Sunday 2 March 2008

Little Girl Gets Family Murdered becuase they didnt let her date her boyfriend!

Daughter, 16, charged in murder of mother and little brothers


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Federal investigators sift through the charred remains of a home near Alba, Texas, on Saturday.

The killings occurred in the rural East Texas home of Terry and Penny Caffey on Saturday morning, according to a statement released by Rains County Sheriff David Traylor. The home was burned as well as a medical supplies van outside, Traylor said.

In the ashes of the home, authorities found the body of Penny Caffey, 37, and the 8- and 13-year-old boys. All victims were shot and stabbed, police said.
Four suspects are in police custody and have each been charged with three counts of murder. Three suspects were identified as Charlie James Wilkinson, 19; Charles Allen Wade, 20; and Bobbi Gale Johnson, 18, who is female.
Police did not release the name or mug shot of the other suspect, the Caffey's daughter, because she is a juvenile.
Police believe the motive may have been that the teenage daughter was forbidden to date one of the suspects.
"Early on in the investigation it was revealed that the juvenile and one of the suspects were dating and made to break up," Traylor wrote in a release.
The teenage girl's father, Terry Caffey, who was shot in the head but survived is helping police. Caffey, who is in critical condition, was able to crawl 300 yards to a neighbor's home and later identified one of the suspects.
Carl Johnson, a family friend, told The Associated Press that he saw the bloody trail left by the father who dragged himself to a neighbor's house.
Johnson said the family are musicians and that the boys played guitar and harmonica and the mother is a church piano player. The father often told his daughter that he wanted her to sing at his funeral, Johnson told AP.
"I just thought the whole world of the family," said Johnson, 75. "They were good Christian people. [The father] was like a son of my own."
The killings shocked many in the small east Texas town, the town's mayor said Sunday.
"There hasn't been a murder here in 18 years," said Orvin Carroll, longtime mayor of Alba, Texas -- a town of about 430 people east of Dallas.
"We are all just a little shocked. This is a place where people do not lock their doors. But that is changing," Carroll added.
"We can't believe this could happen to a mother and her children. Not here."

The Respect for Gurbani

We live in a world were people who call themselves Sikhs say Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is not the Guru. People are abusing Gurbani and using it as a way to make money. People talk over Gurbani for example they would rather talk about their night out clubbing while bani is being read in the darbar. Committee members sit in the darbar counting money with their backs to Guru Ji. Most Gurdwaras haven’t made any special arrangements for maharaj when being taken to peoples houses. Instead maharaj is put on the laps (near private part) of people, I mean Gurdwaras have so much money a van can be bought and have full insurance (which allows any driver to drive) so that the family can come and take maharaj respectfully. People keep Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in cupboards at their homes and even in some Gurdwaras. We are all to blame in away because we see this happening and don’t do anything to improve the situation.


Those who bow to anyone of a worldly commanding post will wind up in hell. - Thankhaanama Bhai Nand Laal Jee

Everyone begs of You, O my King; You alone give gifts to all. ||2|| All are under Your Power, O my King; none at all are beyond You. Ang 670 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

The Sikh of the Guru should never write or read Gurbani with the intention of selling it. - Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee

Cursed are the lives of those who read and write the Lord's Name to sell it. Ang 1245 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Whenever he sees another Singh approaching at a distance. He greets him with 'Vaheguru Jee Kaa Khalsa! Vaheguru Jee Kee Fatheh!!' - Rehatnama Bhai Desa Singh

(A real saint of the Guru will never allow people to bow to him or her. They have humility and guide the sangat towards Guru Ji (Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji)


Those who take the shelter of the Guru will be saved from the beatings of the Angel of Death. - Rehatnama Bhai Daya Singh Jee

He is the Khalsa who forever loves his Guru. - Thankhaanama Bhai Nand Laal Jee

Those who attend the Holy congregation but adopt evil thoughts and those who begin conversation instead of paying attention to the True Word are punishable. - Rehatnama Bhai Nand Laal Jee

They sit and pretend to listen to the Shabad when in the Holy Congregation but never adopt it in their life. Those who practice corruption never obtain the fruit of attending the Sangat. Var 17 Bhai Gurdas Ji

One who claims to be a Sikh of the Guru, but does not accept the Guru Granth Sahib as Guru; they will forever remain deluded by their egotistical attachment to Maayaa. - Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee

If the listener sits in a higher position than the reciter of Gurbani he will be punished for showing disrespect. - Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee

Those who sit with their back towards the Guru Granth Sahib while in its presence will be punished. - Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee

The Sikh of the Guru should wash their body, face and hands before sitting at the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji to read Bani. Rehatnama Bhai Chaupaa Singh Jee

Ghost requests Akhand Paath

The following story is from Katha by Giani Avtar Singh Ji - Badni Kalan Wale. Giani Avtar Singh Ji is the grandson of Sant Giani Gurbachan Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindranwale. The katha is entitled "Sikhi di Rehit," it can be found on gurmatveechar.com



About 20 years ago, a family in India was blessed to have a Sri Akhand Paath Sahib of Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj at their house. Giani Avtar Singh Ji attended the Sri Akhand Paath Sahib. The Paathi Singhs recited the Paath with complete Maryada.

The reason for the Akhand Paath was that a young man (youth) in the family had recently died. After his death, the soul of the young man was wandering and eventually the soul possessed his brother. After entering into his brother's body, the soul spoke and requested that the family should do a Sri Akhad Paath Sahib for him.

Giani Ji in his katha says that through this sakhi, we will understand the importance of Gurbani and also the importance, need and greatness of the Sikh identity given to us by Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj.

After the soul requested that an Akhand Paath be done for him, the family members went to a few places to seek help in performing the Sri Akhand Paath Sahib. Eventually, the family came to Giani Avtar Singh Ji and asked him for help. They requested full tyaar par tyaar Singhs (always ready, spiritually elevated Khalsa Singhs) to do the seva of the Akhand Paath Sahib.

Giani Avtar Singh Ji discussed this with some Gurmukh Singhs and they agreed, then they began the Akhand Paath seva. Giani Avtar Singh Ji mentions that he was present at the Bhog (completion) of the Sri Akhand Paath Sahib. That day, the brother of the dead young man was present there too. It is assumed in the Katha, that the soul of the dead young man would enter and leave the body of his brother from time to time.

The family then prepared some food for Giani Avtar Singh Ji and the Singhs. The brother of the dead man was sitting there too. Other family members were present. Then suddenly, the brother began to feel dizzy and was unaware of his surroundings, he then closed his eyes. The family knew exactly what was going on. The family told Giani Avtar Singh Ji that the soul of the dead man is entering into his brother's body now.

Giani Ji says that after hearing this, he was carefully paying attention to see if they were just pretending or not. Then, while speaking to the brother who was possessed, Giani Ji asked, "What is your name?"

Then Giani Ji asked, "What was the purpose of you coming back if you had already died?"

Then the soul spoke and said "I wasn't supposed to die yet, I still had some years left in my life. What happened was, I became unconscious after being electrocuted. Then my family members put milk into my mouth (thinking it might help). I had no idea what was going on. Due to my family pouring milk into my body, I died, because after a person is electrocuted, water/liquid should not be given to that person."

Giani Ji continued speaking with the soul, and then an important question was asked, "After dying, where did you go?"

Giani then pauses the story for a moment, mentioning that only the souls who have died can tell us these things (about the after life). People like us who are still living don't have the knowledge on these matters.

Continuing on, Giani Ji mentions that the soul replied, "I was taken to a very bad place, hell."

"They took me there (Jamdoots - Angels of Death) and I was very miserable and grieving in pain, just by being there."

Giani Ji then asks, "How did you get released from there?"

Soul replied, "One day, the head person (Dharam Raja) came there to inspect and see what was going on." Giani Ji then explains, that whatever body the soul was in before death, those same qualities are then carried on to the after life. The soul mentioned, that he was kesdhari (kept uncut hair) before his death.

Soul continues saying, "When the head person saw that I was kesdhari, he ordered that I be taken out of hell. Then the head person asked me if I have ever done Paath (Sikh prayers). I replied that I only used to do Paath of Jap Ji Sahib before my death, but not other Gurbani prayers and I have never let scissors touch my hair. Then the head person told me that because of these 2 things: not cutting your hair and doing Jap Ji Sahib Paath, you will be released from hell. If you hadn't done these good deeds, you would've been in hell for ages, who knows how long!"

The soul continues on saying, "I then remembered the sakhi when Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj was explaining to a Sikh named Bhai Dhana Ji, that if a Sikh who has never cut his hair enters into hell, I will pull him out of hell by the hair on his head."


Giani Ji explains that the soul was freed from hell because he had never cut his hair and also he had done Paath of Sri Jap Ji Sahib. This is what caused the soul to enter his brother's body, in order to relay the message to his family, to request that an Akhand Paath Sahib be done for him.

Gurbani's power is limitless. It helps us here and in the after life. Even souls that have already died are thirsting for Gurbani and its power.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh