I’ve only known one person who was murdered, and then it was only tangentially.

I never met him while he was alive. He was the son of one of my dad’s friends, and I don’t even remember the circumstances of the crime. I did, however, serve as a pallbearer at his funeral. I do remember that his family was devastated. They’re still deeply saddened by his death to this day.

I think of this every time I watch an episode of Murder, She Wrote.

Most of us don’t know anyone who has been murdered. Most of us have never encountered... More