<respectfully snipped>It certainly doesn't mean that AS wasn't driving around prior to January 2012, I just think it may not have been very likely that any crimes that occurred prior to him having a driver's license and were further away (like the lady who went missing in July 2011 up on Highway 6 in the foothills) are probably not as likely as crimes he could have done on foot (possibly the 2010 Kentner Lake attempted abduction).
I agree. Also, if there's anything I've quite certain of at this point, it's that there are multiple people out there who are committing multiple crimes in the area. Also, if he couldn't successfully kidnap a 22-year-old jogger, I seriously doubt that he was able to kidnap a 38-year-old woman.
Well let's take this even further and ask why the poor kiddie raper has to go to jail in the first place, as clearly he's sick and sick people shouldn't be punished. <snipped>
You're missing the point. What I find highly disturbing is having to read about someone discussing a future rape or assault, period. It's not that he shouldn't go to jail, but I'm trying to figure out where in society it's reasonable to discuss, in fairly graphic detail, a rape you hope someone will be subjected to!
It's disgusting. I don't care who it involves.
What I care is that he is found guilty and that he remains in prison, out of society, for the rest of his life.
I completely fail to see how our society is made better by describing violence in graphic detail, for any reason. Most criminals feed on that sort of thing, so even if it's described in terms of "justice" or karma or whatever else, there's a good bet that somewhere, there's another teen reading comments like that, thinking about rape, and making plans to hurt another innocent child in our community. Fabulous! More violence. I can't wait. :banghead:
A lot of schools have WiFi. If AS had an iPod Touch or something similar he could access the internet from anywhere.
No, he couldn't access *advertiser censored* at least because the wi-fi is restricted. I can access news sites like the NYT or the Denver Post and do some web surfing. However, it's not possible to access Twitter or even Foursquare on the Jeffco system unless one has an employee login. (Trust me, I've tried.)
<respectfully snipped> I wonder if the other children's parents knew that a 17 year old boy was with their daughters. Did they think that it was a good thing ... that their daughters were safe with a 17 year old neighborhood boy as he would keep an eye on them; keep them safe?
This is where it gets tricky, I think. My church youth group, for example, often encompasses middle-school and high-school kids. It's not very big, so they are all hanging out together for activities. They're supervised, of course, but I don't think I would have found anything particularly bizarre about it when there's a big group of kids. A situation involving a 17-year-old and one or two younger kids would probably concern me, but a group of 4 or 5 or more kids playing outside seems reasonable.
Anyone know how old his younger brother is? If the younger brother is 11 or 12, that would explain a lot. There's almost 5 years between my younger sister and me, and sometimes I would play in the neighborhood with her friends despite the age difference. Most of the time I didn't, but I participated in a couple summer games of Ghost in the Graveyard with them when I was 16 or 17.