Michael McCoy
Active Member
- Joined
- May 26, 2001
I haven't posted on here in a while & this really isn't what I like to post about. I can't stop thinking about it though, so please bear with me.
This time last week, we were informed of the death of Addison & Daniel Macemore. My wife & I have known their father Darren Macemore for close to 20 years now & we met their mother Lisa Greene thru Darren 12 or so years ago. While their parent's never married, they both had custody of the kids & did their best to care for them (or so we thought).
A police investigation into the fire has shown that an excelerant was used to help start the fire in Addy & Daniel's mother's home. The fire was supposedly started by an "overturned candle". Also, the fire originated in the hall near the entrance to one of the kid's rooms. With the bedroom door closed, the 2 children lay asleep due to being given a decongestant/medication of some sort! Lisa told authorities she awoke in a living room recliner to the sound of a smoke detector going off, that the fire was too intense to get to the kids in the bedroom, that she then grabbed her pocket book to retrieve her cell phone while running out the front door, & how she sprained her ankle leaving the home. Laying in the front yard screaming in pain, a neighbor heard Lisa & ran over to help. The neighbor called 911 & after being on the phone for over 2 minutes, Lisa finally told the neighbor that Addison & Dainel were trapped inside!
All of the above happenings took place around 2AM last Wednesday morning. Lisa Greene was arrested this past Friday on 2 counts of suspicion of murder & 1 count of arson.
Darren Macemore is an avid drag racer & both his kids accompanied him to the Jefferson/Pageland Dragstrip almost every time he went. I saw Darren & 10 year old Daniel at Wal Mart recently and would never have thought something so horrible would have happened to such a wonderful little boy. Eight year old Addy was playing video games with her step brother & sister in the families SUV one Friday night at Pageland when my wife Lisa & I arrived. I can't get the memory of all those kids playing so well together & having such a good time out of my mind.
Many of you folks know my wife & I have 2 sons & thus this event has caused me many sleepless nights & has brought me to tears every time & think of it. I could not go to the funeral home last Friday night, just because I knew I could not make it thru to see the caskets & my good friend Darren. I worked on Saturday & missed the burial also. I've been by Darren's home many times over the past 3 days, but haven't found it in me to stop by yet. A phone call can not convey what I feel at this point, so being there to support him & his family is what I need to do now. This has definately been one of the saddest times in my 37 years on the face of the earth. Think of Darren, Addison, Daniel, & the rest of the family please & I hope nothing like this ever happens to any of you or anyone you know.
This time last week, we were informed of the death of Addison & Daniel Macemore. My wife & I have known their father Darren Macemore for close to 20 years now & we met their mother Lisa Greene thru Darren 12 or so years ago. While their parent's never married, they both had custody of the kids & did their best to care for them (or so we thought).
A police investigation into the fire has shown that an excelerant was used to help start the fire in Addy & Daniel's mother's home. The fire was supposedly started by an "overturned candle". Also, the fire originated in the hall near the entrance to one of the kid's rooms. With the bedroom door closed, the 2 children lay asleep due to being given a decongestant/medication of some sort! Lisa told authorities she awoke in a living room recliner to the sound of a smoke detector going off, that the fire was too intense to get to the kids in the bedroom, that she then grabbed her pocket book to retrieve her cell phone while running out the front door, & how she sprained her ankle leaving the home. Laying in the front yard screaming in pain, a neighbor heard Lisa & ran over to help. The neighbor called 911 & after being on the phone for over 2 minutes, Lisa finally told the neighbor that Addison & Dainel were trapped inside!
All of the above happenings took place around 2AM last Wednesday morning. Lisa Greene was arrested this past Friday on 2 counts of suspicion of murder & 1 count of arson.
Darren Macemore is an avid drag racer & both his kids accompanied him to the Jefferson/Pageland Dragstrip almost every time he went. I saw Darren & 10 year old Daniel at Wal Mart recently and would never have thought something so horrible would have happened to such a wonderful little boy. Eight year old Addy was playing video games with her step brother & sister in the families SUV one Friday night at Pageland when my wife Lisa & I arrived. I can't get the memory of all those kids playing so well together & having such a good time out of my mind.
Many of you folks know my wife & I have 2 sons & thus this event has caused me many sleepless nights & has brought me to tears every time & think of it. I could not go to the funeral home last Friday night, just because I knew I could not make it thru to see the caskets & my good friend Darren. I worked on Saturday & missed the burial also. I've been by Darren's home many times over the past 3 days, but haven't found it in me to stop by yet. A phone call can not convey what I feel at this point, so being there to support him & his family is what I need to do now. This has definately been one of the saddest times in my 37 years on the face of the earth. Think of Darren, Addison, Daniel, & the rest of the family please & I hope nothing like this ever happens to any of you or anyone you know.
