Suspect In Hanging Arrested On Porn Charge

Police Say Kevin Anders Is Boyfriend Of 6-Year-Old Hanging Victim's Mother

(AP)  A 6-year-old Texas girl who had been sexually assaulted was found hanged inside her family's garage, and authorities on Thursday described her mother's boyfriend as the primary suspect.

The boyfriend was arrested Wednesday on a charge of possession of child pornography and remained in the Navarro County Jail on Thursday.

Sheriff's deputies have not charged him in the death of young Hanna Mack, but they identified him as the primary suspect, Chief Deputy Mike Cox said Thursday.

Dana Mack discovered her daughter missing Monday morning about the time the first-grader should have been getting ready for school. The little girl's body was found in a rust-covered garage behind her home in Navarro Mills Lake, about 65 miles south of Dallas.

The mother last saw Hanna sleeping on the couch around 1 a.m., according to Jean Langford, the girl's great-grandmother.

"(Dana) is just devastated. We all are," Langford said. "This is the worst thing that's ever happened to this family. Hanna was our pride and joy. She was our little sweetheart."

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.

Neighbors gathered Wednesday evening outside the garage in Navarro Mills, a rural lakeside community in east Texas, and prayed during a vigil. They donated money to the family, held a moment of silence and released balloons into the air.

Many worried that a predator could be on the loose.

"My kids sleep in the bed with me," said Pam Gray, who lives next door and whose children rode the school bus with Hanna. "They get off of school and they've heard all the rumors and wild things, and they're terrified."

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

[Krazcarl]

Anyone have any gas and lighter for this drug addicted pervert. One of the few times I''m not liberal. I hope the police have thier man. I hope his jail time is brutel. This what they call white trash.

[incog-nito]

I have a solution that is better AND cheaper than the death penalty: put him in prison not in isolation but within the population. I would bet that his stay there will be nasty, brutish, and short. And the public will be spared the expense of a long death row duration and costly appeals.

[michellem99-2009]

crzmeat..oh dear hang his asre ..he hung that girl..hang him in public in front of all..yes sah. Put it on TV. But have a throw up bag with ye. This madness has got to stop..He be trash..
Don''t ye whine yer rights mister..yer lost them. in my eye yer did..I am a down east Mainer in Seattle..

[sofi2hot]

im with CRZMEAT on this one.. lite him up and hang him by his stuff!

[blackpearlsx]

If it were only that simple!

[hissteps4u]

This is such a hard thing to see one so young be violated so.

May he if guilty rot in hell and one day perhaps we can change the Law and allow Public execution once again.

If legal I would make his life what is left of it one of extreme Pain and anguish for days on end for what he has done. He would know the meaning of Suffering.

They wont ever place him in general Population in prison because he would be killed within days. To Bad.

[kommoncents-2009]

1985 called and wants it''s moustache back.

[clew37]

You guys always say they''ll get killed in prison, but they don''t. They get sent to solitary or special confinement. Nothing much really happens to most of them. That''s why there always back out on the street, raping the kids, and selling the film to all the other "normal" guys who just happened to be surfing the kiddie porn site, and "honest officer, I''ve never done this before..." Nobody does anything to them, they just move them along to the next playground/cemetary.

[lochlan-2009]

It''s disgusting but how many times have we heard the story of the live in boyfriend/stepfather sexualy assaulting the womans child? A million? I have no remorse for *** offenders, especially ones who attack children. Justice is dragging these people out to the street and putting 25 cents worth of lead in their head. Putting them in prison after months of litigation or letting them sit on death row for years, that is NOT justice. What the *** happened to this country?

[knyghtwolf]

IF he is the guilty party, put a strap-on cage that is heavy gauge steel on his private parts, fastened to a chair backwards, cover his face with a hood then place a couple of large hungry sewer rats in the cage, when the rats are released, take off the mask and let him see what the rats are doing to him. Let the surviving family have a gun to finish him or her when the begging to die reaches fairly high creshendo. I know some *** offenders in our neighborhood, they do NOT like me at all and I am very glad they don''t because I can cook up a nightmare worse than any that these pervs can handle.....I promise this.

[nyckate]

Castrate him, hang him up to die a long slow painful death and feed his remains to the dogs.

As for the mom - what the heck is so wrong with some of these people that they are so desperate for a guy in their life they take in animals?

To own a dog you need a licence - but any animal can have a kid.

[mamab9]

This happens too much lately, I think the mother should be charged for endangering a child at the very least. Some of these moms spend more time picking out vegetables at the store than learning what kind of animal they are moving into their homes around their children. This is just another poor angel child victimized by a sick twisted perverted piece of garbage. We need tougher laws on these perverts. I hope he rots if hes guilty . And mom....... I hope u dream of your daughter u didn''t protect every night of your life....... I am sick of these sick animals preying on our innocent babies. Bring back public hangings for these scumbags, maybe that would cure their perverted urges.

[mamab9]

This happens too much lately, I think the mother should be charged for endangering a child at the very least. Some of these moms spend more time picking out vegetables at the store than learning what kind of animal they are moving into their homes around their children. This is just another poor angel child victimized by a sick twisted perverted piece of garbage. We need tougher laws on these perverts. I hope he rots if hes guilty . And mom....... I hope u dream of your daughter u didn''t protect every night of your life....... I am sick of these sick animals preying on our innocent babies. Bring back public hangings for these scumbags, maybe that would cure their perverted urges.

[michellem99-2009]

They use to do that public hangings years ago before them whine fools got it taken out cause not humane..Sense then the pandered got their way. crime skyrocketed..money to be made off it..crzmeat yes sah. We Mainers know what should be done on this issue..but it will never happen as the nanny govt is the problem..They gripe over the prisoms too full. they will remain so..

[drivelphobe]

Just look at this guy. I wouldn''t let him wash my car. I''ve got a feeling that the mother is in on this somehow, either through negligence, stupidity or compulsive carnal cravings. This individual''s picture should be next to degenerate in the dictionary. Some women can''t help themselves when it comes to the "wrong" man. This scenario happens over and over. A shame the little children have to suffer this way just so mom can have a thrill or two. Where''s the father? Probably purchasing a Smith and Wesson and a straight razor. Penisectomy is a simple procedure especially without anaesthetic.

[likeitis5050]

Hold the mother 50% accountable as well. Stupid women who simply turn their children over to anyone who gives them the time of day and a roll in the hay need to be charged right along with the abuser/murderer. She is guilty of ignoring the signs and neglecting a child to the point of death. Do these kind of women simply bury their instincts to protect their children above all else? This is a basic animal instinct. Nothing could be more important in this world.

[Syndicate]

Put him in prison. The inmates know how to deal with these people and the gaurds will be eager to inform the prison population what he did.

[prairiegirl2]

The mothers in these cases (which happen all to frequently) should be held just as accountable as the pervert she was living with! If he gets the death sentence, she should receive the same sentence!! Is a "roll in the hay" worth your child''s life???

[prairiegirl2]

The mothers in these cases (which happen all to frequently) should be held just as accountable as the pervert she was living with! If he gets the death sentence, she should receive the same sentence!! Is a "roll in the hay" worth your child''s life???

[jackhighland]

God have mercy on CBS employees who oppose the death penalty on ''moral'' grounds.

You set these animals free on any pretex you can manufacture.

You force us to let them live amoung us, so they have victims to abuse.

You hide behind "gated" restricted communities.

You make money on advertizing these animals'' horible crimes.

You lie about everything to manipulate us.

What do you think the end result will be?

[michellem99-2009]

That bas***** a married man but to another woman but did the girl''s mum know that and why on earth would she date a married man that is not her mate..what a about his wife..

[olebd]

Once he is found guilty, they should sell tickets to the public for a public flogging in a local arena. I bet the place would sell out in a matter of minutes and the money made could go to the local schools.

[michellem99-2009]

Hahg him in public for all to see. Fix the mother so she can''t bear an other child..

[keithle1]

Some women have such great taste in men. How much molesting of kids is done by the boyfriend of the mother? Some guys hook up with women just because they have girls/boys that they''re attracted to.

Stick his balls in a vise & start squeezing til he spills the beans. Death penalty if he''s tried & found guilty. Like that guy who took that girl, raped her & then buried alive. No one cries for the guys that do that kind of thing.

Once you get hooked on child porn & pedophilia,
I don''t think you can ever get cured. You need to be sterilized & locked up forever.

[ssm9451]

Even animals care for their young.

[lucasnico]

geez, jackhighland, that''s level headed thinking... singling out cbs employees as if they aren''t as outraged as anyone else. There''s enough grief in this story without your idiocy.

[agnim]

It''''s is very very difficult to bend the mind around beastly behaviors like the ones befell this little girl. Wow!

No real human preys on children, se.xually or otherwise. NONE!

White people can be so diabolically wicked that one has to wonder if they were spawn by the aliens from out of space, which they claim exist.

Come to think of it; we have a pervert walking about out west telling everyone he supports having se.ex with children.
AND THAT DEVIANT FREAK IS STILL ALLOWED IN THE SOCIETY! WOW!

Now, when we don''''t act on such obvious cases of child predation, then all the other perverts feel enabled and encouraged to abuse the children.

[nothappyatall]

...last saw Hanna sleeping on the couch around 1 a.m"

...the little girl''s body was found in a rust-covered garage behind her home "


Sounds like a trailer trash dump, and a mom who slept around with various boyfriends she probably met at a BAR while getting drunk.

She slept on a couch? no bedroom in trailer city for the kid?

The guy''s mug shot screams "LOSER" "DRUNK" "DEADBEAT" and mom was the type women who attracted THAT kind of loser.

[toolmangler-2009]

White people can be so diabolically wicked that one has to wonder if they were spawn by the aliens from out of space, which they claim exist.
Posted by Agnim at 08:51 PM : Sep 13, 2007


Google "Darfur atrocities". That is ''Black on black'' crime and shut up about race. Everybody is ''racist'' to some degree. Its what they do that counts. I like being American Indian, French, Scot, Irish and what have you. Thats ME, what are ''you''? Don''t answer, I don''t care and thats no insult either.

[nothappyatall]

...last saw Hanna sleeping on the couch around 1 a.m"

...the little girl''s body was found in a rust-covered garage behind her home "


Sounds like a trailer trash dump, and a mom who slept around with various boyfriends she probably met at a BAR while getting drunk.
The guy''s mug shot screams "LOSER" "DRUNK" "DEADBEAT" and mom was the type women who attracted THAT kind of loser.

[nothappyatall]

"No one cries for the guys that do that kind of thing."

Sure they do, the bleeding heart right wingers do, the ANTI death penalty nuts- the ones who you see on the tv news with posters saying "jezus saves"
"the bibull sez..." "thou shalt not kill" etc- they are the ones who hold "vigils" for skumbags like this outside prisons on death night, the SAME ones who voted for BUSH because of his anti abortion anti g@y rights agenda.

[gmond]

Yeah! Condemn the mother for not knowing! How dare she not know! Everyone can just look at someone and know if they are a pervert or not! And let''s get those CBS employees also! They knew he was a child molester! They should have told the mother! Come on! Let''s hang ''em all high!

[nothappyatall]

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

This is double-speak gobbledegook forchild welfare services HAS investigated them in the past, if they hadn''t, then why not SAY they hadn''t! This "no comment" is actually "YES" without coming out and actually saying it.

[Krazcarl]

likeitis5050 we agree again know of situations where the desperate ladies put there children in harms way for attention or a drink or drugs. Wheres the man haters on this there quiet.

[erasmus6]

"Is a ''roll in the hay'' worth your child''s life???" posted by prairiegirl2

Actually, I don''t think it is always about "a roll in the hay". There are many single mothers out there that are desparate for some "security" as well. Not necessarily financial security but just to have a man around. Single mothers it seems have a hard time getting men because of the kids. Alot of men don''t want someone elses kids. So when they find one they don''t want to let them go. But the sad or should I say SICK part is they will put up with anything just to keep them.

When my daughters were young there were kids they knew where the parents were divorced and the mothers had boyfriends living with them. I don''t know how many times the kids would end up at my house because the boyfriends were treating them like c-r-a-p. We also knew this guy who was going out with this woman who had two kids and he wasn''t very nice to the older child. Now if I was that mother, he would have been history. In fact, because he was mean to the child, he ended up being HISTORY in our lives.

Now I don''t think that any of these children were being sexually abused but many times they are and the mothers look the other way. It is time to hold them responsible as well.

I NEVER left my children unattended with any male,EVER, I don''t care how well I knew them.

[erasmus6]

"I NEVER left my children unattended with any male EVER, I don''t care how well I knew them."

Well, except for my husband. BUT even then, my eyes were ALWAYS OPEN.

[janeyre-2009]

The mother should be charged. Sorry, but most of the comment''s show, we agree... This guy screamed loser, pervert etc. Still the stupid woman brought him home, and now little Hannah is dead... Give her a charge also... I don''t know what, but she is responsible, for having this creep in the homw to start with... No excuses. Charge her with something, and lock her up...

[toolmangler-2009]

Well, except for my husband. BUT even then, my eyes were ALWAYS OPEN.
Posted by erasmus6 at 09:24 PM : Sep 13, 2007


Are you still married to him? If so does he know how you feel about him? It seems that ''white American men'' are the only thing in the world to be afraid of. That really makes my day.

[sasi1-2009]

I agree that the mother should be charged with child endangerment. Any time a mother becomes so hung up on having a man that they put their children in danger, then they need to be charged. You''d think the child would come first, but apparently having a man comes before anything with some idiotic low-life scumbags who also happen to be mothers.

[karutam]

All these women who hook up with these no-good losers! When will they learn that they do not need a man especially a loser? The women should be charged for endangering the children, whether boy or girl. They are putting their kid''s lives in danger just because they think they need a man. If they can''t learn, they need to pay for the rot they caused by bringing these guys home. It''s always too late to say that now they are devastated. You gotta do the time lady for your sins.

[erasmus6]

ToolMangler

What the hell are you talking about?

Are you sure you shouldn''t be in a home for the senile?

[jimbo505]

test

[mygramma]

The woman should be charged with child endangerment?? White American men are the only thing to be afraid of?? Desperate for some security?? And the prize winner... "Well, except for my husband. BUT even then, my eyes were ALWAYS OPEN."

You people are sick. Blame the victim. Marry a guy or pick up a boyfriend when you already have a kid, but he is always a suspect in the back of your mind? What a great foundation for a family relationship. I, as a man, want to sleep with a broad like that?? Or try to be a loving dad when the odds are against me just because I am a step dad, and always under suspicion for nobody knows what??

What did this mom do wrong?? Nothing. The little girl was sleeping on the couch. Would it have made any difference if she had been in a bed 30 feet down the hall? No. Women should be forbidden from entering into relationships with men who are not the natural fathers of their children. It can''t be made fair to him.

That doesn''t change the fact that if this guy is guilty he shouldn''t be made to roast his own gonads over a fire as a last supper prior to meeting his maker.

[clew37]

I like how most of you big, brave boys still blame the mother for this one. The only one to blame here is the murdering, sadistic preverted jerk that killed her while he wanted a warm spot for 10 minutes. Next you''ll be saying the girl was a little *** too. People are supposed to be able to have a relationship anytime they want, and it doesn''t matter a *** if the guy in question is the "biological" father or not. Their real dad is just as apt to rape them as a step-dad. This is just like saying prostitutes are the bad ones, and the johns are just poor boys that were lured in. Males like to rape, society does everything to condone it, so it goes on. Rape has NEVER gone down in percentage in the world. But don''t worry kids, the adults have written down some words on paper saying it''s illegal. You can read them just as soon as the guy gets off you.

[slim1h2o]

I think I don''t like this new format, CBS, I need my reading glasses now. The letters are smaller now, Thanks?

[gunnerv1]

Didn''t this child have a bed of her own or is it normal to leave her sleeping on a couch on a school night?

[retiredusaf3]

Well If I were on the jury for the officer that shoots this guy in the head at the jail he would be aquited.

[navyretired2]

Didn''''t this child have a bed of her own or is it normal to leave her sleeping on a couch on a school night?


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Posted by gunnerv1 at 07:14 AM : Sep 14, 2007

Agree 100%. Whatever happened to bedtime for the kiddies?

I think I don''''t like this new format, CBS, I need my reading glasses now. The letters are smaller now, Thanks?


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Posted by slim1h2o at 05:43 AM : Sep 14, 2007

Slim you can adjust the font size on your browser without having to change the screen resolution size. May help a little.

[johnndebb2006]

First of all do they tell in this article how many children this mother had ? In news clips about this story the home and garage located next to it looks pretty run down , the family i assume looks poor . That might account for the sleeping on the sofa . But i also agree the mother endangered her daughter allowing this man to live there , whether she knew about his child pornography or not . I cry for all the little children , for someone to do unimaginable things to 1-3-5-10-13 year olds who can not fight back-are helpless-i think should not stay jail time at all , but gotten rid of right away. Is the Evil United States wide or world wide . All morals in this country are down the drain And the lord is crying looking down upon it !!!!

[navyretired2]

Posted by clew37 at 04:37 AM : Sep 14, 2007

I agree, the 100% guilty party is the guy, however, coming from the perspective of somebody who was raised with a poor excuse of a human being as a step-dad, and a mother that fits the bill for a lot of these stories (i.e. watched child abuse at home for 13 years and did nothing to stop it, and was abused herself), I have to agree the mom is likely to some extent at fault also.

Seeing and doing nothing about it is just as bad as doing it.