Thursday, August 19, 2010
Nikki Araguz - A Biographical Assay
http://thenikkiaraguztrial.blogspot.com/2010/08/nikki-araguz-biographical-assay.htmlWhile most of the mainstream media seems almost blindly focused with near tunnel vision on its excoriation of Nikki Araguz, on occasion, brief glimpses of the woman behind the news stories has slipped through the din of their diatribe. When assembling a portrait of any person, the traditional attributes people gather about another person usually include: professional interests, hobbies and avocations, socioeconomic background, education, beliefs and values, all deduced from a person's relationships, work, recreation, and residence, as a person structures their life. Without an opportunity to interview Nikki Araguz directly, it has been possible to ensemble the following cursory assay of Nikki Araguz and her life, based on sifting through the media disinformation in search of aspects of her life that appear credible and which provide a better balanced purview of the woman she is. Hopefully, some future opportunity will lend itself to a more well rounded, personal, and in depth portrait, based on information directly from the subject.
Nikki was born in the summer of 1975 to her mother Sheri, when Sheri and her husband were in Carmel, California, while he was stationed there during military service. Sheri and her husband were originally from Texas, so Sheri returned to Texas after her husband was ordered to a post in Germany, shortly after Nikki was born. A year later, Sheri's husband returned home to Bryan, TX, but was hit and killed by a semi-truck a month later, long before Nikki had any opportunity to get to know her biological father. A few years later, Sheri married Chuck Bockelman, Nikki's stepfather, to whom Sheri remains married today.
