LETTERS: STORY OF STONE DEATH WAS HEARTLESS

To the editor:

This letter concerns the Missourian's recent article about the death of Kenneth Stone. Where is your heart?

A good and honest family was suffering enough knowing that their son had died, and then your newspaper had to plaster Kenny's picture on the front page, in color, and announce he was a criminal who had met death. Don't you think the fine Stone family has endured enough over the past months with the ordeal with their son? The article was analogous to another stab in the heart. You must know some pain they encountered. Kenny had a mother, father, sister, brothers and grandmothers who loved him.

I am extremely disappointed that you would stoop to such measures because this would be so "newsworthy." This small-town paparazzi is not necessary. Please think about your priorities and all the people involved in any further publications.

NANCY LeGRAND

Cape Girardeau