Oklahoma murder-suicide: Family opens up about efforts to erase memory of 'tragedy' surviving son witnessed
YUKON, OKLAHOMA: In a recent interview, the family of the Oklahoma City man who killed his wife and three of their children stated that they would not allow the puzzling murder-suicide to 'define' them as they tend to their lone surviving son.
The wife’s side of the family refuses to mention Jonathan Candy’s name in the weeks after he shot his wife Lindsay and 'hunted' down his three sons, Dylan, 18, Ethan, 14, and Lucas, 12, before turning the gun on himself.
Lindsay Candy's family speaks out about surving son
The 10-year-old child who was inexplicably spared harm and woke up to find his entire family dead has since taken center stage in the family.
“My nephew is a sweetheart, and he’s going to need a lot of help to get through this,” the boy’s uncle Brent Remerowski told the Fox News Digital.
He went on to say, “People loved the kids. I’ve gotten a ton of messages from everyone. It’s truly heartwarming the love people have for them.”
Since then, Lindsay's family has taken in the boy, and they devoted the first challenging weekend to him.
They all talked about the memories of Lindsay, Dylan, Ethan, and Lucas, who were all taken too soon, but they purposefully omitted Jonathan Candy from their conversation.
Even the boy's online fundraiser, "Help Lindsay Candy's Surviving Son," highlights the family's commitment to erasing the murderer's memory.
“He’s got plenty of distractions (right now),” Remerowski said. “I just think about when all the attention ends and everything.”
10-year-old surving son dialled 911
When the 10-year-old woke up on April 22 and saw what the police described as "carnage," he was the one who dialed 911.
According to Sgt Gary Knight, Jonathan Candy turned an argument with his wife early that morning into a "unspeakable tragedy" when he took hold of the gun and "systematically went through the home shooting and killing the children."
Why the fourth boy was spared “is a question that’ll never have an answer,” he added. There was no history of domestic abuse, and police had no prior contact with the family, so the cause of the tragedy is also unknown.
