Suspect In Hanging Arrested On Porn Charge

(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.

[michellem99-2009]

Tool,Dear I am more scared of a man that lives in our city..He knows everything and he went thru my papers in person..He follows me every where co I am blind and he knows I can''t move and forget the cops,judge..He has the kind of mental illness that he hides..Everyone believes him..He takes pics of me..A sighted friend told me. There are the DR J and MR H,personity. Most would never spot shch..I can..Thanks to a foster mother that had personity..I can''t help think but that man had the same. There are women who will dump their kids over a man. That is life. I know very little of my parents. As children,we were taught not to give out our address,phone number,if adult is home or not, today e mail address, full name,birthdate, social, are not given. I have a 2rd e mail address ,I will not give out the family name. So when I write verse you notice no last name. I am in my 50s..

[surfkat19]

And tell me this ... WHY does this have to come to partisan blows? The only thing this has to do with politics is the overall erosion of our society by far-leaning liberals who, in place of law and order, seem to prefer a "free for all" mentality. And we probably have Dr. Spock to thank for the roots of their ideation. Just think of who their parents were looking to as an authority.

[surfkat19]

I think hermit22 is onto something in holding absentee parents accountable in ways beyond money. My sons'' father went to Europe. Despite his half-dozen emails a year and even fewer phone calls, his absence is causing profound damage and emotional pain. I have since remarried a wonderful man, but yes, single moms have a terribly difficult time ... especially when so-called fathers do the minimum, if that much. Don''t crucify these women too harshly -- many (not all) just want to rebuild a family. This sexual predator, I can assure you, is as much con artist as pedophile. Otherwise, how could he get to his prey? YES custodial parents, usually mothers, should be held accountable for their childrens'' lives. But when she doesn''t EVEN KNOW it''s ludicrous to blame her. She must be suffering beyond anything we can imagine. And the other parent shouldn''t be absolved of responsibility just because they decide they want to pursue "other things." I have such respect for parents who are able to co-parent with civility, putting the needs and well-being of their children FIRST. I''ve heard of divorced couples who live in the same town, even, continuing to be equally involved in their children''s lives. Seems that should be the norm, but my generation is generally too selfish, apparently. I wonder if my children''s generation may choose against the paradigm we have set in place and seek a return to family values that they all crave and are not getting.

[gaye5]

seven-pesos, hatred like you have for everything and everyone is the reason why we have problems in the world.. you poor thing you seem to be against everything and everyone..
And although I am not religious I do know that if we followed everything that is said in the New testernment that we would have no killing, raping, hatred, stealing, etc... and while all these things were being taught in schools, at home, in sunday school and church it appears that we had far less problems...and of course as in any club, there is problems, there are fools and there are people who let the club down, but just because there are sports men who go and rape girls, doesn''t mean that I stop watching sport and say that they are the cause of all the world problems... no I am a bit bigger than that, and just because I was raped as a very young teenager, doesn''t mean that I will put you in the same category as that animal who destroyed my life eh.. or should I...

[gaye5]

cyberDJs4, are they not kept in isolation for their own protection????

Isolation indeed, what protection do they give the child..I believe that we should stick them in with the worst crims.. and give the crims a reward for having these animals there,, sorry not a reward but compensation ehehhe...

[gaye5]

Klingon69, better still, drag him slowly behind a car, but then they will say we are no better, but it sure would feel good to at last see someone get what they deserve...and yes it is not good to lower ourselves to their level, but we have to do something about punishment for the sake of the good.. Giving them light sentences sends a message that the law is an ***.

[erasmus6]

ToolMangler

You need to get a hobby instead of picking everything I say, apart. You and radiob seem to have the same problem. You feel the need to twist and turn what I say into what you want it to say. Obviously you didn''t read my post at 1:19, either that or your too stupid to comprehend it.

Actually you must be pretty stupid if you have nothing better to do than distort what I say.
You need to get a life.

[nothappyatall]

Wouldn''''t it be better to kill the child than be identified? It truely is sad.....
Posted by Scorp79

When the penalty for kidnapping is the same as murder, why would someone who risked a kidnapping rap let the kid go when the kid can now identify them? They kill the kid and take their chance, why not? if the penalty for murder is the same as kidnapping they have little to lose taking the chance.

"Seems strange to me that all I ever see at those vigils are aging hippies, and various other LEFT-Wing bleeding heart LIBERALS. Remember, liberals were the ones got the death penalty removed from many states.

Posted by Klingon69"

You got that backwards, it''s the religious REICH at those anti death penalty vigils- the ones who sport those posters you see on the 11PM news holding candles and yammering about JEZUS and the BIBULL. The religious REICH who at the other end of things- wants to outlaw all abortion too, the Randall Terry Bibull thumpers, you know, the ones like that rightwing nut here- stinkingprick, er rick that constantly quote the biBULL.

[lakota50803]

in fact the pig probably had something sinister done to him....why perpetrate the same horror to another baby???? die mudder fisher, die....

[lakota50803]

white males and mexican aas well as black..........check your *** offender list in your area HELLO!