Uthotho lokubulala yinto eyenzeka kubantu abamsulwa eCalifornia kunye namazantsi eMzantsi. Uthotho lokubulala-ihlala ilisiko, ukubulala abantu ababhinqileyo (ngesiqhelo) -isiyonto nje esiyixhalabeleyo eNew York. Ngaphandle kukaJoel Rifkin kwaye ingakumbi uDavid Berkowitz, obulala abantu bakhe baseNew Yorkers, asikhulisi uJeffrey Dahmers, uCharlie Mansons kunye noTed Bundys apha.
Emva koko kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo ndavula iphepha ukubona ubuso bukaRobert Shulman, ngoku oneminyaka engama-45, owayesebenza eposini enganelisekanga ukuba wakha wanabo, wandijonga. Umnumzana Shulman wagwetyelwa ukufa kwinyanga ephelileyo ngokubetha abulale amabhinqa amathathu aselula aseQueens ngo-1994 nango-1995. Emva kokubabulala, waqhaqha imizimba yabo wababeka kwigumbi lakhe lokulala elingcolileyo eHicksville. URobert Shulman ngumntakwabo omncinci wendoda yokuqala endaphantse ndathandana nayo emva koqhawulo-mtshato wam ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-80.
Ngelixa uRobert elindele ukuthethwa kwetyala lokubulala abanye abantu ababhinqileyo eWestchester-uyindoda yokuqala eLong Island ukugwetyelwa ukufa ukusukela oko wabuyiselwa umthetho kwaye yindoda yesithathu kuphela kwiRow Row eNew York-omnye wabantakwabo, uBarry (ngoku uneminyaka engama-40), utyholwa ngokulahla imizimba emva kokuba ebenuka ivumba kwigumbi lokulala likaRobert. Umzalwana ophakathi uSteven, esongelwe ziziyobisi kunye noxinzelelo, wayesele efile kudala ngesandla sakhe. Ngoyena mdala umntakwethu, nguShelly, ngokufutshane into endiyithandayo, osindileyo kwimbubhiso yomsindo noxinzelelo olwathatha usapho lonke.
Nangona into yam noShelly ingazange iye ndawo, sahlala singabahlobo iminyaka. Ukuqala kwam ukubeka amehlo kuye, wayengu-superjock owayekhangeleka njengoRobert Redford owafumana uhambo olupheleleyo kwiYunivesithi yaseMazantsi eMethodist yebhola ekhatywayo kwaye waba ngugqirha. Wayengoyena mfo umhle endakhe ndabeka amehlo kuye. Ndandise ndonzakele ukuqala kwethu ukudibana, kwaye ndacinga ukuba mhlawumbi ulungile kakhulu ukuba angandisebenzisa. Bendingafuni ukucinga ukuba bendingeyondidi yakhe nje, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ikufutshane nenyaniso.
Kule minyaka, nangona kunjalo, sabalekela kwi-bar mitzvahs, imihla yokuzalwa, nantoni na. Sathetha sahamba. Ndamnceda ngesemina awayeyinikezela kubudlelwane kwiYunivesithi yaseHofstra.
Into ebendiyazi kukuba yena nabantakwabo abathathu bakhulele kwiminyaka yama-60 kuphuhliso olukumgangatho ophakathi iBirchwood eWestbury-ekuphela kwe pokotho emhlophe kwi Westbury emnyama kakhulu. I-Birchwood yenzeke nje ukuba ibe ngaphakathi kwesithili esimhlophe sase-East Meadow, kwaye ngenxa yoko ubukhulu becala yayingamaJuda kunye ne-Italiya. (Okumangalisayo kukuba, uMnu. Rifkin wayevela eMpuma Meadow, kwaye uMnu Berkowitz wayekwangumsebenzi weposi.) Ndisazi ukuba amaShulmans akhulele kumhlaba weempumlo zikaGqirha uDiamond. , oomama abangaphangelanga. Ukusuka ngaphandle babe njengoBawo owazi kakuhle njengazo zonke ezinye iintsapho eRoxbury Drive. Amakhwenkwe amane amancinci. Igolide enye. Kunzima ukucinga ukuba emva kweminyaka uRobert wayeza kuxhela kwaye ahlabe ama-hookers amancinci engekho kumgama ukusuka kwindlu.
Kweneke ntoni? Ungaze utsiba kuyo yonke into eloliwe kamama (nangona ndonwabile kakhulu ukuthatha ikhredithi ye-100 yepesenti yendlela aphume ngayo umntwana wam), ngamanye amaxesha umama uyaphambana onetyala ngokukhulisa ii-psychos. UMildred Shulman, ngamazwi omolokazana wakhe, wayengumsebenzi wamandongomane owathi, enyanisweni, wakhulisa iicosos ezinzulu.
Ngelixa bonke abanye abafazi base-Birchwood abasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-60 babesenza uBess Meyerson, wayesenza uKim Novak-seductive kwiibhulukhwe zakhe zeCapri, yonke imilebe ebomvu kunye neenwele ezimhlophe zikhazimla. Wayelala kude kube semini kwaye emva koko avele enze kwiithoba. Abantwana babengakhathalelwanga, kodwa kwakungekho mntu ubaziyo elumelwaneni. Ngapha koko, uBlanche Kurzweil, ummelwane, wandixelela emva kokuba ibali liphuliwe ukuba uMildred wayengumfazi othandekayo-intombazana encinci enxibe-kodwa intle. Umyeni wayengunodoli.
Amagqwetha kaMnu Shulman, uPaul Gianelli noWilliam Keahon, bandixelela intsomi eyahlukileyo. Umnumzana Gianelli wandixelela ukuba uMildred wayengumfazi ozicingela bodwa. Wayengumntu olungileyo uCharlie… enomdla wokonwabisa kunye nokudanisa kunokukhathalela abantwana bakhe. Okubi-kodwa akonelanga ukuvelisa umbulali obulalayo, isityholo somzimba esityholwayo kunye nokuzibulala. Okanye ngaba?
Ngaba aba bafana babekhe baxhatshazwa ngokwesondo okanye ngokwasemzimbeni ngaphandle kweminyango yendlu yabo ethandekayo? Amagqwetha andixelele into eyayingasokuze iphume esitendini: UMildred wayeyifuna ngamehlw 'abomvu intombi, ngoko ke wanxiba uBarry ngeempahla zamantombazana kwaye waxelela wonke umntu ukuba uyintombi yakhe. Ngaphandle koko, uMnu Keahon ukholelwa, yayikukungakhathalelwa okukhulu kunokuxhatshazwa okusebenzayo. Ukuba kukho ukuxhatshazwa, kungcwatywa kakhulu. Kwaye apho kunokuba ilele enye yeengxaki ezinkulu ngokukhusela uMnu. Shulman. Iphaneli yokuqina kwe-Riverhead yayijongeka njani ngovelwano kwindoda ebonakala ngathi ikhulile inazo zonke izibonelelo-ngaphandle kwengqwalaselo kanina? Kunene.
Utata, uJules, wasweleka emva kweminyaka engama-60 yesifo sikaHodgkin. Kungekudala emva koko, uMildred wadibana nendoda kuBazali Ngaphandle kwamaqabane kwaye watshata naye kwiintsuku ezintlanu kamva. Naye wafa kwiminyaka eliqela emva koko. Njengoko uJames Catterson, iGqwetha leSithili seSuffolk County, watshoyo kudliwanondlebe, Zeziphi iimeko zokunciphisa apha? Umama wam wasweleka? Puhleeze.
Akukho lungu losapho elibonileyo ngexesha lokuthethwa kwetyala okanye lokufundwa kwesigwebo, esibuye emva kweeyure ezine-emva kweenyanga ezintlanu zolingo. Amalungu osapho kuphela abekhona kwifoto athe uRobert wayibamba ngesandla. Yayingumfanekiso wabantakwabo abane abancinci bakaShulman bonwabile kwaye behleka kunye emva phaya.
Kwamothusa kakhulu uSherly ukuza kunika ubungqina kwinqanaba elilandelayo letyala, apho kwakuza kugqitywa khona-njengomsitho e-coliseum yase-Roma-ukuba ingaba uRobert uza kuphila okanye afe. Ndenze isigqibo sokuthanda umntakwethu ngaphambi kokuba avalelwe. Kuyinyani nangoku, watsho kwisibongozo seemvakalelo.
Ngosuku olulandelayo, owayesakuba ngumfazi kaShelly, uSheri, wathabatha indawo yokuma wabalisa ngendlela amakhwenkwe amancinci awayehlala ngayo kwiimeko ezenyanyekayo ngeebhubhu, izinto ezingcolileyo zesilivere kunye nokutya okungaphekwanga. Into enomdla kukuba, igumbi likaRobert eliqeshiweyo yayingumfanekiso wesipili woko kungcoliseka kunye nokungcola ngezitya ezingcolileyo, izinto zesilivere kunye neempahla kuyo yonke indawo. Xa abacuphi bangena kwiminyaka emihlanu emva kokubulawa kokuqala okwaziwayo, kwakusekho ngaphezulu kwe-2 000 yokuhlanjwa kwegazi engahlanjwanga evela kumaxhoba amahlanu ahlukeneyo kwigumbi likaRobert kwiimagi, izitya, izinto zesilivere kunye nodonga.
Ngubani owaziyo, ekugqibeleni, ukuba bangaphi abafazi ababulawa kwaye baxhelwa nguMnu Shulman ngethuba lokuhlasela kwakhe? Nokuba ungoyena mbulali ungathandekiyo kwimbali okanye oyena mntu ungoyena mntu ubalaseleyo. Elinye ixhoba lafunyanwa kuba lalifakwe kwingxowa yokurisayikilisha kwaye laphelela kwibhanti yokuhambisa eBrooklyn endaweni yokulahla inkunkuma. Omnye waphoswa kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma kwaye indoda eyaphulukana netikiti layo leLotto kwenzeka nje ukuba irhubuluze kuloo mgqomo ukuyifumana. Ixhoba lesithathu labekwa emgqomeni wenkunkuma omtsha laza lashiyeka ecaleni kwendlela, apho abasebenzi bendlela bebeyithatha, becinga ukuba bangayisebenzisa ukubamba izixhobo.
Konke malunga nenhlanhla yedraw. Abafazi abafileyo. Yabafana abafumene imizimba. NguShelly. Kwaye nakum, naye.
