Unfortunate Passive Voice

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s Home section story “At home with . . .Debbie Monterrey:

KMOX hired her to fill the co-host role vacated by the popular Nan Wyatt, whose murder by her husband dominated headlines for weeks.

Vacated by Nan Wyatt? Sorry, but Nan Wyatt didn’t exactly take direct action to leave the radio station. Her husband sort of vacated the co-host role when he shot Nan Wyatt.

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