Sad connection

The local paper carried this report of a Wisconsin Dells-Texas connection that is tragic:

Dells grad arrested for brother's murder

A former Wisconsin Dells resident charged with murdering his brother is held in a Texas jail on $500,000 bond, according to police in the Dallas suburb where the suspect was arrested.

Flower Mound Police arrested Mark Honish, 44, near his home in Trophy Club, Texas on Friday after discovering the body of his 52-year-old brother, David Honish, of Denton, Texas, in a pick up truck on U.S. 377 the day before. It appeared that David Honish, also a former Wisconsin Dells resident, died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to information released from the Flower Mound Police Department.

According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, police there reported that the engine of David's truck was running when an officer found him at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday. Headlights had not been turned off and the driver's side window was down.

The newspaper serving the Dallas and Fort Worth areas, the Star-Telegram, quoted Flower Mound Police spokesman Paul Boon saying that David pulled off the road as if to meet someone and then was shot as opposed to being shot while driving.

Police found an e-mail from David Honish's brother, Mark, in the victim's truck. Upon locating the victim's brother, investigators found what appeared to be blood on the driver's door of his truck. The defendant was then arrested.

David Honish was known for his political activism. Trish Major, communications director for the Dallas Peace Center, was quoted in the Star-Telegram as saying David demonstrated against the war in Iraq and Halliburton, while at the same time supported the right to carry arms.

Wisconsin Dells Chief of Police Bret Anderson said he knew the Honish brothers who were graduates of Wisconsin Dells High School.

"They are a very nice family. It's a tragic situation," Anderson said.

Tom knows the family,although he did not know either of the brothers involved.