6-Year-Old Girl Found Hanged In Texas

Girl Found In Her Family's Garage In Small Texas Town After Sexual Assault

(AP)  A 6-year-old girl was found hanged inside her family's garage and had been sexually assaulted before she died, police said Wednesday.

Authorities have made no arrests or named any suspects since Hanna Mack's body was discovered by her mother on Monday. They are saying little about their investigation.

"I will confirm that the hanging and sexual assault were part of this scenario," Navarro County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Mike Cox said.

Cox said several people have been interviewed and no one has been ruled out as a suspect.

"We don't want to do anything that would compromise a successful prosecution of this case," Cox said Wednesday before abruptly ending a brief news conference.

Neighbors in the rural lakeside community in east Texas are frustrated by the silence so far and worry that a predator remains on the loose.

In a letter to the sheriff's department, Navarro County justice of the peace Vicki Gray said an autopsy of the body showed "a multitude of events that together caused the death of this child." No other details were released.

The first-grader's body was found in a garage in Navarro Mills Lake, about 65 miles south of Dallas.

"I'm just concerned about the kids out there," said Harold Hocutt, 75, a neighbor who knows the girl's family. "Little girls. Little boys. It's just something you don't forget. Every time I drive by (Hanna's house), I cry."

Police asked state caseworkers to not say whether Hanna's family had been investigated by child welfare officers, said Marissa Gonzales, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

[msnooy79]

I''m lost. What did P_Thi say? The story made me sick to my stomach. They should hang whoever did this to the little girl.

[nikkit04]

You can''t really come on here and say that you don''t believe the mother is hurting. No matter if her lack of supervision over the child caused her death that woman is hurting, and even more so if she is the cause. This is just such a terrible thing...I almost burst into tears reading this. This is so horrible. I couldn''t imagine finding my niece or nephew like that, since I don''t have any children, but I know I would just die. That''s not something anyone can get over. I just know in this situation that whoever did this needs to be caught and punished. It''s just kinda sad on the law enforcement part that the culpret isn''t caught yet. And my heart goes out to the family and those who knew and loved this little girl.

[jdl941]

Posted by jukbx at 04:18 PM : Sep 13, 2007
"Things like this typically happen in Bible-belt red states"
.................
Now there''s an inteligent comment by jukbx.
If you were to finish your sentence would it be, "because all sexx in the blue states is by consenting queers in airport restrooms."

[retmilspouse]

You loose your baby''s life to the devil for a roll in the sack. If that ain''t a ho I don''t know what is.

[baye13]

Sad, YOu all preaching from the bible. Where was "God" When this little girl saw being raped and murdered?

Sitting back & Watching?

[retmilspouse]

I am tired of reading stories like this about the demise of children due mostly to the mother''s inability to properly care for them. I read in the online Corsicana newspaper that the surving children all daughters, with 2 different last names of course. And that this guy was the mom''s boyfriend and not the daddy to any of those girls. What is the matter with some women? Take care of your kids it is your responsibility. God gave us the ability to concieve and bear our young and then we just take them and basically throw them away without a care. Please I don''t want to read any bleeding heart c,r,a,p about how the mom was just trying to survive, she was abused, didn''t get any support from the babies daddies, etc etc etc. Puhhhhhhhhhhhhleeeeeeeze spare me.

[michellem99-2009]

I do talk this way in person and I was taught to speak my mind but think of others.
If I remember erasmus6 saying her Nation has less people than the USA..Her nation was kind to us when we visited in the 80s..too poor to live there. I was treated better..that day..I am an amreican.

[toldyouso21]

...AND HEEEEEEERE''S COMMENTS ON PRECIOUS_THI!!!!!


Precious_Thi I think you are a very sick individual, and I pray that God has mercy on your soul. You must have evil spirits dwelling on the inside of you, to say that all little girls should be raped and murdered. I am the mother of 2 daughters and the grand-mother of 3 grand-daughters who are precious gifts from God, the same God that created you, I do not hate you, I feel sorry for you, someone must have messed you up really bad.
Posted by beagodschild at 07:53 AM : Sep 13, 2007

The hateful comment left by Precious_thi is unacceptable. This website needs to monitor the comments that are left. After reading this article I was deeply saddened. All I had to do was look at my five year old son and I was heartbroken for this little girls mother who had to discover her body this way. I am so glad that this child in in God''''s arms now. I will be praying for her family.
Posted by ecm1980 at 08:42 AM : Sep 13, 2007

AND ON AND ON--UNTIL CBS REMOVED PRECIOUS''S COMMENTS. KLINGON SOMEHOW FOUND THEM JUST BEFORE THE REMOVAL BUT FORGOT TO USE QUOTATION MARKS.

[toldyouso21]

Posted by rafalweb at 03:33 PM : Sep 13, 2007

At 7:29 am Precious_thi wrote a comment about little girls deserving to die and how they had no value. From 7:30am until about 9 many of us responded to that comment and even reported those comments. I went back now and the comments have been removed. maybe all of precious comments were removed. I owe you an apology because there is no way for you to have known who those comments really came from now. Klingon reposted the apology part of precious_thi comments but failed to let viewer''s know it was a quote. I am sorry I called you stupid, in the context you must have read Klingon''s remarks, there is no way you could have known that they were responding solely to those words and were just as angry as we were earlier about what was posted. But anyway, the comments attributed to Klingon came from Precious_thi and Klingon was just posting to respond to it and did not use quotation marks, hope this clears this up and everyone can ease off this person.

[michellem99-2009]

toldyouso21 nothing new under the sun.
Just the same olde crimes that will go on as human kind moves up thru the ages from today,to tomorrow. Nothing is shocking or scared..to some. time moves on..I learnt a lesson growing up and that not trusting..that is sad for me as a handicapped older lady.

[boston1954]

I said it does not happen on a daily basis and that I can go months with out hearing this kind of crime. Posted by erasmus6 at 12:36 AM : Sep 13, 2007
__

Just one question... What is the population of your country?

[ciscocruiser]

I agree with ruthsson:

Everyone is too busy slinging mud to focus on banding together and solving the world''''s problems

Posted by ruthsson at 02:37 PM : Sep 13, 2007


Every Blog I see is filled with anonymous commenters, some ripping on other posts. If this is the new mass protest, it gets us nowhere. Just a bunch of individuals, making their points - alone.

Remember, a man''s (or woman''s) true nature presents itself when one is alone. Can we all be a little more decent, please? You wouldn''t talk this way in person to another, so why do it behind a curtain? You might feel better too. Each of us can change, if we truly want to. Thanks.

[toldyouso21]

got a little carried away. Ok, I concur, the little girl shouldn''''''''''''''''t of been murdered, but people should not put so much value in a little girl.

Go ahead. Convince me that this is not an entirely stupid statement. It speaks for itself, and it speaks for you.
Posted by rafalweb at 03:33 PM : Sep 13, 2007


Okay...you owe Kling on an apology. Those remarks came from another poster named Precious_thi and were posted early this morning. Klingon reposted to comment on them and did not mention that they came from another person''s post. Try following a thread before commenting on it--for those of us who did and who KNOW the origin of those remarks, YOU and everyone like you jumping on his case look like stupid azzzzes.

[toldyouso21]

Dissolution of the nuclear family: Here we have a mother and a boyfriend. No father. This type of situation is now "normal". Look what it is doing to our society. Anything goes now.
Posted by ciscocruiser at 01:19 PM : Sep 13, 2007

Anything always went. You just did not know about it or know how to read it:

For instance, in the bible, Lot''s daughters seduce him while he is drunk. David kills a man to get his wife and then one of his sons rapes his own sister. Abraham pretended SArah was not his sister but his wife, so if someone wanted to have sexxxxx with her, he would not be killed first.Lot offered his virgin daughters to a mob to have *** in order to protect an angel--but the mob wanted male flesh so spurned his offer. The bible is filled with many tales like this, mentioning cases of rape, sodomy, homosexuality, affairs, suicides, murders, theivery, lies within lies, political intrigue...in short everything that is going on now--and if you really want the low down, read European history--of real interest would be the acts of the Doges of Italy, what many English lords and Kings did to get what they wanted and how in Scotland and Ireland, the Lord of a village of serfs got deflowering rites to all virgins on their wedding night.

There is nothing new under the sun--except perhaps that you may just now be discovering--that there is nothing new under the sun. Maybe newer ways of doing--but in the end, rape, sexxxx, murder, greed---mainstays of humanity.

[toldyouso21]

We need more Geezers. I feel sorry for the kids nowadays whose freedoms are so limited because they live in a world of strangers.
Posted by flreason at 12:55 PM : Sep 13, 2007


someitmes the Geezers are the worst molesters. So we don''t need more geezers, we need more vigilant and caring people of any age who realize we are all connected.But if a woman chooses a predator as a lover, even that will not save the children in her care. We need more awareness and women need to know that blind trust is very dangerous. Molestation is a crime of opportunity. It is often the parent who unknowingly places their child in harm''s way.

[toldyouso21]

Rather than the HATE you exhume!!!
Posted by df248 at 11:54 AM : Sep 13, 2007

Exude.

Exhume means to dig up --usually pertaining to a grave. Exude means to give off an indication of feelings as in a bad vibe or bad feelings.

[michellem99-2009]

I have asked this and porn is the hardest to police..Reason is they are off shore and this nation can''t stop it. I know this sounds crazy but the USA can''t touch them as they are out of nation. I as a legally blind could never understand porn and the male. They alway had their girlie books as we called them.
The nuclear family..that is a hopeless cause as America is lovely at breaking that up..sure families break up.. mother and dad did..mother ''s then new husband said dump that ex husband''s children , she dutifully did,,I was 5, A life of hell. I adore my dad.. She hates him to this day..I was not allowed to live with him..same issue his then wife..no...Foster homes,,How you think your going to keep the family together when it best each must end the marriage..you can''t..WE PAID THE PRICE AS CHILDREN FROM A BROKEN HOME AND THAT HURT AS WELL. my sister and I are broken up for life as there is no chance of ever being sisters..We don''t know each other. A brother just a baby..sister 3 and I 5..I don''t even know their voices..

[toldyouso21]

Posted by Klingon69 at 11:39 AM : Sep 13, 2007

You are being maligned--I know you posted precious_thi remarks, but often people miss the fine point or can''t connect the dots. Next time, put remarks that are not yours in " " marks of better yet, post their name with their remarks. The person that is upset with you obviously did not understand the remarks you are referring to are NOT yours. Rest easy Klingon--must be a newbie.

[toldyouso21]

Posted by df248 at 11:34 AM : Sep 13, 2007


Stop with the bleeding heart--you are making a big mess all over the place. LOL. My point is: due to the recidivistic rate of molestation and the propensity to kill the next time to keep from going to jail, we do STOP criminals caught doing this. If there is irrefutable DNA evidence we may as well kill the perp. That way, we KNOW he/she will never perform the act again or make new victims. What''s the matter? Are you a pedophile who lives in fear of a new attitude that shows no mercy for your crimes? Still want the 3 months for rape and 2 years for sodomy sentencing guidelines?

The fact is, a dead killer commits no more murders. That is a FACT and sadly, many who kill do so more than once and often do so after being let out of prison. Unfortunately for you, we are learning that the same mind set that makes many anti death penalty is the same bleeding heart mindset that wants to give predators a chance, puts them back on the streets and then acts shocked when they rape or kill again--then back you go to just wanting them to have life.They forfeit life when the go against societal rules and we require retribution. It can either be adminstered collectively through the state, or people will take the law into their own hands again and administer it personally. THAT is why we have the death penalty--to assuage the rage and fear of an outraged, besieged public. Get a clue.

[toldyouso21]

toldyouso21,

you freak, you act like it''''s ok to kill an innocent or two just so long as we get the bad guy in the end. I hope someone you love is the next innocent to die.
Posted by dgal878 at 11:19 AM : Sep 13, 2007


What is your name and where do you live? I want you to be the person I loooooove so that all your hopes and dreams can come true!!! lmao.