight, family members called 911 and pulled the girl inside the house, Childe said. The man apparently shot the woman and then tried to force his way into the residence by kicking through the front door, Childe said.

He eventually shot a hole through a side window and entered the home.

As the woman's mother and two male relatives ran out the front door, her father and another female relative hid in a bathroom while the man apparently shot his daughter and then himself, Childe said.

Neighbor Ed Ahumada was startled by the gunshots.

"I heard a rapid-fire volley," he said. "I thought someone was knocking at my door, then I heard another volley and I thought 'There is a shooting somewhere.' "

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Information from: The Orange County Register, http://www.ocregister.com