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Is one of the Cosby show writers a murderer? Recent news says otherwise.
What is the violence in the world coming to?

“Cosby & In Living Color” show writer Charged with Murder.

A TV comedy writer and producer was charged with murder in the death of his wife,
authorities said.

John James “J.J.” Paulsen, 47, a writer and producer on “Cosby,” “In Living Color”
and other shows, has been held in jail since his wife’s decomposing body was discovered
April 18 in the couple’s upscale home in Carmel, north of Indianapolis.
Leanne Serrano-Paulsen, 39, had been beaten to death and was dead for at least a week
before her body was found, according to her autopsy report.

When officers entered the home, they found the couple’s 16-month-old son, Christopher,
alone in a crib, crying but unharmed, authorities said. J.J. Paulsen, who was found
walking along a street about 3 miles (5 kilometers) away, was arrested Thursday on
charges of child abandonment and violation of probation, authorities said. Paulsen
pleaded guilty in January to domestic battery. Police said Serrano-Paulsen called
police twice last year after she was beaten by her husband. Jail officials did not
know whether Paulsen had an attorney.

What went wrong? It’s so much violence in the world. We complain about television
but in reality it’s the violence in our own homes within the walls of safe places,
like local parks, neighborhoods, schools, markets, upstairs in mom & dad’s room.
The world is filled with angry and sad people who don’t know how to deal with their
emotions. How to be rationalize things in their head. What do to do in certain extreme
situations. Where to go? What to say? How to react? The video games, movies, and
television is just a reminder that violence is still very present in our lives and
within the walls of our homes.