WotC employee commits murder-suicide

[Alzrius]

This tragic news is two weeks old now, but nobody seems to have mentioned it thus far.

Joseph Batten, a senior project manager at Wizards of the Coast, killed his wife Melissa with a gun on July 28th, and then turned the gun on himself. Melissa, an employee of Microsoft, had received an emergency protection order against her husband a week before her death. Their marriage had apparently been in trouble.

The full story can be found here: http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_073108WAB_redmond_murder_suicide_KC.1fbfa76.html

I hope everyone at Wizards of the Coast and Microsoft is coping ably in the wake of this senseless tragedy.

 

[DragonBelow]

Actually I've seen at least 2 threads about it.

 

[Alzrius]

Actually I've seen at least 2 threads about it.

Really? Wow, I hadn't noticed.

My apologies for bringing this up again, then.

 

[thundershot]

Well, in fairness, one of the threads got closed...



Chris

 

[Dykstrav]

Well, in fairness, one of the threads got closed...

Yeah, I have to say that I was pretty pissed that someone managed to turn news of a tragedy into a flame war about DDI.

 

[The Little Raven]

Yeah, I have to say that I was pretty pissed that someone managed to turn news of a tragedy into a flame war about DDI.

So was I. That's why I just asked the moderators to close it.

 

[Hussar]

Yeesh. Glad I missed that one.

I dunno what you say to people when this happens. I too hope everyone is dealing with this.