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The Platte County Citizen

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We can't see into the heart of darkness

January 31, 2013 Citizen Staff Report
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No one knows how Landis Shippert feels. No one but him knows how his mind, body and soul are dealing with the unspeakable — with the loss of a child, the death of a child, the murder of his child.We human beings sometimes assume we know what others are thinking or feeling, but this is often a misguided notion. This was evident when Shippert said in a Platte County courtroom last week that he had forgiven his daughter’s murderer, Quintin O’Dell.

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