Brigits_Flame July 2011 Week 2 Entry
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The theme for this week is: Every family has its secrets
Genre: Fiction
Rating: PG/PG 13 - Could potentially be disturbing
Word Count: 451
Picturesque Farmhouse Hides Gruesome Secret
By CLARISSA TANSEY
Staff Writer
Dewskitch Daily News
DEWSKITCH, TX - A local resident going door-to-door to recruit members for a newly established Neighborhood Watch program got more than he bargained for when he called upon the Trasseno family living at 441 FM 371 earlier this afternoon.
Kevin Vincent, commander of the new East Dewskitch Neighborhood Watch, knew something was wrong at the Trasseno residence as soon as he stepped onto the property. “The stench was just overwhelming.”
Instead of knocking on the door as he had done at countless other homes, he immediately called Sgt. John Sayre, the officer in charge of overseeing all the Neighborhood Watch programs for the Dewskitch Police Department. Sgt. Sayre quickly arrived with backup. “When Kevin described the smell to me, I knew I’d need it.”
At first glance, the small farm house located at the end of a gravel driveway, hidden by trees along a curving stretch of FM 371 would seem right at home on the cover of a home decorating magazine. Freshly painted and bearing a picturesque porch complete with his and hers rocking chairs, it would be easy to imagine a dog lazily sleeping as an elderly couple chatted the afternoon away.
As soon as the officers entered the premises however, the house went from the stuff of dreams to nightmares.
Flies buzzed everywhere in the dimly lit home. Even though hundreds of empty bottles of air freshener littered nearly every room in the house, the extreme temperatures from the summer heat wave made it impossible to hide the odor of rotting flesh.
Seated upon a couch in the living room, facing an old, flickering television set, were the skeletal remains of Eunice and Henry Trasseno, the elderly heads of the Trasseno family who died within days of each other after celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary five years ago. They were accompanied by the decaying remains of their son, Scott Trasseno, who died of an accidental drug overdose last year. All three of the bodies had originally been buried at Dewskitch Memorial Cemetery.
As the police officers searched the house, Sgt. Sayre found Melinda Trasseno taking a nap beside her late husband, William Trasseno, in the master bedroom. William lost his battle with pancreatic cancer earlier this year.
“In my twenty years as a police officer, I’ve never seen anything like it. I hope to God I never see anything like it again,” Sgt. Sayre said as a clearly distraught Melinda was seen being led from the home by several police officers and a social worker from the county’s Mental Health Services department.
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The theme for this week is: Every family has its secrets
Genre: Fiction
Rating: PG/PG 13 - Could potentially be disturbing
Word Count: 451
Picturesque Farmhouse Hides Gruesome Secret
By CLARISSA TANSEY
Staff Writer
Dewskitch Daily News
DEWSKITCH, TX - A local resident going door-to-door to recruit members for a newly established Neighborhood Watch program got more than he bargained for when he called upon the Trasseno family living at 441 FM 371 earlier this afternoon.
Kevin Vincent, commander of the new East Dewskitch Neighborhood Watch, knew something was wrong at the Trasseno residence as soon as he stepped onto the property. “The stench was just overwhelming.”
Instead of knocking on the door as he had done at countless other homes, he immediately called Sgt. John Sayre, the officer in charge of overseeing all the Neighborhood Watch programs for the Dewskitch Police Department. Sgt. Sayre quickly arrived with backup. “When Kevin described the smell to me, I knew I’d need it.”
At first glance, the small farm house located at the end of a gravel driveway, hidden by trees along a curving stretch of FM 371 would seem right at home on the cover of a home decorating magazine. Freshly painted and bearing a picturesque porch complete with his and hers rocking chairs, it would be easy to imagine a dog lazily sleeping as an elderly couple chatted the afternoon away.
As soon as the officers entered the premises however, the house went from the stuff of dreams to nightmares.
Flies buzzed everywhere in the dimly lit home. Even though hundreds of empty bottles of air freshener littered nearly every room in the house, the extreme temperatures from the summer heat wave made it impossible to hide the odor of rotting flesh.
Seated upon a couch in the living room, facing an old, flickering television set, were the skeletal remains of Eunice and Henry Trasseno, the elderly heads of the Trasseno family who died within days of each other after celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary five years ago. They were accompanied by the decaying remains of their son, Scott Trasseno, who died of an accidental drug overdose last year. All three of the bodies had originally been buried at Dewskitch Memorial Cemetery.
As the police officers searched the house, Sgt. Sayre found Melinda Trasseno taking a nap beside her late husband, William Trasseno, in the master bedroom. William lost his battle with pancreatic cancer earlier this year.
“In my twenty years as a police officer, I’ve never seen anything like it. I hope to God I never see anything like it again,” Sgt. Sayre said as a clearly distraught Melinda was seen being led from the home by several police officers and a social worker from the county’s Mental Health Services department.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.
Check back soon for further information.