"You're in a perilous position spiritually," Isaac Grimes, 19, wrote to Charles Dutcher in a letter postmarked March 22. "I just don't want you to continue hurting yourself and shutting yourself out of the kingdom of heaven." Dutcher filed a wrongful death lawsuit, scheduled to go to trial June 6, against Grimes and two former Palmer High School classmates who were convicted in the New Year's Day 2001 killings of Dutcher's son and parents. Tony Dutcher, 15, and his grandparents, Carl and JoAnna Dutcher, were found slain at the grandparents' home, Dutcher's throat cut, and his grandparents shot with a high-powered rifle. Grimes, who was sentenced to 50 years, wrote in his letter that Charles Dutcher should read Bible verses about forgiveness. Grimes said Dutcher is "talking the talk" of Christianity, but not "walking the walk." Dutcher was enraged by the letter. "It upsets me tremendously for him to try to preach at me and scold me," Dutcher said. "I'm not the one who killed three people. He killed my son and he set up my parents. None of this would have happened without Isaac." Dutcher, who still lives on the property where his son and parents were killed, said Grimes' still doesn't understand the pain he caused. "I'm sitting here in my dad's chair, looking at bullet holes in the wall," he said. "I'm the one who buried them up here. I'm the one who cleaned up the bloody crime scene. I walk the walk. I walk it everyday, and I sleep it every night." In his letter to Dutcher, Grimes wrote: "I will value your forgiveness greatly should you choose to give it. If you don't, however, it won't bother me in terms of how I feel about me -- but it is painful to see you and your brothers harboring unforgiveness because of how much you hurt yourselves by doing so. (God has forgiven me, and if someone's opinion of me differs from His, whose should I value more?)" "Let's start with the topic of the civil suit. Whether I 'win' or 'lose' is quite irrelevant to me. I have no assets and no income -- but rest assured that your attorney fees will be paid, quite likely by you in the event that you can't find someone with assets to sue."
Teen killer tells victims' family to save their souls by dropping lawsuit
GUFFEY, Colo. (AP) - A teenager in prison for slitting his best friend's throat has told the victims' family to drop their lawsuit against him or risk losing their souls.
