Amber Alert in Springfield

[Loneiguana]

Originally Posted by Loneiguana

molesting maybe.

I doubt murdering.

this might have been a oh shit just got caught moment.

To add to this, everyone involved who witnessed and helped, called the police, got the license number, did everything right.

The call went out immediately. Thank you and God bless.

And that is also the scariest part. It still ended this way.

So depressing.

My prayers once again.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Loneiguana

molesting maybe.

I doubt murdering.

this might have been a oh shit just got caught moment.

Same scenario. No one just decides one day after over a decade of working with children ans says to himself "I'm gonna snatch up a kid today."

Chances are this guy has somehow gotten away with heinous stuff for a while but on the slim possibility he has a totally clean record then it's worth examining.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

I'm just saying unless it's determined the killer has a prior history of abducting and murdering small children (which is of course sick by all accounts) then something ****ed up happened with the guy.

perhaps, perhaps not

Seems like the best thing would be to require a yearly psych eval but that's still not a guarantee. Might help though.

[Steron]

Dixie Youth, where I coach t-ball, runs a background check on us coaches. No cost. I can't imagine they check much. We have to be certified as well which costs like $20.00 or something.

IMHO, anyone working with kids should be thoroughly vetted. That said, it wouldn't catch all of them.


I hated to read the outcome of this abduction. Prayers to MTG and to the family. As the father of two young boys (8 and 6) this breaks my heart.

[threebag]

Prayers to MTG and your families.

[R8RFAN]

Prayers to MTG and the entire family.

[srvy]

I would think a school district would get a pretty fair discount through the county sheriffs department in which the school resides. Like free.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by srvy

I would think a school district would get a pretty fair discount through the county sheriffs department in which the school resides. Like free.

Well, if you think it, it must be true.

[Big Poppa Payne]

I doubt any type of screening will determine if a person has this type of evil in them.

There has to be a special place in hell for animals like this who hurt children, there is definitely a special place in prison for them. I doubt he will make it very long in jail, they don't like little cowards who hurt children.

[Sure-Oz]

Sorry to hear for your family MTG#10.

Prayers and thoughts with you.

Really shitty news, i wish things like this never happend

[Mama Hip Rockets]

The district does background checks on all teachers and staff who are working with the children in any capacity. Give them some credit.

[Loneiguana]

From the sounds of the rumors I'm hearing (ear in child services (they have a fatality worker on scene)), he may have planned this. Had borrowed the truck.

Since he had no past history, I'm very scared that only means he never got caught.

From what I've learned over the years of having a child abuse and neglect investigator at the dinner table, you usually don't just snap into a child predator.

I hope to god I'm wrong.

Prayers to the family.

/please support your social services. Child abuse and neglect happens daily in MO.
//Those trying to combat these problems need public support.
///Numbers crunch has Children's Division investigators feeling the pressure

The Greene County Children’s Division office is supposed to have 38 workers investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect.
As of Thursday, there were nine.

http://www.news-leader.com/article/2...-investigators

/////Jackson County Children's Division falls short
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/07...childrens.html

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Loneiguana

From what I've learned over the years of having a child abuse and neglect investigator at the dinner table, you usually don't just snap into a child predator.

Yea, that's what's odd. He appears on the surface to just have been a mostly normal dude for most of his life....then just snapped and decided to kidnap a kid one day? Wut?

But it did appear to be planned. He kidnapped her, killed her, bleach cleaned it up, washed his clothes at a local wash, and boxed her up in some totes, then got caught all within a 3 1/2 hour period.

[afchief]

WOW. So sorry to hear things like this. Be strong for your family MTG. Praying for you and yours.

Unless its too painful, try and keep us updated as you deal with what will be a long ordeal.

[Buzz]

Listening to the news was not easy, way too many details. Prayers MTG, stay strong.