Comments on: Murder of 6 children among the worst crimes to ever happen here http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/05/13/murder-of-6-children-among-the-worst-crimes-to-ever-happen-here/ The Rockford Register Star is more than a newspaper: the ink on print or the "bricks" in the News Tower. We're a multimedia news and information company: the "clicks" on our Web site and the TV clips on WREX-13. This blog explains our fast-changing media environment and interacts with our readers to show how and why we do what we do. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 02:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Becky Linscott Wallick http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/05/13/murder-of-6-children-among-the-worst-crimes-to-ever-happen-here/#comment-435 Becky Linscott Wallick Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:32:35 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/05/13/murder-of-6-children-among-the-worst-crimes-to-ever-happen-here/#comment-435 I will never forget the terror and pain that those murders caused me both as a child and into adulthood as I don't think I ever really dealt with the trauma of that event until recently...how do you deal with something like that when you are 7 years old? Matthew was a classmate of mine in the 2nd grade at Walker School. 30 years later and several states away those memories haunt me. I still have dreams about it . My family moved away from Rockford 9 months after the murders happened and I tried to move the memories from my mind as well but to no avail. I finally got to feel some sense of a goodbye and closure when I drove out to Rockford from PA this spring to visit their graves. Like Kaplan, childhood innocence came to a screeching halt that terrible day. The seriousness of his crimes absolutely warrants a lifetime in prison. As to his claims of remorse and religious conversion, I believe that is entirely possible and I sincerely hope it is true for the sake of his eternal soul; but the gravity of those crimes cannot be minimized and I believe to parole him would be exactly that. Thank you, those who care and remember the Nelson children. They will not be forgotten as long as we who remember them are alive. I will never forget the terror and pain that those murders caused me both as a child and into adulthood as I don’t think I ever really dealt with the trauma of that event until recently…how do you deal with something like that when you are 7 years old? Matthew was a classmate of mine in the 2nd grade at Walker School. 30 years later and several states away those memories haunt me. I still have dreams about it . My family moved away from Rockford 9 months after the murders happened and I tried to move the memories from my mind as well but to no avail. I finally got to feel some sense of a goodbye and closure when I drove out to Rockford from PA this spring to visit their graves. Like Kaplan, childhood innocence came to a screeching halt that terrible day. The seriousness of his crimes absolutely warrants a lifetime in prison. As to his claims of remorse and religious conversion, I believe that is entirely possible and I sincerely hope it is true for the sake of his eternal soul; but the gravity of those crimes cannot be minimized and I believe to parole him would be exactly that. Thank you, those who care and remember the Nelson children. They will not be forgotten as long as we who remember them are alive.

]]> By: Kaplan http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/05/13/murder-of-6-children-among-the-worst-crimes-to-ever-happen-here/#comment-429 Kaplan Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:26:27 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/05/13/murder-of-6-children-among-the-worst-crimes-to-ever-happen-here/#comment-429 I was 12 years old and a classmate of Jennifer Nelson. This has stayed with me and I have never forgotten the crime and the emotions I felt. It changed my life forever and on 01/07/78 my childhood came to a drastic end. It opened my eyes to the inhumanity of the adult world. The only comfort were my parents' promises that Simon Peter Nelson would spend a lifetime in prison and never hurt anyone again. Letting him out of prison will bring back that fear again. Not just for me, but for numerous friends and acqaintances of the Nelson family. The severity of his crime warrants a lifetime in prison. It's said that the children were killed while they slept. If someone is stabbed and bludgeoned right next to you, or across the room, or in the next bedroom - you're gonna hear it and wake up! Those poor children suffered, don't kid yourself. Why didn't they run away?? Because they were terrified!! He showed no mercy, whether he remembers it or not. Not only did kill six children, he killed the idealism and innocence from an entire community of people whose lives were permanently altered. I was 12 years old and a classmate of Jennifer Nelson. This has stayed with me and I have never forgotten the crime and the emotions I felt. It changed my life forever and on 01/07/78 my childhood came to a drastic end. It opened my eyes to the inhumanity of the adult world. The only comfort were my parents’ promises that Simon Peter Nelson would spend a lifetime in prison and never hurt anyone again. Letting him out of prison will bring back that fear again. Not just for me, but for numerous friends and acqaintances of the Nelson family.

The severity of his crime warrants a lifetime in prison. It’s said that the children were killed while they slept. If someone is stabbed and bludgeoned right next to you, or across the room, or in the next bedroom - you’re gonna hear it and wake up! Those poor children suffered, don’t kid yourself. Why didn’t they run away?? Because they were terrified!! He showed no mercy, whether he remembers it or not.

Not only did kill six children, he killed the idealism and innocence from an entire community of people whose lives were permanently altered.

]]> By: Bridget Riegsecker http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/05/13/murder-of-6-children-among-the-worst-crimes-to-ever-happen-here/#comment-416 Bridget Riegsecker Mon, 26 May 2008 06:10:31 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/bricksandclicks/2008/05/13/murder-of-6-children-among-the-worst-crimes-to-ever-happen-here/#comment-416 Simon Nelson should never be Released from prison. He is not worthy of sharing the air that I breathe. He has caused more heartache in my family than I could ever put in words. Please keep i him in prisonU> Thankyou, B idget Riegsecker Simon Nelson should never be Released from prison. He is not worthy of sharing the air that I breathe. He has caused more heartache in my family than I could ever put in words. Please keep i him in prisonU>
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