Richard Strout In Killings By Andre Dubus

Two terrified children, scarred for life, greeted James in tears as he arrived at the crime scene. It was April 18th, 1980, and F.B.I. agent James Washington had been assigned to the case of a man who fled while out on bond, and then turned up dead in the middle of the woods. Unfortunately, those two children had been playing in the forest after a rough storm and stumbled upon the victim, Mr. Richard Strout. Agent Washington will not find the killer anywhere he would expect, however, for the real killer of Richard Strout was the legal system. Who was Richard Strout? He was actually a character from Andre Dubus’s short story, Killings. A quick read of this piece of literature might lead one to believe that the conflict between Mr. Strout and Mr. Matt Fowler was the most important issue presented and for valid reasons. However, this is just not the case. There

This should have been the end of the story, however, the court allowed this murder suspect bail, which was paid. They allowed a possible murderer to walk the streets. This mistake caused Ruth Fowler to see Strout frequently around the town, who was her son’s killer. Because of the emotional condition that this put Ruth into, her husband, Matt, decided to put an end to the terrible man. He would have never had, nor been able, to kill Richard if he had still been in prison. This exact conflict has been a problem in real life. When someone is let out on bond after a crime as horrific as murder, the victim’s family is typically quite upset. For instance, in July of 2015, a murder suspect was released on bond, leaving the victim’s family upset and afraid. “For this to happen...is heartbreaking and it’s scary,” commented a member of the family (Victim's Family Upset as Murder Suspect Is Released on Bail). It is completely fathomable that a heavily emotional situation like this could lead someone to do something extreme, like in