Woman met man on 'Farmers Only', then killed him

[left-of-center2012]

A North Carolina woman allegedly shot and killed a man she met through dating site “Farmers Only” after their relationship ended, according to officials.

Sheri Williams Jones, 57, turned herself in Monday at the Cumberland County Detention Center in the 2015 murder of 61-year-old Clarence Smith, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office didn’t say why it took three years for Jones to be charged for the shooting, which she claimed at the time was in “self-defense.”

Authorities said the couple met through the farmers-exclusive dating site and dated for several months until they decided to call it quits.

https://nypost.com/2018/06/28/woman-met-man-on-farmers-only-then-killed-him-cops/

[el_bryanto]

1. Hard to know exactly what to say about this story. nt

[hlthe2b]

3. Exactly... Small farmers live a lonely and hard life so to think anyone might

exploit that is horrific. On the other hand, that hard life leads to a high prevalence of alcohol abuse and can lead to some pretty severe depression. As in the population at large, there can be domestic violence or other behavioral manifestations that could have led to this.

Hard to know...The small rural farm town community of my grandparents was an intense microcosm of all that. I have a soft spot for these aging farmers and even more their offspring who dedicate themselves (often only under pressure) to trying to maintain the family farms, despite the hardships. And there are plenty of those.

[peekaloo]

2. *sings* I would rather be lonely

than have a crazy mofo shoot me.

[hlthe2b]

4. Small family farms are a 24/7 existence with virtually no opportunity to do anything else.

It is *easy* to say this ("better to be lonely"...), but I've known the (mostly) sons compelled to take over these farms and this lifestyle--often far less than willingly--and how often they feel trapped and their lives squandered. Given corporate takeover of farms throughout the country, the attempts by congress to make them a pawn to political aims, and the even bigger issues with climate change, the pressure has never been more intense. Farming today is NOT their father's/grandfather's occupation. Suicide is a major issue.

[peekaloo]

5. My late uncle ran a small farm in North Carolina.

As a kid I saw how hard/strenuous the work could be and how unhappy his employees seemed. Rather than pass it down to his son my uncle sold his business upon retiring. He got financially burned and it left him embittered for the duration of his life. In short, I know it's a hard life. My derision was aimed at those cheesy commercials that make it seem magical to find a soul mate on their site.

[Ilsa]

6. I can't help but wonder if the nonfarmer half of the couples

Know what they are getting into. It's a hard life, full of uncertainty. Unless it is organic farming, they have to be careful about the chemicals they expose themselves to, even well before pregnancy so as not to give themselves cancer or their children birth defects.

[left-of-center2012]

7. As Their TV ads say ...

"City folk just don't get it"

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Yeeeee haaaaaa!

This is why it's so great for everyone to be armed.