I'm glad it's your son and not Art who is doing the work for you but sorry that he too is giving you some strife. You certainly didn't need it from a 3rd male. ugh!!!

Looks like he got this lighter strictly for the purpose of helping you. Kinda makes you wonder what he'll do next. This guy sounds like a piece of work and someone to definitely keep your distance from. I don't think I would've ever felt comfortable with him in the first place, knowing his past. That would of scared the crap out of me. I know we all deserve 2nd chances in life but you need to think of your personal safety above anything else.

The 18 years sounds much more plausible than the 7 that I was thinking, thanks for correcting me on that. Still think it is highly unlikely that he would've won an appeal representing himself on a murder charge. I just can't buy into that one. Mind you I have major trust issues with people too so my opinion on things would most likely take that into account, but as I said before, things just don't sit right with me about this stuff of his.

I wasn't trying to insinuate that his behaviour was justified because of how dispicable the crime was. You're right, you don't take things into your own hands. He obviously totally lost all control and rationality. I can understand being extremely angry but you have to keep 'some' control, enough to not kill the guy, even if it was what he deserved.

A friend that's a gang banger that's gonna kill him, man, where does all this drama stop? Something tells me, you haven't heard the last of his 'stories' yet, let's just hope they are stories.

Why is he telling you all this stuff? Are you supposed to be impressed? NOT!!!

Good luck with your search. I'll see if I still have any sites bookmarked. I know I did at the time we did searches. It's amazing what you can find out on the net about people. You think your life is private, NOT!!! You just need to know a tiny bit of info and you can find the rest. Actually kinda scary when you think about it.

I know quite awhile back, I had to phone a co-worker at home during an emergency. He has a private unlisted phone number but yet I found it on the net and was able to call him. Boy, was he surprised. There's just no secrets anymore. It's amazing how easy it can actually be sometimes.

Anyway, and keep us posted on how things are going.