On September 21, 2016, Faith Harris-Green woke up in the basement of her home.
She was found with duct tape and zip ties, had been shot in the foot and her face had been slashed with a box cutter.
She watched as her husband, Gregory Green, murdered her two teenage children, his stepchildren, 19-year-old Chadney Allen Jr. and Kara Allen, 17. Green had also killed the couple’s two young daughters, aged five and four.
This wasn’t the first time Green had killed: in 1991, he stabbed his wife in the face and chest, killing her and their unborn child.
He then called 911 and waited for the police to arrive and arrest him.
He served 16 years in prison for the murder. He was released on parole in 2008, after family, friends and his pastor – Faith Harris-Green’s father – campaigned for his release.
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What a terrible way to find out that people actually are what their actions show them to be, it's a horrific price to pay for being compassionate - but some people are evil, and no amount of kindness or praying will change that. I can't imagine the grief and pain that mother must be feeling, but I think murdering your pregnant wife in cold-blood is somewhat unforgivable, and the unimaginable grief from creating a family with a "man" like that would be unendurable.
'mishap'? Spilling milk is a mishap. Brutally murdering your wife is not. Pastor Harris and his family found that out the hard way.
Nothing could excuse the killer's behaviour or abrogate his responsibility, but things may have been very different if the Harrises and the community had taken his first crime seriously and stood up for the victims instead of the perpetrator. By calling it a momentary loss of control Pastor Harris minimised the crime and acted as though wanting to murder your wife and child was understandable. It isn't.