Body of Cary, NC mom was found - see inside

[MJN]

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3207944/

 

This breaks my heart. Those little girls are so young.

[Kathleen in VA]

That's just totally heartbreaking. I'm glad they found her body for the sake of closure but it is just overwhelmingly sad. Thanks for letting us know.

[MyThreeSons]

I may be getting cynical in my old age, but what this quote doesn't say speaks volumes to me:

 

"Cooper's brother, Jeff Rentz, said. "Nancy is a mother, a daughter and a sister, and that's how we'll keep her alive in our hearts." "

[Kathleen in VA]

I may be getting cynical in my old age, but what this quote doesn't say speaks volumes to me:

 

"Cooper's brother, Jeff Rentz, said. "Nancy is a mother, a daughter and a sister, and that's how we'll keep her alive in our hearts." "

 

I thought the exact same thing. Where's "wife"? What's up with that?

[Jenny in Atl]

No, no, no! It's just not fair!!! Why can a man go for an early run and most likely make it home just fine? All he has to fear is being hit by a bad driver. But a woman does not get that luxury. Sorry, it just makes me so made.

[CactusPair]

:iagree:

 

This is so tragic. I agree that the brother's quote was striking in what it left out.

 

And yes, it is maddening that women can't go out in the world without risking attack!

 

It saddens me that one day I'm going to have to counsel my freespirited dd in the realities of the world.

 

So sorry for the runner and her family....

[Debbie in OR]

Oh man....very, very sorry to hear that.

[WTMCassandra]

This is just so awful. And Cary, NC, is such an idyllic place. I've been there MANY times (my grandmother used to live in Pittsboro). This must be absolutely rocking the whole community.

[Danestress]

The most dangerous place for a woman is in her own home - that is where women are most likely to be murdered (unlike men, who are more likely to be murdered out).

 

These things are so tragic and so upsetting.

 

But it's not going to make me sit at home.

[Sparkle]

Very sad. I'm so sorry for her family.

[Sharon in SC]

I may be getting cynical in my old age, but what this quote doesn't say speaks volumes to me:

 

"Cooper's brother, Jeff Rentz, said. "Nancy is a mother, a daughter and a sister, and that's how we'll keep her alive in our hearts." "

 

Factually speaking, having read the various related articles:

1) authorities have gone so far as to say that they do not feel this was a random crime

2) the couple was having marital problems

 

This is all circumstantial, of course.

[Laurie4b]

I feel so bad for those little girls. I hope it wasn't the father, so they don't suffer a double loss. They are so, so young to have to process this.

[Jenny in Atl]

The most dangerous place for a woman is in her own home - that is where women are most likely to be murdered (unlike men, who are more likely to be murdered out).

 

These things are so tragic and so upsetting.

 

But it's not going to make me sit at home.

 

I agree! In fact you are pointing out how unsafe this world is for women in general. I have two girls, and things like this weigh heavy on my mind. Fear of who their partners may end up being, their lack of freedom in exploring their world (w/o putting themselves in danger), etc. I don't want them to sit at home, far from it. But it still makes me very angry to see how women are very much the "weaker" sex.

 

Stepping down off my step-stool :tongue_smilie:

[manylilblessings]

"The wheel that is our family is missing a spoke. And while that wheel is now forever changed, it's incumbent on us to adapt so we may continue to spin," Cooper's brother, Jeff Rentz, said. "Nancy is a mother, a daughter and a sister, and that's how we'll keep her alive in our hearts."

 

This is the complete quote from her brother. While she is a wife, he was speaking of her as a part of his family; a spoke within his family. So, within that family unit, she was a mother to the grandchildren, a daughter to her mother and a sister to her brother and sister. I don't find it strange that he didn't refer to her as a wife, because she wasn't a wife to her birth family. KWIM?

 

That doesn't exonerate her husband, but I don't think it implicates him either. It's horribly tragic, for all of them, but especially those sweet girls. They might not even remember her.

[Julpost]

:iagree:

 

This is so tragic. I agree that the brother's quote was striking in what it left out.

 

And yes, it is maddening that women can't go out in the world without risking attack!

 

It saddens me that one day I'm going to have to counsel my freespirited dd in the realities of the world.

 

So sorry for the runner and her family....

 

I realized awhile ago that if I was ever going to be able to let my daughters out into the world without losing my mind w/worry, I've got to know they can defend themselves. So we're signing them up for Tai Kwon Do this fall. This kind of stuff makes me crazy....I start to want to lock everyone up in the house!!! Ugh!!

[Perry]

Things are not looking good for the husband.

[*anj*]

That doesn't exonerate her husband, but I don't think it implicates him either. It's horribly tragic, for all of them, but especially those sweet girls. They might not even remember her.

 

Yes but it does indeed look like the husband was involved. He seems to have been having an affair and their marriage was known to be in trouble. Witnesses have heard him being verbally abusive to her.

 

Last night they put yellow tape around the family home and that's a pretty good sign that police are suspicious of someone in the home.

And this morning it was announced that custody of the little girls has been granted to Nancy's family.

I think the husband has been implicated....

[Diana in OR]

I was suspicious when I saw the first thread on this and the husband said his wife never took anything with her when she ran except a piece of gum. It sounded really odd to me.

[Plucky]

Things are not looking good for the husband.

 

Wow. I did, too. I was still hopeful that it wasn't the husband but the description and losing custody is not a good precursor.