We do not exist in and of ourselves. Therefore, when our life is taken, it is not taken only from us. After the second quadruple murder, an overpowering fear swept across our city. It was not so much the brutality as the randomness that caused the terror. And it is in the underlying question that we see God.
Fear has two traits.
The first has to do with self-reliance. We fear that which we cannot control. Whether it is illness or harm from others, we do not live a life of complete independence. If we did, we simply would not allow people to hurt us and we would just say no to cancer. But that is not how it works.