A wonderful, brilliant, talented woman that I knew, who sang with the MSO chorus, was brutally stabbed to death in the parking garage across from the Marcus Center.
I knew her. I loved her.
She was tall, vibrant, extremely friendly and outgoing, and so full of energy. She was the librarian for the MSO chorus. She was so sweet to me; we talked often backstage whenever the chorus was performing with us.
The last time I saw her, I showed her a small album of pictures of Benjamin, and she exclaimed over them. I loved talking to her. She had the most lovely German accent.
Apparently her ex-husband, against whom she had filed a restraining order, had tracked her down and found her in the parking structure. It is being considered an act of domestic violence and not related to downtown area crime per se. He has admitted to the crime.
It's amazing, because I would never have guessed that she had such a past. She seemed so strong. I suppose she had to be to leave an abusive situation (she left him in 2005). She was 65.
This is the first person I know who has been murdered. I am stunned and saddened. I wish I had somehow known to warn her, to look out for her, to protect her.
She had just performed the Bach Mass in B Minor with the MSO. How incredibly heartwrenching that that was her last performance, the last time her voice would ever be heard on this earth.
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Oh Darcy, how terrible! I am so sorry to hear this. Sending prayers and healing energy to you and all whose lives she touched. ((hugs))
Karin
Thank you, sweetheart...I really appreciate it. I am still reeling. I still can't believe it.
It's so maddening to me that the charges against him last year for violating his restraining order were dropped - probably by her. It also strikes me that something like this could still happen even when her friends walked her to the floor of the parking garage where her car was.
It's a very powerful lesson - sometimes the people you least expect are the victims of domestic violence. She was so tall, regal, and seemed so strong both in personality and constitution. Her voice was so gorgeous, deep and with that incredibly musical German accent. So, so sad.
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