Yes, that’s right: Ronna Romney McDaniel was a freshman at my high school when I was a senior. Back when she was proud of the Romney name. 
I actually graduated with George Romney, who I think is the grandson of the former Michigan Governor but I’m not sure (there’s a LOT of members of the Romney clan). I had a typing class with him. Seemed like a nice enough guy. Complained about being pressured to go into politics.
Last night I mentioned I went to high school with a couple of the Romney kids, including Ronna Romney McDaniel (RNC chair), who was a freshman when I graduated. In another odd coincidence, my wife graduated with Dana Nessel, who is now the Attorney General of Michigan...
I kept flipping through my yearbook and was curious what happened to another guy I graduated with named Jason Ruff. We had been in Cub Scouts together, and I remember him beating me for 1st place in the Pinewood Derby. I decided to look him up.
Jason went on to the College for Creative Studies & received an MFA in Architecture from Cranbrook (where Mitt Romney himself went to high school...referenced at the end of "8 Mile").
He went on to become an accomplished glass blowing artist.
jasonruffdesigns.com
He went on to become an accomplished glass blowing artist.
jasonruffdesigns.com
And then...last summer...he was shot to death by his roommate.
mlive.com/news/ann-arbor…
mlive.com/news/ann-arbor…
And yes, like everything else these days, there's a #COVID19 angle to this story:
mlive.com/news/ann-arbor…
mlive.com/news/ann-arbor…
The fact that the roommate who shot him was the same age caught my interest for some reason...
"The shooter, a 50-year-old man, told police he shot Ruff after arguing with him about restrictions in place due to COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, police said."
"The shooter, a 50-year-old man, told police he shot Ruff after arguing with him about restrictions in place due to COVID-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus, police said."
His name is Patrick Brooks
msn.com/en-us/news/cri…
msn.com/en-us/news/cri…
Now, there was *another* guy in our graduating class by the same name. I don't know if it's the same guy ("Pat Brooks" is a fairly common name), but if it is, that means one guy I graduated with shot another guy I graduated with.
mlive.com/news/ann-arbor…
mlive.com/news/ann-arbor…
Anyway, the trial is apparently scheduled for this June.
Sometimes it's better not to find out "Whatever happened to..."
Sometimes it's better not to find out "Whatever happened to..."
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