An Apology and While I Was Away

First off, allow me to apologize for my absence the last seventeen days. I had intended to make a post letting everyone know I would be gone for a while to attend my two best friend's wedding in Dallas, but I had computer problems before I departed, and never got a chance to let everyone know in advance, I hope you all will forgive this. I plan on picking up the once a week movie reflection next week, but for now let's go over something that really caught my attention while I was on vacation.

Deyan Valentinov Deyanov

One of the most shocking things to come out in the last couple weeks, and probably in my life, was the stabbing and beheading that took place in the Canary Islands. This is of course relatively old news at this point, but a Bulgarian man by the name of Deyan Valentinov Deyanov beheaded a woman in the Canary Islands. Homeless, and reportedly having gone through a recent break-up, Deyanov followed Jennifer Mills-Westley, a grandmother of five, into a supermarket, stabbed her fourteen times, and then proceeded to cut her head off as he proclaimed he was a "prophet of God." He then took the head with him and was walking along the sidewalk with it before being detained. He is currently being held in a psychiatric unit, and no motive has been identified for the killing. More information can be found here.

Jennifer Mills-Westley

 Hearing this news story blew my mind. I can't believe we live in a world where a 60 year old grandmother can be beheaded in the middle of a supermarket with screaming onlookers. Jennifer Mills-Westley had told security guards that this man was stalking and threatening her life, and all they did was shoo him away and send Jennifer off. Also, he managed to steal the knife he used in the assault from the supermarket in which he killed her.

But what blows my mind the most is the weapon with which he managed to behead this poor woman. He had a knife. Now, I have not cut off many heads in my life (that tally is currently at zero) but, having a basic knowledge of anatomy, I believe I can safely claim that it is not an easy feat. There is a lot of stuff in the neck to cut through, not the least of which is bone. The fact that he used a simple knife to cut this woman's head off causes another case of deep disappointment in the human race within me. This tells me that he managed to stab this woman fourteen times with a knife, AND saw her head off, with people looking on. I understand that the witnesses may have not been able to stop the stabbing, I imagine that could have very well happened in the blink of an eye, but cutting off this woman's head with a knife had to take a little bit of time in which people were simply watching him. 

I know the shock of seeing something like that must have been extreme, just reading about it was quite shocking, but I don't want to believe that people were not able to stop the severe mutilation of Jennifer's body, the prospect of doing so is just too sad to me. 

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