Post by slappy on Nov 6, 2013 8:10:22 GMT -5
Danvers Herald
June 8, 2003
It has been two days since Chase Landon's seventeenth birthday. The day not only marked the anniversary of his birth but also the date of his disappearance. Landon was not the only one to go missing that day. His best friend Victor Danzmare, also seventeen, vanished as well. The two were last seen by Ms. Amelia Mansfield. She saw the two teenagers in the parking lot of Sam & Joe's Restaurant. The restaurant sits on the bank of Crane River. Ms. Mansfield says she saw the two teens smoking a cigarette and Mr. Danzmare was wearing the black gloves that were found in the parking lot on the night of June 6th.
A search team spearheaded by Fred Hailey will meet in the parking lot of Sam & Joe's this evening at 5 pm. They will search the surrounding area for anything that may be related to the teens and their disappearance. At the same time, the St. Mary's prayer group will be meeting at the Landon household. The public is welcome to join in sending prayers and well wishes to the families in this trying time.
Danvers Police Captain Neil Ouellette, who was promoted to Captain last month and is the department's executive officer for public information, released a statement saying the department's full resources are being utilized in the search for Landon and Danzmare. The captain remains optimistic and wants to reassure the public that the department does not believe this is the work of any outside force, that the teens most likely vanished on their own.
Captain Ouellette will hold a press conference tomorrow morning updating the town on this situation.
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June 8, 2003
It has been two days since Chase Landon's seventeenth birthday. The day not only marked the anniversary of his birth but also the date of his disappearance. Landon was not the only one to go missing that day. His best friend Victor Danzmare, also seventeen, vanished as well. The two were last seen by Ms. Amelia Mansfield. She saw the two teenagers in the parking lot of Sam & Joe's Restaurant. The restaurant sits on the bank of Crane River. Ms. Mansfield says she saw the two teens smoking a cigarette and Mr. Danzmare was wearing the black gloves that were found in the parking lot on the night of June 6th.
A search team spearheaded by Fred Hailey will meet in the parking lot of Sam & Joe's this evening at 5 pm. They will search the surrounding area for anything that may be related to the teens and their disappearance. At the same time, the St. Mary's prayer group will be meeting at the Landon household. The public is welcome to join in sending prayers and well wishes to the families in this trying time.
Danvers Police Captain Neil Ouellette, who was promoted to Captain last month and is the department's executive officer for public information, released a statement saying the department's full resources are being utilized in the search for Landon and Danzmare. The captain remains optimistic and wants to reassure the public that the department does not believe this is the work of any outside force, that the teens most likely vanished on their own.
Captain Ouellette will hold a press conference tomorrow morning updating the town on this situation.
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Landon sets the newspaper clipping down on the table, gets up from his chair and heads toward the window. It's grey outside. The clouds are numerous and the sun doesn't stand a chance of shining through.
It really was a trying time for my family, well my mother anyway. I can only imagine the fear, anger, sadness and other feelings that she went through during that ordeal. I have wanted to apologize to her for just up and leaving like that but I couldn't find the right words when I did finally came back a year later. A year to the day of our disappearance.
Sadly, I came back alone. My best friend, my only friend, the person I grew up with did not reunite with his family. It's been ten years and he still hasn't seen his family. I've seen his family and they are actually doing really well. A lot better than my family. My family got torn apart by my disappearance.
My dear mother tried going back to the State Hospital where she had been institutionalized some time after my birth but they had closed that place down years before. I don't know why she thought she could go back there, she knew they closed down. She knew because when they closed she was one of the patients kicked out. She didn't deserve it. The new owners of the property got what they deserved in 2007 when I...I've said too much.
My father, on the other hand, does deserve to suffer those feelings. That is, he would deserve it if he ever felt anything. My mother broke in that year I was gone and did he do anything to help her? Of course not. Just like he didn't do anything for her the first time she broke. That man contributed to her pain more than my mother liked to admit and more than he is willing to see. When I said my disappearance tore my family apart, I mean it was the final thing holding them together.
My brother takes after our father. A cold, distant bastard who doesn't believe our mother was in the right for being broken because of what happened to her over the course of our lifetime. He may not have intended to help drive her into the state she was in but that doesn't excuse his callousness when he's told what his actions have done. Did he stop when confronted? Did my father stop? Of course not, so why would he? They'll get theirs one day. I may get mine one day for not being there for her, for not apologizing to her, for not telling her the truth before she died.
I hate myself every day for what I did to her. I wish my father and brother hated themselves even a fraction of the amount I hate myself. I wish they could feel something.
I won't be feeling anything when I step in the ring with Whisper and Jay Money. They can throw everything they have at me.
Jay Money, you want to bloody my forehead? I say good, do it. I dare you. DO IT. Bloody me. Make me see red for weeks. Cutting me open may be your goal but it is my desire. I may just do it myself. The blood flowing from me will be just part one of my penance.
You seem to believe you are the baddest man alive but you've never met anyone that has lived a life like mine. You may be bad but I'm worse. I'll never be as heartless as you? When all is said and done, you'll wonder what truly caused someone to become the person I am. The person that will stand over you asking if that's all you got.
Whisper is violent, merciless and strikes fear in all those who have stepped in the ring with him. Violence doesn't scare me. Cruelty doesn't phase me. Living with a father like mine for 17 years makes you used to violence and cruelty. You can't do anything to me he hasn't already tried to do. So if brutality doesn't scare me and ruthlessness doesn't make me flinch, I don't believe fear will strike me when we meet. The fear that strikes will be inside of you when you realize your destructive force cannot make me blink.
You believe you are part of something that will rain hell from above. Well, let it pour.
Before I get too carried away *laughs* I would like to show you Emile. He's my new friend. He can be your friend as well. I may have to introduce you when we lock up. I know he would enjoy that. I'm sure you would as well. My mother began my love of rats. She gave me one as a child after I asked for a puppy. It was for the best. They only live a couple years. It teaches you that what you love and cherish may not be there tomorrow. Such a valuable lesson. Thank you mother.
Landon walks over to his wall of pictures. Various pictures of his mother and best friend hang on the wall. He selects his favorite picture.
Mother, I hope you are looking down now and can see the truth. I hope you can see who I am. I hope you are looking down so you can see I will atone for the sins I committed. I may not have honored you while you were alive but in your name I will do right by you. I will do what my best friend and I have wanted to do since we could talk. I will step foot in a wrestling ring. I will wrestle. I will fight. I will crawl my way to the top. If it means a bloody forehead every time I enter the squared circle, I will do it. If it means taking a severe beating that makes me wish I had never reappeared then I'll take that beating with a smile on my face and the thought of you and my friend going through my head. I will reach the top because of you and in spite of father and brother. You believed in me. I may have let you down when you were alive and my actions may have broken you but I hope you are looking down now so I can make you proud. I love you.
Landon brushes his hand over the picture then places it back on the wall. He heads back to the table, where he has dozens of different articles about his disappearance and reappearance, and sits down. He picks up the article he had just read and then reaches into his pocket and retrieves a lighter. He sets the clipping ablaze and drops it on the ground where it is quickly stomped out.
It really was a trying time for my family, well my mother anyway. I can only imagine the fear, anger, sadness and other feelings that she went through during that ordeal. I have wanted to apologize to her for just up and leaving like that but I couldn't find the right words when I did finally came back a year later. A year to the day of our disappearance.
Sadly, I came back alone. My best friend, my only friend, the person I grew up with did not reunite with his family. It's been ten years and he still hasn't seen his family. I've seen his family and they are actually doing really well. A lot better than my family. My family got torn apart by my disappearance.
My dear mother tried going back to the State Hospital where she had been institutionalized some time after my birth but they had closed that place down years before. I don't know why she thought she could go back there, she knew they closed down. She knew because when they closed she was one of the patients kicked out. She didn't deserve it. The new owners of the property got what they deserved in 2007 when I...I've said too much.
My father, on the other hand, does deserve to suffer those feelings. That is, he would deserve it if he ever felt anything. My mother broke in that year I was gone and did he do anything to help her? Of course not. Just like he didn't do anything for her the first time she broke. That man contributed to her pain more than my mother liked to admit and more than he is willing to see. When I said my disappearance tore my family apart, I mean it was the final thing holding them together.
My brother takes after our father. A cold, distant bastard who doesn't believe our mother was in the right for being broken because of what happened to her over the course of our lifetime. He may not have intended to help drive her into the state she was in but that doesn't excuse his callousness when he's told what his actions have done. Did he stop when confronted? Did my father stop? Of course not, so why would he? They'll get theirs one day. I may get mine one day for not being there for her, for not apologizing to her, for not telling her the truth before she died.
I hate myself every day for what I did to her. I wish my father and brother hated themselves even a fraction of the amount I hate myself. I wish they could feel something.
I won't be feeling anything when I step in the ring with Whisper and Jay Money. They can throw everything they have at me.
Jay Money, you want to bloody my forehead? I say good, do it. I dare you. DO IT. Bloody me. Make me see red for weeks. Cutting me open may be your goal but it is my desire. I may just do it myself. The blood flowing from me will be just part one of my penance.
You seem to believe you are the baddest man alive but you've never met anyone that has lived a life like mine. You may be bad but I'm worse. I'll never be as heartless as you? When all is said and done, you'll wonder what truly caused someone to become the person I am. The person that will stand over you asking if that's all you got.
Whisper is violent, merciless and strikes fear in all those who have stepped in the ring with him. Violence doesn't scare me. Cruelty doesn't phase me. Living with a father like mine for 17 years makes you used to violence and cruelty. You can't do anything to me he hasn't already tried to do. So if brutality doesn't scare me and ruthlessness doesn't make me flinch, I don't believe fear will strike me when we meet. The fear that strikes will be inside of you when you realize your destructive force cannot make me blink.
You believe you are part of something that will rain hell from above. Well, let it pour.
Before I get too carried away *laughs* I would like to show you Emile. He's my new friend. He can be your friend as well. I may have to introduce you when we lock up. I know he would enjoy that. I'm sure you would as well. My mother began my love of rats. She gave me one as a child after I asked for a puppy. It was for the best. They only live a couple years. It teaches you that what you love and cherish may not be there tomorrow. Such a valuable lesson. Thank you mother.
Landon walks over to his wall of pictures. Various pictures of his mother and best friend hang on the wall. He selects his favorite picture.
Mother, I hope you are looking down now and can see the truth. I hope you can see who I am. I hope you are looking down so you can see I will atone for the sins I committed. I may not have honored you while you were alive but in your name I will do right by you. I will do what my best friend and I have wanted to do since we could talk. I will step foot in a wrestling ring. I will wrestle. I will fight. I will crawl my way to the top. If it means a bloody forehead every time I enter the squared circle, I will do it. If it means taking a severe beating that makes me wish I had never reappeared then I'll take that beating with a smile on my face and the thought of you and my friend going through my head. I will reach the top because of you and in spite of father and brother. You believed in me. I may have let you down when you were alive and my actions may have broken you but I hope you are looking down now so I can make you proud. I love you.
Landon brushes his hand over the picture then places it back on the wall. He heads back to the table, where he has dozens of different articles about his disappearance and reappearance, and sits down. He picks up the article he had just read and then reaches into his pocket and retrieves a lighter. He sets the clipping ablaze and drops it on the ground where it is quickly stomped out.
I dont know good luck 
