
There are many reasons why a person may become showy. In most cases, those who show off are feeling insecure inside. On the surface, they may seem cool, superior, and admirable because of what they possess.

We all know people in our social group who like to show off. This article sheds light on the main reasons behind showing off. White Cloud, population 1,100, is about 40 miles north of Grand Rapids.Why do people show off? What drives them to behave in a way that often makes others cringe? ``We did tell him he had trouble on his hands.″ ``He was trying to do them a favor, and that’s what he got for it,″ said Heemstra’s uncle, Harold Harper. In recent months, neighbors said, they began to worry about the teen-agers visiting his home and eating his food.

It’s so, I don’t know, so bizarre and so unreal that I couldn’t begin to go into any detail.″įriends and neighbors said Hughey was retired and his wife died a few months ago. ``She did keep in touch a little bit by phone, but whenever she called, she wanted money,″ she said. Her granddaughter had many problems, Heemstra said, though she didn’t elaborate. ``Apparently, he felt sorry for them,″ said Heemstra’s grandmother, Joyce Heemstra. The girls had been staying for several months with Hughey in his small white mobile home located along a sparsely populated gravel road. ``I thought about going to police (earlier), but I didn’t want to go because I was scared.″ ``This is a serious case and I didn’t know what to do,″ he said before entering the station. One party-goer, 19-year-old Anthony Gilmore, said at the sheriff’s office Monday evening that he saw the body. Mercer said police were not considering charges against the two boys, but were still questioning others at the party. ``They (girls) were laughing about it,″ Mercer said.Īltena was out of the office Tuesday and could not be reached for comment about the discrepancy in numbers. The sheriff said the pair led 10 friends out to see the body but Mercer said Tuesday they only showed it to two teen-age boys. On Saturday night, the girls invited friends over for a party, Altena said.

Investigators believe he was shot in the abdomen while in his bedroom and carried to a backyard shed, where he died. ``It sounds bizarre, but that’s what we’re looking at right now,″ the sheriff said. Investigators believe the girls killed Hughey on Friday, pulling the trigger of a. They were jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail and could get life in prison if convicted. The girls had gotten into an argument with Hughey, with whom they had been living, but the nature of the dispute was not immediately clear. Their statement to us was this man was very nice to them, treated them very well and (the girls) killed him for no good reason,″ said Undersheriff Mike Mercer.ĭevon Watts, 17, and Kelly Heemstra, 18, were charged Monday with murder in the slaying of 73-year-old Leonard Claude Hughey. None of the party-goers contacted police until after the body was found by relatives two days later, Newaygo County Sheriff Roger Altena said. (AP) _ Two teen-age girls together pulled the trigger of a rifle and killed an elderly man, then threw a party at his mobile home and showed the corpse to friends, police said.
