Comments on: Cops Search Home Of Missing Girl's Uncle

Sex Offender Relative Was Last To See 12-Year-Old Vermont Girl

[ici2i]

Regarding publicity, this missing child is huge news in a small state such as VT. The AP got ahold of the news - key word here was that My Space and the internet was involved. Believe me, as a life long VT resident, any child of any race missing or involved in an untimely death makes the headlines here and What the national news carries is a matter of national interest such as the new world of the internet predators.

Think about what you say before we say it''s racial bias in reporting. That''s nuts!! And if you do say it, get your facts straight before you run your mouth.

[cobraman_pa]

Why are people bringing up the color of this missing girl? The ones that complain about the color of a victim are usually the bigest racists.

[sociald63]

perverts like him will NEVER be cured. give him the injection instead !!

[deepperppl]

I''m very frustrated with the fact that the uncle is a registered *** offender and yet was allowed by her family (the ones who should be protecting her) to be alone with the niece. I don''t care if there is a blood relation or not. The idea that her parents wouldn''t do all they could do to protect their daughter from a KNOWN *** offender or even online predators says a lot about her family. Men like the uncle are not allowed to work in any place that has kids - so why do the parents trust him so much? He likely told a sob story about how he was framed. But anyone stupid enough to leave their young daughter with a man who was convicted of kidnapping and sexual abuse has got their priorities messed up. There''s forgiveness and then there is stupidity. You can make up your own mind about which played the biggest role in this fiasco. But my money is on "stupidity".

[yankeerebel7]

That might be the most white trash guy I''ve ever seen.

[lovemy3boys]

My question is this: If you know your brother is a conviceted *** offender, why would you even let a child (neice or nephew) anywhere near the man! People are way too trusting...good grief!

[flreason]

MegamanX1:

I''m not unsympathetic. I agree that sexual crimes against young blacks don''t get the lengthy coverage that some of the more sensational crimes against attractive white girls do. (You won''t see it for overweight, homely girls of any color.) Bringing it to the attention of the media and the public is a good thing.

However, I''m not sure that the continual coverage is necessarily a good thing. Notoreity is what some of these predators are seeking. Weeks of publicity may encourage them to strike again...to keep in the public eye. I would like to see less sensationalism and more reporting, rather than turning all such crimes into a media circus.

[megamanx1-2009]

The Atlanta child murders were a long time ago, Cody. (1985) The people posting here aren''''t all older-than-dirt folks like you and me.


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Posted by flreason at 12:50 PM : Jul 01, 2008

That''s pretty bad (and also makes my point for me) if you have to go back two decades to 1985 to find a story....the cases I gave you were all within the last couple of years. Holloway was really recent....

[megamanx1-2009]

Hey,

I don''''t want to miss one minute of a Lindsay Lohan Story - LOL


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Posted by codymac4 at 12:44 PM : Jul 01, 2008

Yeah, but I''d rather see her under dressed, not under arrest.....

Put pedophiles in prision for life without the possibility of parole.

Posted by harp1963 at 11:07 AM : Jul 01, 2008

Please think about what you are saying. Should people be imprisoned for their thoughts, or for their actual crimes? If the latter, should consensual *** between an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old get life? That''s what some registered *** offenders were convicted of.