Convicted murderer,Douglas Arthur Purvine has been released.He is a cold blooded killer and known meth user.He is dangerous to anyone he may come into contact with.See his current picture at salemmugshots.com.
He killed my Mom in 1994 while she slept.Please use caution if you should come into contact with him.DO NOT CONFRONT HIM,as he is unpredictable.If seen using or buying drugs,please report him to Marion County police or parole before he has the chance to hurt another family and devastate them the way he did our family.He didn't serve his full sentence and should NOT be out in society to hurt others.Please protect your family and put this bastard behind bars again.
It's a tragedy how I happened upon this blog post. I happened to be looking up information about Douglas Purvine when I saw a link to this posting. You see, this man is my father... He was never a part of my life; he left my mother and I when I was two. I never had contact with him... Until 1994, the year I graduated high school.
ReplyDeleteSomehow he and your mother came into contact with my mother. Your mom reached out to me via a letter and a phone call. She was a very warm and caring woman, as I recall. Very sweet and very much in love with my father, which was apparent in how she spoke of him when she told me a bit of how they had met and what she had been doing to help him.
She was a savior, heaven sent, if any of the stories about my father were to be believed. He was a hardened criminal, absent father and drug addict... Yet, your mother saw something there... It was because of her that I'd had my only correspondence with my father, two letters, before or since. She gave me a reason to have hope for him.
It was in 1994, while I was working an early shift as a prep cook that I saw the news paper; his crime had made front page news. I was heartbroken... not because any hope of having a father was gone, but I felt so, so terribly for your mother and what you and your family must have gone through... I was only 17 at that time; I wanted to say something to your family... But what could I say? Certainly no words then or now could offer any level of solace or comfort.
Your mother was a kind, kind soul; very sweet and filled with love. I really wanted to know her then, when I thought I might know my father and his family. She was the one who had brought me hope and for that I will always remember her and remain thankful for her.
To you, Ms. Walker, it shames me to no end that I am the offspring of such a horrible individual. I count myself lucky that he was not around. I am so terribly sorry for the loss of your mother, she was and is a true angel.
- Alex
Dear Alex,
ReplyDeletePlease feel free to contact me at lanai1215@yahoo.com.I am so sorry it took so long to see this and reply.Thank you so much for the kind words about my Mom.