At the local Old Country Buffet recently, an employee allegedly murdered the assistant manager. He (and I’m not going to repeat the word allegedly, but this hasn’t been proven in court) lured her to the ladies room to say there was a problem, hit her over the head with a pipe, then stabbed her 20 times. He then called police, said he saw a burglar running through the lot, but other employees contradicted his story and he was finally arrested.

They say he’s mentally challenged with the mental capability of a 5-year old child. He’d worked at the restaurant for 3 years as a dishwasher. The assistant manager had been telling him to stop putting pans in the dishwasher, and for the previous 3 weeks he had been threatening to stab and strangle her.

So, who is at fault here? The assistant manager for yelling at a child? The person who hired a child to handle knives? The parents who allowed a child to work at a job handling knives?

I don’t think blame needs to be placed — but — I do think he should be held responsible for his actions. This was obviously well thought-out and he knew what he did was wrong when he tried to put the police on another track.

If convicted, what do you do with him? Place him in a regular jail? He’s not insane … so a mental facility isn’t warranted ….