Dad murders mom, 8-year-old daughter (Massillon, Ohio)

Police say dad KYLE BLANKENSHIP murdered his 8-year-old daughter and her mother following an "argument." Which, of course, is nonsense. Fathers don't annihilate their families as the result of a mere disagreement. Fathers annihilate their families because they're violent narcissists who see "their" women and children as no more than possessions--to keep or discard as they wish.

I am grateful that the reporter focused more on the lives of the victims than on the life of the scum who snuffed out those lives. That doesn't always happen.

Hat tip to E.

http://www.cantonrep.com/news/crime/x1985979781/Family-mourns-loss-of-mom-daughter-8

Family mourns loss of mom, daughter, 8

By Doug Staley
IndeOnline.com staff writer
Posted Sep 20, 2010 @ 09:40 PM

MASSILLON — Ann Urbas Blankenship was a loving, gracious person who cared deeply for her 8-year-old daughter Grayce, family members say.

“Everyone who knew her, loved her,” said her mother, Jeanne Urbas, of Massillon.

Urbas’ daughter and granddaughter died Sunday afternoon in an apparent double-murder suicide at 911 Oxford Ave. NE. Massillon police believe Ann Blakenship’s husband, Kyle Blankenship, fatally shot her and their daughter following an argument. The shooting is still under investigation.

A makeshift memorial of teddy bears adorned a light post in the front yard Monday morning as a steady stream of traffic drove past.

After graduating from Washington High School in 1986. Ann Blankenship went on to Bowling Green State University. She was employed as an art therapist at Mercy Medical Center.

Urbas said her daughter recently joined the choir at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Massillon. She counted gardening among her hobbies.

“She loved her daughter very much,” Urbas said. “She was loving and gracious. She was a wonderful person.”

In many ways, Grayce, a second-grader at Whittier Elementary School, mirrored her mother’s qualities, Urbas said.

“She played the piano and loved swimming. She also loved the ocean. She just joined Girl Scouts of America,” Urbas said.

Grayce also was active in the children’s choir and the Wednesday night Bible club at St. Paul’s, Urbas said.

Another family member, who asked not to be identified, described Grayce “as an adult in a child’s body. She was as smart as a whip.”

The family is relying on relatives and family, Urbas said, during their time of grieving.

“Family, friends and clergy have been a great support,” she said.