Wobwezera wobwezera Joe Metheny adayamba kupsa mtima pomwe mkazi wake adatenga mwana wawo ndikuthawa kwawo ku Baltimore, Maryland. Uku kunali kuthetheka komwe kunayamba zonsezi.
Metheny atamugwira mu 2016 adavomera milandu yake, ndipo adaimba mlandu kufunikira kwakubwezera mkazi wake ndi mwamunayo yemwe adamusiira. Komabe, ndi ukali uwu womwe udapanga ndikudyetsa kena kake mkati mwake.
Pomwe mkwiyo udalimbikitsa ntchito yake, Metheny adakumana ndi ozunzidwa ambiri omwe adapezeka kuti akudutsa njira yake m'moyo. Monga chofutira mkwiyo wake ndi mkwiyo wakusiyidwa posachedwa, mwamunayo yemwe anali wokondwa adafunikira cholowa chakukwiya kwake; ndipo kubwerekako kunali kupha, kugwiririra, ndi kuduladula.
Ambiri mwa amuna ndi akazi omwe adapezeka kuti adakhala m'malo olakwika panthawi yolakwika anali othawa, osowa pokhala, ndi mahule. Anthu palibe amene angaone kuti apita kapena akusowa.
Izi zitha kumveka ngati zomwe mudamvapo kale, koma chomwe chimasiyanitsa Metheny ndi wakupha "wamba" ndi momwe adaperekera matupi a omwe adamuwopa.
Metheny adadula matupi awo, adasonkhanitsa mnofu wawo ndi nyama yake, ndikuzisakaniza mu nthaka ya nkhumba ndi ng'ombe zomwe amapangira ma hamburger. Kenako amagulitsa ma hamburger awa panjira yake.
Wakuphayo akuti matupiwo anali ndi kukoma kofananako ndi nkhumba zadothi. Adatinso "Mukazisakaniza [ndi nyama yapansi] palibe amene angadziwe kusiyana kwake." M'malo mwake, padalibe kasitomala m'modzi, komanso ogula milandu yake, adadandaula za kukoma kwa chakudya chawo.
Ponena za ziwalo za matupi omwe sanali oyenera kuthandizira hamburger, Metheny adawaika mgalimoto.
Zikuwoneka kuti milandu yake sinalibenso kubwezera. M'malo mwake, mufiriji ya Metheny ikamatsika, amapita kukasaka moyo wina wosauka pazomwe amapangira ma hamburger ake omwe amapatsa makasitomala ake. Ankawoneka kuti anali ndi kukoma kwenikweni pakupha.
Pomwe amamangidwa amati wapha anthu 10. Anauza akuluakulu aboma kuti: "Chokhacho chomwe ndikumvera nacho chisoni ndikuti sindinaphe amayi awiri omwe ndakhala ndikutsatira, ndipo ndiye mayi wakale komanso wachimuna yemwe adalumikizana naye."
Metheny adakhala m'ndende zaka zopitilira khumi atalandira ziganizo ziwiri zokhala moyo wawo wonse osapatsidwa chilango chifukwa cha kuphedwa kwa Kathy Spicer ndi Cathy Ann Magaziner.
Mu 2017 adapezeka atafa m'chipinda chake ndi woyang'anira ndende. Anali ndi zaka 62.