tlcya
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When my DD was 8, my DS was 12. We left them alone at noon on Saturdays quite often because they liked to avoid errands etc. I was comfortable leaving my 12 yr old in charge. I cannot imagine how devastating the parents must feel now.
I would like to hear more confirmation of the neighbor seeing the intruder running away however. That would clear some things up for me.
I'm late joining this thread, and just heard about this on the news this morning but do we know where the parents were? I've heard that her 12 year old brother was home, saw the intruder, etc. but were the parents also home?
FWIW, I don't think we will find out that Leila was sexually assaulted. I feel strongly that if that were the case, LE would not have been so quick to release her name, even though she is deceased.
I think this will turn out to be a mentally unstable vagrant type who thought he would commit a robbery, was confronted with a child in the home. He stabs/attacks her to quiet her, not knowing who else may be home but confident someone probably older is home with this child. He runs from the home in a panic, is witnessed by the brother and the neighbor doing so, etc.
Beautiful little girl.
ITA. It reminds me of the Michael Crowe case (what was his sister's name?? I feel guilty and stupid that I can't remember!!). Just a freak thing, it's so rare for an unknown person to break in and just kill someone.
Apparently they were not, the two children were home alone. I'm not sure where exactly the parents were at the time.
the parents were reportedly at a nearby public event which was later identified as a little league baseball game. They have a large family with several children, they were at one's ballgame while the 12 year old and 8 year old were home alone. Noon, saturday. :shakehead: Just so arbitrary and sad.
Stephanie Crowe I think is who you're thinking of. That was a wild case.
I'm late joining this thread, and just heard about this on the news this morning but do we know where the parents were? I've heard that her 12 year old brother was home, saw the intruder, etc. but were the parents also home?
And her brother is going to be traumatized. Hopefully the parents will get him the help he needs via counseling. Can you imagine what finding his sister like that would do to him??? So sad all around.![]()
I live ~45 min from this area. There is great family communities up in the foothills of the Sierras, and lots of retirees. But it is VERY well-known meth country up there, and along with all these nice people who have moved to escape city living, they are living along side some pretty major meth heads.
JMO, I think this guy was ramped up on drugs, attempted a break in, and freaked. But I do not rule out the possibility of a child predator angle (hence the dna), although it would be very odd to brutally stab the victim as he did. The question I have is how long was the 12 yr old gone from the house? Perhaps he was outside playing? This time factor is somewhat important when speculating. Of course, LE is keeping most of this quiet for now, and we will have to wait to find out. I hope this animal is found quickly.