I don't fault anyone because a door is not locked at night. I rarely lock my doors and haven't for the 30 years I've lived here. I am not fooled by her youthful looks, but my gut feeling(which is usually spot on) says it was a predator pedophile.
I DO fault people for not locking their doors. If that was the case here, it sure made it very easy for someone to take and horribly harm this little child.
I do fault people like the Aisenbergs leaving their large garage door wide open all night and Sabrina gets stolen. I do fault people who leave sliding doors unlocked so potential pedophiles can come snatch their daughter, for a young teenager to be locked out of her house because she once again missed curfew only to be kidnapped by Paul Bernardo, I do blame, yes.
That may be harsh and horrible and uncaring on my part but there are so many cases out there that could have been avoided, children would not have been kidnapped or murdered, if only parents did the proper safe things. That does not mean it would never happen, but why make it so easy for these guys?
Just because people live in a small community, in a quiet area, in a rural area 'where nothing ever like this happens', just doesn't sit well with me for a reason to not do something as easy as lock a door.
There could not be anything more unimaginable than a missing or murdered child... and I am certain the parents will always haunt themselves with "if only, what if..."
We have to learn from moments like this and do different. Not just be lax and assume yet again, it could never happen to me.