BODY OF 11 YEAR OLD GIRL FOUND

[Suzi Q]

Hanging is WAY too good for this a$$. I'm thinking fire ants, honey, killer bees, bamboo shoots ......

What a sad commentary on our society that our children are no longer safe ANYWHERE.

[GulfBreezer]

I am so saddened by this!!!!!!! Why was he allowed to be roaming the streets in the first place??????

[j]

So sad...this scumbag deserves to die. I heard an interview last night with his next door neighbor saying that there was no way he could have done this..that he would come home and play with his kids in the front yard...such a nice man. When asked if they knew he had a drug problem, she said, "yes..we knew about that" <---- No big deal I guess. This ass is a seasoned criminal, with something like a dozen arrests, and this lady is still standing there defending him!

[Suzi Q]

Um, hello-was this woman a total airhead???? "Oh yeah, we knew about his drug use but hey, he always seemed so good with kids." GEEZ. She prolly was one of his dealers!

Suzi the Seething Southern Twister

[janswizard]

Unfortunately, this will no longer be about Carlie but about Joseph Smith instead. What happened to that little girl will be forgotten in the ensuing battle to prosecute him. And since this is a capital offence and as time approaches for his trial, we'll hear from all those opposed to the death penalty with reasons why the death penalty is cruel and unusual. Joseph Smith will be the victim now and Carlie will just be a name. So unfair.

[Lindaloo]

I agree with everyone here!!! I keep seeing the video image. He needs to be strung up from the nearest tree and shot.

[bfez1]

I am so angry right now I could scream!!!

[GalvestonDuck]

I cried when they showed the press conference on the Today Show this morning. So terribly tragic. Not the outcome we prayed for, but yesterday it sounded like they already knew.

Side note: Did anyone catch the reporter at the end of the press conference? After they said they would not be taking any questions at this time, she pipes up and tries to get a question in, asking, "Has the family been notified?" What kind of airhead reporter thinks that the police are NOT going to tell the family PRIVATELY first that their precious 11-year-old daughter has been killed and THEN tell the public? "Oh yeah, we haven't told them yet. We figured they could take hearing it on the news when I said, 'The body of a beautiful 11-year-old girl was found.'" Duh! Of course, they already knew. How stupid!

[Stephanie]

I saw that on the news. I am so sorry for her and her family and friends!

[stormraiser]

As I said in another thread, I am for the death penalty, but it would be too nice and easy for this creep. I will spare you the details of his slow and torturous death in my fantasy.

[Lindaloo]

If he has a lengthy criminal record--why isn't he in jail?!?!?!

Absolutely. Why it is that someone can have 13 felonies on their record and not be locked up for life is beyond me. I'm not for the death penalty at all, but I hope this guy is locked up in maximum confinement for life with no parole... clearly that should have happened a long time ago, though, and it's the justice system's fault for not making it happen. I just don't get it... we're so overly lenient with people that commit crime after crime by letting them stay on the streets despite their danger, then suddenly we become overly harsh by putting them to death when they finally "cross the line" by committing murder.

OVERLY HARSH?!!! I do not think so!! Locked up for life? I do not think so again!! This is a very serious crime against a child. I hope he fries!!

[TexasStooge]

Tragic news for the family.

HANG THAT MUTHA(Censored)!!!!

[Suzi Q]

Duckie dear-I'm with you on these STUPID reporters. When we had that tornado outbreak in November, one hit a daycare center. I'm there taking pics and these parents are rushing up trying to see if their kids are ok, debris everywhere. And these STUPID reporters are trying to stop the parents BEFORE they can even get to their kids asking them "How do you feel about what's happened here? Can we come inside with you to see your child?" I mean, back off guys!
I'm surprised they haven't encroached on the crime scene already and contaminated it!

Suzi the Southern Twister

[petal*pusher]

What a heartbreaking thing that has certainly touched each of our hearts.

Unfortunately, there are kidnappings that go on every day.....often with the same results.....or leaving grieving families with unanswered questions. The chance taping of Carlie's abduction proved a valuable tool in quickly finding her abductor. The "Amber Alert" has also proven to be very helpful.....even tho it, too, was started because of a grieving family. How unfortunate that there are not rigid laws in place that would not allow certain individuals to be put back into our free society because of "overcrowding" or sly lawyers.....or even judges who often release prisoners with no apparent concern for what may become devestating results. ..........p

[GalvestonDuck]

A gentleman on the radio just made a good point about zero tolerance.

He said if children these days were allowed to carry something like a can of mace, then they could possibly have a bit of an upper hand against an attacker. Not saying that it would guarantee it, but it's better than nothing. He or she would be told that it is not a toy and only to be used in self-defense. IF, however, the child misused the mace, it would be taken away and he could be punished. He mentioned that there was a girl who used to walk from school to work every afternoon (and remember, Carlie was taken in broad daylight). She was caught with the mace in her backpack and suspended. However, she didn't misuse it or anything. But because she was in possession of a "weapon" and the school has a zero tolerance policy on weapons, she was suspended.

Child predators KNOW this (that kids can't carry things like that) and they use it to their advantage.

[j]

You are so right petal*pusher. But....we can do something about it, or at least try. When people go to the voting booths, they need to know as much about the candidates as possible. For instance, who can forget the infamous Willie Horton?

If you were around and voting in 1988, then you will remember this man, and how the candidate for President, Mike Dukakis, due to his liberal policies regarding incarceration, together with his bleeding heart philosophy in regards tp prisoners rights, allowed this man to kill again when he sould have either already have been executed or most certainly never allowed out of his cage.

Here are a couple ofexcerpts from the book, "Willie Horton: True Crimes and its Influence on a Prediential Election".:

*After stabbing a defenseless gas station attendant 19 times during a robbery, Willie Horton was arrested and sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole. Eleven years later Horton was given a “weekend pass” from prison, and his unexpected freedom resulted in another sadistic rampage. Did Michael Dukakis, the liberal Governor of Massachusetts, lose his bid to become President because of his support for this supposedly rehabilitative furlough program for first-degree murderers?

Willie Horton: True Crimes and its Influence on a Presidential Election, by Steve Takesian, explores this question, as well as Horton’s crimes, arrests, trials, and the furlough program that became a pivotal issue during the 1988 Presidential election. The author, a police lieutenant from Horton’s former hometown, offers a unique perspective of the events surrounding Michael Dukakis’s ultimate defeat as well as an insider’s perspective of law enforcement and its foibles.

*It is fascinating to think that the highly publicized actions of a violent felon contributed to the outcome of a presidential election. It is equally fascinating to think that the Horton issue was significant enough on its own to cost Dukakis the election. But that, in fact, may very well be the case.

Here is Willie's mugshot. Would you have let him roam the streets like a free man on a weekend furlough?

[GalvestonDuck]

The "Amber Alert" has also proven to be very helpful.....even tho it, too, was started because of a grieving family.

The "Code Adam" plan is good also (named after Adam Walsh). Wal-Mart uses it. I think a few other stores and malls do too, and many more should. I'm going to copy and paste from my favorite website (and yes, this is true...some stuff on Snopes is).

http://www.snopes.com/language/eponyms/codeadam.htm

Child safety. As mentioned earlier, Wal-Mart has a child safety program that aims both to prevent abductions and to find children lost in the store. Initiated in 1993, the program is called "Code Adam" after Adam Walsh, a child who disappeared in a high-profile abduction case that received nationwide attention.The program establishes a series of steps that store associates can follow if a child is reported missing.
Essentially, the program works like this: When a parent or guardian notifies an employee that his or her child is missing, the associate asks for a detailed description of the child, including name, age, hair color, eye color, approximate weight and height, and what the child is wearing. A shoe description is especially helpful, since shoes are difficult for a kidnapper to change quickly.

After obtaining this description, the associate goes to the nearest in-store phone and pages "Code Adam." The associate then describes the missing child over the store intercom. The announcement could be something like: "Associates, we have a Code Adam. We have lost a five-year-old boy wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and black tennis shoes. He has blonde hair, is about three-and-a-half feet tall, and weighs about forty pounds. If you find him, please take him to the courtesy desk."

As the announcement is made, the store "people greeter" who welcomes customers to the store immediately begins monitoring the front doors. At the same time, staff in the Garden Center and Tire & Lube Express center monitor the doors in their areas. Managers are posted at all other doors, including the back room door. Meantime, all available store staff begin looking for the child. The parking areas and vestibules also are checked; often a child has wandered out the door or gone elsewhere with a relative or family friend.

Initially, the doors are not locked, only closely monitored, so customers are free to come and go. The parents or legal guardians are escorted to the courtesy desk by an associate, who remains with them until the child is found.

If the child is found and appears to have been lost in the store and unharmed, the child is reunited with the parent or legal guardian. To conclude the procedure, associates cancel the Code Adam over the store intercom. If the child is not found within ten minutes, the local authorities are called for assistance.

Because personnel have already thoroughly checked the store, when police arrive they can move to the next stage, searching the parking lot or other stores, questioning people, setting up roadblocks, and the like.

If the child is found with someone other than the parent or legal guardian, associates are instructed to call the police immediately or ask another employee to call the police and describe the would-be abductor.

While staff is expected to do everything within reason to prevent an abduction, associates are not expected to - and are instructed not to - expose themselves or the child to physical harm. If it is not reasonable to detain the suspected abductor or cause him or her to abandon the child, the associate is expected to get a description of the person, car type, license plate number, departure route, and related information.

[sunnyday]

That sick man has 3 little daughters. I'm afraid to think that he might have harmed them, as well.

[CaptinCrunch]

Very Sad

[DaylilyDawn]

Maybe if one of his daughters had been taken and killed he would suffer the way Carlie's family is suffering. I wish he would be castrated and then drawn and quartered and let Carlie's parents pull the switch on him.