Just a point,
I work and have worked with some Aussie and Irish guys. I can believe that he might not have been involved or known.
Adam was married to a very manipulative woman. He might have been the strong, simple meat and potatoes guy who works long hours and hard, comes home, takes a shower, has a beer and blunt, and hits the hay. It might have been his way of escaping a bad marriage, it might have been his way of ignoring things he knew were bothering him, but couldn't put a finger on. I believe that some guys can do this...to survive in a situation that they don't like but don't know what to do about.
If he was working non stop, he probably didn't have much time for his daughter. He might have felt that once he married, a girl child was his wife's responsibility. In some cultures, it's that way...the man works hard and the wife raises the kids-especially the girls. He might have believed that this was his role-to be the breadwinner, and because he was undocumented, he might not have made the money he felt he needed to unlesss he worked long hours to support a wife and child. He probably wanted to be the 'big man' and worked long and hard to do that.
As for how he could not know about Z.s condition or murder....
Well, my husband is a Chef. He leaves the house sometimes at 4, and sometimes doesnt' get back til 7:30-8:00pm (he's on an 'early' shift) but because he's Executive Chef, everything is his responsiblity. During the day I work, come home take care of things, make dinner, etc, etc etc by the time he gets home. I can see how if Adam was away for a long day out that the stepmother could have time to do quite a bit. And Adam strikes me as the kind of guy who probably didn't ask to many questions after a long day at work...probably 'did you get the beer?' or 'whats on the telly?' or 'Z behave herself today?"
I work with men who have conversations with their wives like this...and who are gone long hours. And his relationship with E. was probably very simple...he didn't look like the sort of man who would be asking in depth questions or wanting any sort of long conversation.
I think it's such a shame this little girl had this happen. What a lovely little person she looked, and I hope that she's happy in heaven.
..i'm never willing for adam to go free........on anything.
..he can put all the defense attorney spin on it that he likes ( uhhh, i was smoking pot so much that i was clueless....i "think she was in the bed"--"there was a lump"....for two WEEKS..)
.."pot-heads" are AWARE of their surroundings and what's going on----for him to even use that as an excuse is ridiculous --and a slam to mellow pot smokers..
Fryecat, I highly disagree about Adam being the hard working man who provides for his family.
He only had this job with the tree company for 6 mths. He was in the US for approx 2 yrs...where did he work so hard before obtaining this job?
He knew he was in the US ILLEGALLY. He knew he smoked pot which is ILLEGAL in North Carolina. He knew he wrote ILLEGAL hot checks to local businesses in 2 NC counties. He knew he falsified legal documents to obtain utilities. He knew he reportedly tried to hit someone with his car, who owed drug money.
He knew that DSS had come to his house about reported abuse of Zahra!!!
IMO Adam was not a dumb or hard working man. He was an ILLEGAL in our country breaking many of our laws.