Florida woman charged with killing her sister threatened to murder ex-husband years ago

On May 30, Karen Pais was reported missing by her friends. Two days later her body was found buried in the backyard of her Carrollwood home.

[robw]

So sad for this lady. My Dad physically and emotionally abused me all through my childhood and adolescent years. He broke my hand and tried to strangle me, whilst my Mum stood by and did nothing to stop or report it. I left home at 17, and at 27 tried to re-connect with them, and within a short time my father physically assaulted me as an adult. That was it; I cut all ties, and I'm almost 50, and my parents are both out of my life. Best thing I ever did, and I was able to have a normal, law-abiding, productive, gainfully employed life.

[universe]

This is the reason I have not seen my brothers in 46 years! Stay away from toxic, narcissist people or end up dead!

[R_D]

They did a welfare check, but went away when nobody opened the door??? Well, that was the whole point of the welfare check, nobody answered the

[shirleyallen]

Debra would have been homeless a long time ago. Sometimes family can be your worst enemy.

[OneBadAssMoMo]

You are not obligated to maintain toxic family ties.

[sfwatxyo]

This proves once again that friends can be more like family than the one you're born into.

[brandyb]

People have to learn that you don't have to take abuse from people because they are family.

[TheDAT]

Well now her sister will no longer have to worry about food, housing, medical attention, as the prison will provide for her for the rest of her life.

[cosmosadorabilis]

I last saw my abusive parents in the late 90s.
BEST. DECISION. EVER.

[erinmccarthy]

RIP to Karen, who was an obvious kind and loving soul. Incredibly sad.

[kathyw]

I will NEVER understand why a person will tolerate the most heinous behavior from a relative who is supposed to LOVE you, but cut off in a heartbeat a "friend" for less. My mothers' sisters were wretched women and quite vindictive and cruel, yet my mom would forgive time and time again.

[jordanhawkins]

This is so sad! Karen’s friends looked like they loved to have a good time!! They were her true sisters!

[hothotheat]

So she knew her sister would kill her and STILL took her in?

This woman basically walked herself to her own grave.

[Rebecca-hcju]

I'm so sorry this lady allowed her sister to abuse her & ultimately murder her. Oftentimes family is *not* everything & it's more than ok to cut ties with them!! Also, there's a fine line between loving & enabling & by allowing her evil sister to live with her rent free & unemployed, she was basically enabling her. She's a grown woman!! She should have been forced to leave long ago!!

[BlueBabyAkaAj]

I would never live with my sister. I'll help her from a distance

[marilynv]

This is what can happen when you have a family member who is always blaming the world for their failings and feel entitled to be taken care by someone else w/o taking any responsibility for their own life. An angry jealous and lazy woman is what Karen had for a sister. Be aware of people like this and don't take them in no matter what b/c it's not your obligation to take care of lazy people. At that age she should have been on SSI and on low income housing instead of leeching on someone else.

[richardgreen]

She was planning to do this for years and then tried to hide her crime, so why didn’t she receive a 1st Degree Murder charge?

[hfysrrh]

I have a couple of close relatives who blame everyone else for their mistakes. These people get worse with age, they will harm you one way or another, and it's best to go no-contact with them. They cannot be helped as long as their minds are closed to honest self-examination.

[jenettejackson]

Who really dug the hole in the back yard? I can’t believe that someone who can barely walk their dog could dig a hole like that.

[stephaniespc]

She was old enough to get SS and get elderly housing
Why TF was she being a burden on her sister