She Had Known Him Since He Was a Baby

From the SC officer's murder article Vic posted this a.m.
http://fxn.ws/1OIqZuX

Joan Woodward, 81, lived next door to the officer's parents and said she had known him since he was a baby. She said Wednesday afternoon that she'd just visited with his wife and baby.

"She said she was so fortunate that she had him for that length of time," Woodward said.

She remembered sneaking candy to the officer when he came to her door as a child, and she called him "a special human being."

"When my husband died eight years ago, he was so sweet," she said. "He came and sat with me. God always takes the angels."

Sure seems like it, too many times.