Posted by Tina
“Neighbors on edge after box left at home explodes” – ABC13
Around 6:30pm Friday night, a woman opened a package she’d received at her northwest Houston home weeks ago. The lady’s friends say her face was instantly pelted with nails and tacks. Shrapnel blew so high, it landed on her rooftop. ** “Our neighbor came out, and had blood on her, and she was walking out with her husband,” Turpin said. ** Neighbors who saw the package but didn’t want to appear on camera describe it as a box of chocolates that was left inside a gift bag. One neighbor says there was a card attached that simply read, “Thank you.” It included the woman’s name, but it was misspelled. ** “I can’t believe that anybody would do anything as terrible and tragic to a person like this lady,” neighbor Karen Gennity said. ** Neighbors say the woman often performed random acts of kindness for her neighbors — perhaps one reason she thought this box of chocolates was a thank you in return.
An ABC affiliate also indicated the following posted on The Raw Story
“It wasn’t immediately clear whether the house was targeted, however, Eyewitness News found out the home is owned by an oil company executive,” the ABC affiliate further noted.
I found about 4 references to this story, most in Texas, otherwise, all is quiet on this front. Anybody want to speculate about why it ain’t big news?