December 26, 2007

I was thinking earlier about the first time I ever drove. My daddy had taught me a little bit in the parking lot where he worked and they let me drive a bit on my learner’s license but the first time I ever drove WITHOUT adult supervision was (of course) in the middle of the night. One of my best friends at the time, Gearhead (don’t ask) was spending the night or something and we went out and boosted the car. It was a 1977 Red Thunderbird. The last year that they made the Thunderbird using all steel construction. It was a great car.

For whatever reason, and why do teenagers ever need a reason, we thought it would be a great idea to drive out and pick up our girlfriends. Although I was 16 I only had a learner’s permit. Hell, I was 21 before I got a driver’s license. We were paranoid as hell and freaked out every time that we saw a police officer. When I had to stop and get gas I just knew that everyone there KNEW I was driving illegally. I don’t know if the folks ever knew that I took the car out but we did no damage to it, thank goodness.

Although I was 21 when I got my license I did drive occasionally. As I’ve mentioned in the past we did a lot of roadtrips and my friend Doug would let me drive when he was tired. I guess it was just dumb luck that I never managed to get in a car accident.

According to KIRO in Seattle, at least six people have died in a rural area about 21 Miles east of Seattle. The house itself is located in Carnation and is located at the end of a dirt road.

Authorities aren’t specifying how they died but they have towed a pickup truck for evidence.

According to KIRO the site of the slayings was complex and they expect to be at the scene for several hours.

I came across the story itself stopping in at CNN, where they had reported earlier that three people have died but just sent out a breaking news alert that the body count had gone up to six.

Apparently detectives were searching nearby properties in the area but would not say why. They are also looking for a suspect in particular but are not sure if that person is among the dead or not.

According to CNN the bodies were discovered at around 8 AM by someone who knows the family that lives in the isolated house. Police have stated that there are at least two adults and a child but I don’t know about the other three, and they are saying that the deaths are homicide.