Violence at Devil's Den

Devil's Den is one of our favorite places to go hiking -- us and everyone else in the state.

Devil's Den is where Dr Skull and I went on our second date. It's where we used to take the kid hiking from the time he was four. It's a beautiful park, with hiking trails through the Boston Mountains, past waterfalls, and along the edges of cliffs. There's a campground as well, and cabins you can rent. Originally it was built by the CCC, back in the 1930s. It's always been a good place, is what I'm saying.

 So a double murder there has freaked everyone out. 

A married couple who had just moved to the state were hiking there with their two young daughters, and they were attacked and stabbed to death by a man who fled in a dark Mazda with a taped-over license plate. The husband was attacked first, and the wife ran with the kids to lock them in their car, and then ran back to help her husband, only to be killed herself.

The murder was obviously planned. The home health nurse who came today speculated that maybe the killer knew his victims. That would be more comforting than it be a random act, I guess.

Yellow Rock Overlook, my favorite place in the park