Absurd thinking on Bishop case

To be fair, most fratricides (brother killings) implicate males as the perpetrators, not sisters--although cases in which females murder their brothers do occur. In fact, during the decade prior to the shooting currently under scrutiny, as many as 335 females had murdered their siblings, with two-thirds of the victims being brothers.

Also to be fair, we all now have the benefit of hindsight--hindsight that includes the alleged execution-style slaughter of three colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville by a much older Amy Bishop.

At this juncture, fully 23 years later, those involved in the decision not to investigate Amy Bishop’s actions surrounding the death of her brother should say a collective "mea culpa," and then we should move on. Those who were responsible for the apparent lack of follow-through are now either retired, like Officer Murphy, or deceased.

The sole consequence of this week’s inquest, besides full disclosure of the events following Seth Bishop’s death, would potentially be to charge Amy Bishop with homicide. Of course, this would be little more than a symbolic gesture, as the likelihood tat she would ever return to Massachusetts to stand trial is as remote as could be.