Friends Jen and Rob Slocumb in the news with a great story! From the Auburn Plainsman: Rob and Jen Slocumb of Opelika have received national attention in Canada after penning a song dedicated to the widow of a murdered man in Jen Slocumb’s hometown of Ancaster, Ontario.
“We didn’t know the Bosma family, but Ancaster is a small town like Auburn or Opelika,” Jen said. “So when you’re from a community like that, you feel like you know them.”
Tim Bosma was murdered in what has been described as an alleged “thrill kill.” After advertising the sale of his 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck online, he left to take two men on a test drive and never returned. His body was found eight days later in an incinerator; his truck was found in a warehouse, completely disassembled.
Left in the wake of this crime was Bosma’s wife, Sharlene, whose grief-stricken press conference, held immediately after learning of her husband’s death, became the inspiration for the Slocumb’s song, “Prayer for the Broken Heart.”
Read more:The Auburn Plainsman – Opelika couple’s song gains national acclaim in Canada
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on June 13, 2013. View the original page.
