Listing offense wasn't necessary in arrest story

To the editor:

I do not see the motive in printing the last two paragraphs of your article, "Police arrest one in death of Cape man." What does it matter what the victim was accused of? Why would you try to make the victim look like a disgrace after he is already dead? You should have written comments from close friends who knew Billy Jones Jr. and knew how kind and caring he was. Billy may have had those charges against him, but he was not a horrible person.

You made him sound like he was the bad person, and he was the one who lost his life.

You should take that snoopy nose of yours and try to dig up dirt on the actual bad guys, the ones who killed Billy.

Your article made my stomach turn when I read the last two paragraphs. What was the need in trying to drag his name in the dirt? Was it to make your article more interesting? If it was, that was dirty. Do you not have anything better to do? I want to know your motive.

CARLA WASHINGTON

Cape Girardeau