Excerpt from: Wisconsin State Journal (click for full article)
The
27-year-old from Mazomanie was found buried in a makeshift grave last week,
allegedly tortured and murdered four months earlier by the half-brother he
idolized. Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said it was one of the most tragic
cases he’s seen in 33 years.
Matthew
Graville, who had a mild form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome, was
“loving” and “kind,” his mother, Vicki Graville, said, but also “gullible.
“His
main problems were making choices, making bad decisions,” she told me.
It
is impossible not to be affected by the mental picture she painted of Graville
as a grade-school student taking his coat off in the winter so other children
could pelt him with ice and snowballs. He liked the attention, she said.
Worse,
his classmates liked to give it to him.
Graville’s
death is a reminder of how hard it can be for the disabled to find safe harbor
among us so-called “normal” folks. But hopefully, it can also serve as a
reminder of how rewarding it can be to provide it.
The
27-year-old from Mazomanie was found buried in a makeshift grave last
week, allegedly tortured and murdered four months earlier by the
half-brother he idolized. Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said it was
one of the most tragic cases he’s seen in 33 years.
Matthew
Graville, who had a mild form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome, was
“loving” and “kind,” his mother, Vicki Graville, said, but also
“gullible.
“His main problems were making choices, making bad decisions,” she told me.
It
is impossible not to be affected by the mental picture she painted of
Graville as a grade-school student taking his coat off in the winter so
other children could pelt him with ice and snowballs. He liked the
attention, she said.
Worse, his classmates liked to give it to him.
Graville’s
death is a reminder of how hard it can be for the disabled to find safe
harbor among us so-called “normal” folks. But hopefully, it can also
serve as a reminder of how rewarding it can be to provide it.
Read more:
http://host.madison.com/news/local/chris_rickert/chris-rickert-disabled-man-s-murder-delivers-message-for-all/article_5b05768e-2b54-11e2-9c9b-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz2CnQJR1Cz
The
27-year-old from Mazomanie was found buried in a makeshift grave last
week, allegedly tortured and murdered four months earlier by the
half-brother he idolized. Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney said it was
one of the most tragic cases he’s seen in 33 years.
Matthew
Graville, who had a mild form of autism called Asperger’s syndrome, was
“loving” and “kind,” his mother, Vicki Graville, said, but also
“gullible.
“His main problems were making choices, making bad decisions,” she told me.
It
is impossible not to be affected by the mental picture she painted of
Graville as a grade-school student taking his coat off in the winter so
other children could pelt him with ice and snowballs. He liked the
attention, she said.
Worse, his classmates liked to give it to him.
Graville’s
death is a reminder of how hard it can be for the disabled to find safe
harbor among us so-called “normal” folks. But hopefully, it can also
serve as a reminder of how rewarding it can be to provide it.
Read more:
http://host.madison.com/news/local/chris_rickert/chris-rickert-disabled-man-s-murder-delivers-message-for-all/article_5b05768e-2b54-11e2-9c9b-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz2CnQJR1Cz
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