One of the more popular retail chains for the holiday shopping season is Walmart. Well, recently, shoppers at a Walmart in South Carolina witnessed a man stab his wife to death in the store during a heated argument, while the store remained open for business, even after the incident took place.
Holiday shoppers watched in horror as Avery Blandin, of Simpsonville, SC, brutally stabbed his wife, Lila, who was working at a bank located inside the Greenville store. One witness said that he was shopping for lights with his family when he heard chilling screams from the front of the store. He looked up and saw a couple of stabbing motions and when he ran towards the front, he saw Blandin making a stomping motion across the chest and neck area of his motionless wife. Blandin then fled the scene, but cops caught up with him after he wrecked his truck during his getaway attempt. Lila Blandin, however, died upon arrival at a local hospital. 
Greenville Deputies said that it was the store's decision to stay open after police arrived and roped off the blood-splattered crime scene. Just some more evidence of corporate greed, I guess. I mean, really? Stay open during a crime scene investigation? Unbelievable! Walmart did, however, close their grocery checkout area to allow police to do their work and provide some level of privacy, given the circumstances.
Blandin was being held at a Greenville County Detention Center until he is sentenced. I am still blown away that Walmart wouldn't close down the whole store under the circumstances, and why would customers even want to shop in there after the incident? Does corporate greed go to far sometimes? What do you think?
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