Colorado Man Kills 13-year-old Son

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1. Speaking Aut says:

   September 13, 2008 at 12:59 am

   Wow. Local news this time around.

   Well, local-ish. Grand Junction’s a good ways out from Denver, but it’s the principle of the thing. At any rate, stuff like this shouldn’t happen to anyone, anywhere.

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2. Mrs. C says:

   September 13, 2008 at 9:37 am

   Gracious, I’m so sorry for that family.

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3. Karen says:

   September 13, 2008 at 11:54 am

   Horrible.

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4. Daisy says:

   September 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm

   Stories like this are so, so sad.

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5. Regan says:

   September 13, 2008 at 3:24 pm

   The story below says memorial fund has been established in Jacob Grabe’s name. Contributions can be made to the Jacob Grabe Memorial Fund at any Alpine Bank in the Grand Valley [CO].

   I thought that people might be interested in this story, because it tells a little more about Jacob and his family life–described as being “very, very smart”, who ran track and participated in his school’s fundraising.

   Tragic.

   Father held on $1 million bond in son’s shooting death
   GJ Sentinel.com

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6. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

   September 15, 2008 at 12:10 am

   There is a photo of Jacob here.

   http://cbs4denver.com/crime/shooting.death.autistic.2.817553.html

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7. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

   September 16, 2008 at 8:23 pm

   Today’s Grand Junction Free Press notes that Jacob Grabe had Asperger’s Syndrome and quotes from his obituary:

   Jacob Grabe lived with a mild case of autism, Asperger’s syndrome — “very quiet, very smart,” Hoey said. He’d started writing lessons offered through his church — Whitewater’s nondenominational A House for His Name, 6350 Kannah Creek Rd.

   “It opened him up,” [Heather Hoey, a cousin of Jacob Grabe’s mother, Jaquette] said of the lessons. “He and his mom did everything together.”

   Grabe was an eighth-grader at Grand Mesa Middle School and played the French Horn in band, according to the obituary.

   “(Grabe) was just elected equipment manager. Jacob was the top seller the past two years for the school fundraisers.”

   “He was also in track learning to master the triple jump. Jacob loved God’s creations and enjoyed taking nature walks with his mom.”

   The obituary continues, “Jacob was a helper and he loved going with his mom to deliver her Avon orders. He also enjoyed going and helping his dad with his window washing business.”

   A service for Jacob is scheduled for Saturday.

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8. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

   September 17, 2008 at 2:33 pm

   More details about this case from today’s Grand Junction Press:

   Allen Grabe shot his son in the face as the boy slept in his bed late last Thursday, according to allegations in an arrest warrant affidavit.

   “I had to kill him because you were ruining him,” Allen Grabe allegedly told his wife, Jaquette, according to an arrest affidavit.

   Allen Grabe, 51, was formally charged with first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death, in the shooting death of 13-year-old Jacob Grabe at the family’s Pear Park home.

   Jaquette Grabe had noted “’some financial pressures’” recently.

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9. Regan says:

   September 25, 2008 at 12:45 am

   Vigil Held For 13-Year-Old Shot in His Sleep

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10. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

    September 25, 2008 at 12:50 am

    Read it and then had to go sit beside Charlie’s bed for awhile.

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11. Tori Lampert says:

    November 17, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    I knew Jacob. Not too well, but he was in alot of my classes…..it’s so heartbreaking….

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12. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

    November 17, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    thank you for writing here—I hope it’s known that many have felt heartbroken hearing about what happened.

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13. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

    November 20, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Jeannette Grabe is seeking contact with her husband, and the lifting of a restraining order against him having any contact (Grand Junction Free Press).

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14. dunccun says:

    December 3, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    he was one of my best friends

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15. Alley says:

    December 29, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    Omg i used to make fun of him.
    when i heard about his death i cried for ever.
    Im so sorry for everything i ever did.
    I know it doesnt mean much now.
    But if i could i would go back and make sure i never did anything to him.
    I am so sorry.
    And i feel for his family.
    He didnt deserve anything.
    Exspecially not death.

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16. Chelsea M says:

    June 25, 2009 at 8:40 pm

    I used to never like that kid… once everything happened i cried and cried even now to this day i am still getting teary eyed. people may not think that i would care about that sort of stuff but i do. he was really a sweet boy and i wish everything could be taken back but it cant.
    but i love you jacob and always will.
    RIP Jacob Grabe
    -Chelsea

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1. Remembering Jacob Grabe and Too Many Others says:

   December 2, 2008 at 12:28 pm

   [...] breaking point” is the headline in today’s Denver Post for a story about 13year-old Jacob Grabe, who was shot by his father, Alex Grabe, early in September. The article notes, and lists [...]

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