Loneliness Is Better Than Murder

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it His parents divorced when he was about 15. By the age of 13 he was drinking and using drugs, and he later said that the people he used drugs with felt like family. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

On 4 January 1991 Barton was living in Madison County, Kentucky, with his wife Brenda Johnson. They argued, and he struck her on the head with a shotgun and beat her until she was unconscious. She woke to find her hands and feet tied with electrical tape and cord. Barton told her he had been planning to kill her, searched her purse and the house for valuables, forced her to swallow several unknown pills, and made her lick her own blood from his shoes and hands. He then stabbed her three times in the back and cut her throat, left her for dead and drove away in her car. Brenda survived, crawled to a neighbour's house and got the police called. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

In September 2000 Barton was living in Waynesville, Ohio, and was in the middle of a divorce from his second wife, Jamie Barton. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now He was discharged on 1 February 2002 and moved into a farmhouse on Bellbrook Road in Waynesville, owned by his father, Donald Barton. Kimberly and her 17-year-old daughter Jamie moved in with him.

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now The couple planned to renew their wedding vows in May or June 2003.

On the morning of 16 January 2003 Barton woke Jamie at 7.20 a.m., told her she was going to her sister Tiffany's house, that the wedding was off and that her mother was a psycho bitch. He drove Jamie to Tiffany's house and told Tiffany that Kimberly had gone off the deep end and was leaving him. Kimberly arrived at her job at LASIK Plus at 7.30 a.m. Her co-workers, Carla Reber and Molly Wolfer, later said Barton had called more than six times that morning, often staying on hold for up to 15 minutes, and that he sounded angry and agitated. At 7.45 a.m. he left a message with his employer saying he had a family emergency and would not come in. At 9.30 a.m. he visited Glenn Barker, an insurance agent with a background in counselling, who offered to mediate. Barker called Kimberly, who said she only wanted to collect her belongings and leave; Barton refused to let her come to the house. details of the account remain covered until revealed Barton's uncle Larry also spoke to him several times.

At about 10.30 a.m. Kimberly was on the phone with Barton when she heard a bang; a spent shotgun shell was later found in the bedroom. She left work at 10.30 a.m. At 11 a.m. she arrived at Tiffany's house. Barton called 25 or 30 times, and Jamie overheard him shout that he was going to kill her. Kimberly was crying and shaking.

At about 3 p.m. Kimberly and Jamie went to the farmhouse to collect clothes and belongings. Larry Barton arrived first but found the gate locked. Barton refused to let him onto the property, shouting that he had lost it. When Kimberly and Jamie arrived, Barton unlocked the gate, let them in and told Larry to lock it again, saying he did not want the police coming in. Barton backed his truck into the garage. As Kimberly got out of her car, he came out of the garage side door with a shotgun, shouted that she was not going anywhere, and shot her in the side from four to six feet away. She fell and crawled towards Jamie. Barton walked up to within a foot and shot her again in the back. He then said that he had told them he was insane, knelt down and shot himself in the face. The blast destroyed most of his teeth but did not kill him; he got up and walked into the house. Jamie and Larry called 911. Kimberly was found not breathing and without a pulse. The autopsy found shotgun wounds to her left shoulder and right back, with injuries to her lungs, heart and liver.

Barton was treated for injuries to his chin, mouth and nose and needed four major operations, pins and wires to hold his eyes in place and a cadaver's jaw. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now On 2 August 2003 Kimberly's four children filed a wrongful death suit in Warren County against Barton and against Donald Barton, arguing that Donald knew his son was a violent felon and should not have had access to the shotgun. The suit sought more than $50,000.

details of the account remain covered until revealed The prosecution, led by Warren County prosecutor Rachel Hutzel, called Jamie, Carol Williamson, Larry Barton and Peggy Barton. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed

Barton was held at Mansfield Correctional Institution. In May 2005 he was placed in the mental health unit with a diagnosis of major depression with psychotic features, and in July 2005 he was sent to Oakwood Correctional Facility for evaluation, treated and discharged after a week. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now His final words included an apology to Kimberly's daughters and the line that, as Gary Gilmore said, they should do it.